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Isaiah Wall, the eldest of the eight children of John and Lorinda (Moore) Wall, was born in Franklin County, in 1840. The parents were natives, respectively, of Franklin and St. Louis Counties, Mo., and in 1870 they moved to Elk County, Kas., returned to Franklin County two years later, and in 1880 settled in Lawrence County, Mo. Mrs. Lorinda Wall died in 1858, aged forty-one years. In 1859 John Wall married Mrs. Mary A. Cole, nee Thurmond, and by this union is the father of two children. He was a farmer in early life, but is now engaged in merchandising. He is a son of Simeon and Mary (Wells) Wall, natives of or very early settlers in Tennessee, who moved to Franklin County, Mo., about 1815, where the family was reared and the father died. With the exception of a short residence in St. Clair County, Ill., Isaiah Wall has spent his life in his native county, in the pursuit of farming. His educational advantages were limited, and he began doing for himself when twenty years of age; he now owns 250 acres of well-improved land. He was married in 1860 to Miss Martha Boyd, a native of Franklin County, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Johns) Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. Wall are the parents of nine children, viz.: John N. (deceased), Ulysses, George (deceased), William O., Mary E. (deceased), James, Perry A., Anna, Cora. Mrs. Wall died May 8, 1887. Mr. Wall is a Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Bell and Everett.