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- From FindaGrave:
Dr. Asahel (or Asa as he was generally called) Hall, son of Aaron Hall, was born in Wallingford, April 6, 1792.
He was studying to be a physician when the war of 1812 broke out, and he entered the service when only about twenty years old as army surgeon, and was stationed at Fort Griswold, Connecticut. After the war he located in Dutchess County, New York, and lived at Rhinebeck, Fishkill and Poughkeepsie. During the last twenty years of his life he lived in Poughkeepsie, and practiced there.
He married Catherine (Vanderberg) Toffee, of Rhinebeck, widow, descendant of one of the ancient Dutch families of New York.
Dr. Hall died in Poughkeepsie in 1877 and his wife in 1880, at the age of 88 years.
Children of Dr. Asa and Catherine Vanderberg Hall: l. Henry Clay. 2. George Vanderberg, 3. Anna, married Silas Woodell, lived and died in Poughkeepsie. 4. Dewitt Clinton, resided in New York city and later Norwalk, CT
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