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MRS. JOANNA HALL, widow of Hibberd Hall, is the daughter of William and Mary (Pugh) Pugh, of no kin. She is a native of Radnor township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, where her parents were able farmers. They were both descended from old families of Friends, or Quakers. For many years she was a resident of Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where her husband and his brother, Jesse Hall, both deceased, were merchants.

Maris Hall, father of Hibberd Hall, was a native of Willistown, Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he was born about 1800. He was reared on a farm and educated in neighboring schools. On reaching manhood he engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death. In religious faith he was a member of the Society of Friends. In politics he was a Whig and Republican, taking an active interest in the great national questions of the day. He married Sarah Hibberd, by whom he had the following children: Jesse, Hibberd, Barclay, Clarkson, Susan and Hannah, the last named dying young. The family were of English descent.

Hibberd Hall, husband of Joanna Hall, was born and reared on the Willistown farm, and was educated in the schools of the vicinity. On reaching manhood he engaged in mercantile business in Conshohocken, where he continued a few years, and then removed to Radnor township, where he married, he having met his future wife while he was engaged in teaching school in that neighborhood, remaining there five years, and being employed in keeping a country store. He then removed to Plymouth Meeting, near Norristown, engaging in storekeeping, and dying 10 mo. 22, 1865, from an attack of typhoid fever, at the age of thirty-eight years. The couple had three children, as follows: J. Barclay, a druggist, for many years located in Norristown, but more recently living in Philadelphia; he married Elizabeth Young, of Plymouth Meeting; Sarah, married Lafayette Ross, a well known merchant doing business on Main street, Norristown; Dr. William M., a leading physician of Conshohocken. Hibberd Hall was a staunch Republican, and an active worker in behalf of party interests, speaking in advocacy of its principles. He affiliated with the Society of Friends, of which his ancestors had been members for many generations. He was a man of ability and integrity, whose life corresponded with his religious profession, and he was highly respected by all who knew him.