JOSEPH HALL

Joseph Hall was born in Smithfield, Ohio, March 18, 1827, he was a son of Clarkson Hall, his mother was a native of Ireland and came to America in 1808; his grand father Reuben Hall, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and in the war of 1812. Joseph Hall was two years of age when his parents settled at Wintersville, where he lived until 1863, at the age of nineteen he was a school teacher, but learning the carpenters trade with his father, he followed this vocation during early manhood, he served two terms as Clerk of Cross Creek Township. In 1855 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served three years. In 1858, for the purpose of fitting himself for the duties of United States Claim Attorney, he studied law, was licensed as an Attorney in 1861, and acted in that capacity up to the time of his death, he was the oldest claim attorney in the country and certainly the most successful. He located in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1863, in 1872 was elected a member of the School Board, serving seven years, during four of which he acted as clerk, he took much pride in the school property and it was during his term of office that shade trees were planted and beautiful lawns were cultivated on the school grounds, he taking the lead in this work which stands to-day a monument to his taste. He married November 19, 1852, Rachel McGrew, a native of Wayne Township, a daughter of Joseph B. McGrew, a former prominent citizen. Three children were born to them: Homer S. Hall, of Pittsburg, Pa., Jennie Hall, wife of Dr. James Buchanan Siggins, of Oil City, Pa., and Mary Alice Hall, wife of Mr. Orion Siggins, of West Hickory, Pa. Mr. Hall enjoyed a lucrative practice and obtained pensions for more old soldiers, perhaps, than any other attorney in Eastern Ohio. By his strict integrity he won the confi

dence of his clients and through his energetic effort many old soldiers received government bounty who otherwise would have been destitute. Everybody knew Joseph Hall, he was liked by the people for his kindly disposition and companionable nature, he was also intelligent and entertaining in conversation, was devoted to his family and felt keenly the separation from his daughters. At the time of his death he was making arrangements to move to Tidioute, Pa., to be near them. He and his wife were looking forward with much pleasure to the time they would be with their daughters. They were regular attendants and supporters of the Hamlin Methodist Episcopal Church. Joseph Hall will be greatly missed in this community where he was so well known and respected. (d. 1896).

Mrs. Rachel E. Hall died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Orion Siggins, (No. 182), of West Hickory, Pa., at 5 o'clock Saturday morning. She was born May 27, 1833, at Smithfield, Ohio, and has a birthright at the Friends Meeting House of that place. Much of her life was spent at Steubenville, Ohio, where the death of her husband took place twenty-one years ago. The funeral took place at West Hickory, Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock and interment was held at Steubenville.

JUDGE JOHN SIGGINS

(74) Hon. John Siggins, son of William and Jane (Hunter) Siggins, was born February 1st, 1839, at the home farm in Harmony Township, Forest County, Pennsylvania, which is now owned and farmed by his brother, A. Jackson Siggins.

He was the eldest child of a family of eight boys and three girls; his father being in poor health, he at the age of fourteen was doing a man's work, and was practically in charge of the farm.

At the outbreak of the Civil War, he and his brother William P., were the only sons who were old enough to enlist, and as William P. did enlist as a volunteer, it was necessary that he remain at home to look after the welfare of the family; he was twice drafted but rejected on account of an ankle he had fractured in his younger days; he early realized that his education was not sufficient to enable him to meet the battles of life. He obtained his father's consent to leave the farm for a time, and attend the Select school taught by A. J. Fleming and the District School taught by Samuel Fertig, at Stewart's Run.

On January 1st, 1864, he first became engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Steam Mill and in the fall of that year removed to a store building he had bought at West Hickory, in 1871 he removed to Tidioute where he continued in the mercantile business until 1895 when he retired to engage in other pursuits.

While at Steam Mill he met Miss Clarissa Carter, who afterward became his wife; she was a daughter of Joseph Trumbull and Olive (Fuller) Carter, and was born April 29, 1845, at Olean, N. Y. They were married at the home