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HALL, CHARLES R., engineer; residence, Camp Point; is the son of George and Adel (Baker) Hall, of Maine. He was born in Alfred, in that state, Oct. 13, 1838. His parents emigrated to Michigan, in his infancy, where he lived till 1861. He learned mechanical engineering, and has always followed it. When the War of the Rebellion broke out he enlisted May 1, 1861, in Co. E, 16th Regt. Ill. Inf., was the seventh man who enlisted in Brown county; was promoted to Sergeant in the fall of 1863. He received two wounds, in the hand and thigh, by the explosion of a shell on a gunboat at Vicksburg, in December, 1864. He married Harriet R. Lindsey, March 2, 1865, of Brown county, Ill. They removed to Camp Point, in January, 1876, since which time he has run the engine at the Casco Mills. He is a member of the Order of Odd Fellows and Encampment. He owns a house and lot in Camp Point, and a house and lot in Clayton.