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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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J. I. HALL. Of the many that enter these pages none are more worthy; a self-made man entirely. He was born in Marion county, Va., May 13, 1832. He is a son of Jordan and Matilda Hall. Our subject’s parents died before he was four years old, and he lived with his uncle Jesse Hall. At the age of fourteen he hired out to team for five dollars a month and board, and got his wages raised after the first year. He drove a team until 1849, and then bought a team and teamed for himself until 1854. He then want to Iowa and entered a piece of land, and in 1855 sold it and farmed in Clayton county, Iowa, until 1870; he then came to Jasper county, Mo., and located on his present farm of 640 acres, all under fence with the exception of forty acres of timber, well worked and improved, with good buildings. Judge Hall was married to Miss Elizabeth Steel, a native of Virginia, Oct. 25, 1849. She died in Jasper county, Mo., Sept. 11, 1871. Mr. Hall married for his second wife Miss Fannie H. Wilson, who was born in County Down, Ireland, Sept. 28, 1843; was the seventh of nine children. She was married Nov. 16, 1873. By their union they have three children, named Nora H., Zemphra E., and Joseph. Mr. Hall never attended school but three months, but has improved every chance to grasp after knowledge. He has held the office of county judge the last two years, and is one of the foremost men in the county. He started at the foot of the ladder and has made himself and is entirely self-educated. He has one of the finest farms in the county, and his reputation for fair and honest dealings has won him his large and successful business, and the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

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