1808 - 1874 (66 years)
| 1. | Judge Jonathan Chapin Hall was born on 27 Feb 1808 in Batavia, Genesee County, New York; died on 11 Jun 1874; was buried after 11 Jun 1874 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
Notes: JONATHAN C. HALL was born at Batavia, New York, February 27, 1808, and was reared on a farm. He attended district school winters and a few terms at Wyoming Academy. He taught school three winters and helped to survey several new counties. In 1828 he began to study law, removed to Ohio and was admitted to the bar of Columbus. In 1839 he came to Iowa Territory and a year later opened a law office at Mount Pleasant where in a few years he acquired a large practice, attending courts in eleven counties. In 1844 he was chosen a delegate to the First Constitutional Convention and was one of the prominent framers of the Constitution that was rejected. Soon after he removed to Burlington and in 1854 was appointed Supreme Judge to fill a vacancy. In 1855 he was elected president of the Burlington & Missouri Railroad Company and was one of the influential promoters of that line. In 1857 he was again a member of the Constitutional Convention which framed our present Constitution. He was one of the authors of the State Board of Education which was provided for in that instrument. In 1859 he was elected to the Eighth General Assembly and took a prominent part in the enactment of the Code of 1860. In politics Judge Hall was a Democrat; as a lawyer, judge and legislator, he had few equals in the State he served so long and well. He died June 11, 1874. Jonathan married Achsah Childs in 1832. Achsah was born in in Bethany Center, Genesee County, New York; died on 5 Apr 1882; was buried after 5 Apr 1882 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 2. | Congressman Benton Jay Hall  (1.Jonathan1) was born on 13 Jan 1835 in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio; died on 5 Jan 1894 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried on 9 Jan 1894 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
Notes: US Congressman. Elected to represent IA's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1887. Benton married Louise Webb before 1870. Louise was born about 1836 in Indiana; died on 12 Nov 1917; was buried after 12 Nov 1917 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Josephine Hall (1.Jonathan1) was born about 1840 in Iowa; died in Unknown. Other Events:
Notes: Group: Josephine married Franklyn M. "Frank" Pollock on 23 Jan 1862 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Franklyn died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Josephine married John P. Hughes before 1870. John was born about 1833 in England; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Benton Hall Pollock (3.Josephine2, 1.Jonathan1) was born on 27 Nov 1862 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 19 Feb 1944 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city) County, Missouri; was buried after 19 Feb 1944 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
Notes: From FindaGrave: Benton married Katherine Eveline "Kate" Hutchinson on 21 Nov 1888 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. Katherine was born on 5 Jun 1865 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 10 Oct 1912 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city) County, Missouri; was buried after 10 Oct 1912 in Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Benton married Frances Wilson Baker on 14 Feb 1920 in New York, New York County, New York. Frances was born on 4 Dec 1867 in Fort Benton, Chouteau County, Montana; died on 9 Jul 1963 in Saint Louis, St. Louis (city) County, Missouri; was buried after 9 Jul 1963 in Bellefontaine Cemetery, Saint Louis, St. Louis (city) County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
