James Robert "Jamie" Hall

1830 - 1916  (85 years)

• Name	James Robert "Jamie" Hall
  Nickname	Jamie
  Born	26 Jul 1830	Athens, Somerset County, Maine
  Gender	Male
  Group	Hall Direct Descendant
  	A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
  Group	Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
  	Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.
  Died	23 Feb 1916	Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
  Buried	Aft 23 Feb 1916	Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California
  Person ID	I7203	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017

  
  

  Father	Thomas Foster Hall,   b. 13 Feb 1800, Readfield, Kennebec County, Maine ,   d. 4 Oct 1873, Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Betsey" Hall,   b. 1804, Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine ,   d. 22 Nov 1871, Maine  (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F4094	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Snow Jenks,   b. 20 Mar 1835, Camden, Knox County, Maine ,   d. 15 Oct 1907, Pleasanton, Alameda County, California  (Age 72 years)
  Married	Bef 1858
  Children	1. Charles Henry Hall,   b. 6 Sep 1858, Maine ,   d. 17 Sep 1919, Savage, Richland County, Montana  (Age 61 years)   2. Ernest Edwin Hall,   b. 2 Jun 1860, Enfield, Penobscot County, Maine ,   d. 27 Sep 1929, Oakland, Alameda County, California  (Age 69 years)   3. Fred James Hall,   b. 2 Apr 1862, Enfield, Penobscot County, Maine ,   d. 13 Jun 1940, La Mesa, San Diego County, California  (Age 78 years)   4. Lena May Hall,   b. 18 Feb 1866, Enfield, Penobscot County, Maine ,   d. 10 Oct 1943, Alameda County, California  (Age 77 years)   5. Clara Hall,   b. 11 Nov 1867, Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 3 Aug 1933, East Palo Alto, San Mateo County, California  (Age 65 years)   6. George Washington Hall,   b. 8 Oct 1869, Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 18 Feb 1940, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)   7. Edgar Hall,   b. 27 Jul 1873, Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine ,   d. 9 Oct 1873, Atkinson, Piscataquis County, Maine  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2017
  Family ID	F1859	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 26 Jul 1830 - Athens, Somerset County, Maine Died - 23 Feb 1916 - Petaluma, Sonoma County, California Buried - Aft 23 Feb 1916 - Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, California  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The son of Thomas F. Hall and Elizabeth "Betsey" Hall of Atkinson, Maine (probably a cousin to Thomas), James Robert Hall was a Civil War veteran - 3rd Maine Light Artillery, Jan-Mar 1862 - and -1st Maine Calvary, 1863-1865 - who married Dorcas Jenks, also of Maine, in 1858. James was survived by six children: George Washington Hall, Charles Henry Hall, Ernest Hall, Fred James Hall, Lena May Hall Evans and Clara Hall Fellows. Another son, Edgar, who died as an infant. (Edgar is buried in the same plot a Thomas F. Hall and Betsey Hall.) James took up farming following his discharge. During the mid-late 1860s, he and his family lived in Enfield, Maine, but by 1869, James and Dorcas had purchased a farm in Atkinson where they continued to live for roughly thirty years. "Go west, young man," an often heard phrase of the time, clearly resonated with the Halls, as by the turn of the century all of the children, with the exception of George, had moved to California. Not wanting to be separated from so many of her children, Dorcas persuaded James at the age of 70 to sell their home and follow the children westward. Most, including James and Dorcas, ultimately settled in Alameda or Sonoma Counties. His brief obituary notes that James was an esteemed citizen of Petaluma; a retired rancher who passed away at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Clara and Fred Fellows, and who had until late been "remarkedly well preserved, strong, and rugged." He was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California, near the grave of his late wife, Dorcas.