Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 6133199
• Group: Famous Historical Figure
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Group: Halls of Yarmouth - DNA Family 020
• 1850 Census: 6 Nov 1850, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa
• 1870 Census: 8 Aug 1870, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa

Notes:

US Congressman. Elected to represent IA's 1st District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1885 to 1887.

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6133199

Group:
Famous People

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of Edward Hall of Rehoboth, Massachusetts (Hall DNA Family 006), and extended and allied families and their ancestors.

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Group:
Descendants of John Hall of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts

1850 Census:
Ward 1, p. 481a
J. C. Hall                42  M   Lawyer  ----   NY
Achsah                   40  F                       Mass
Benton                   16  M                       Ohio   school
Josephiene             10   F                       Iowa      "
James F Shepherd  26  M   Lawyer         Ind
Josephine               22  F                       NY
Frederick            6/12  M                       Iowa
Catherine Hait         29 F                        NY

1870 Census:
Burlington PO, Ward 5, p. 381
Hall, J. C.     62  M  W  Atty at Law  $15,000  $800   New York          citizen
---, Achsah   59  F  W   Keeping House                   Mass

Hall, B. J.      35  M  W   Atty at Law  $9000  $500    Ohio                 citizen
---, Louisa     34  F  W   Keeping House                   Ind
... 2 boarders, 1 servant

Died:
Ancestry.com. Iowa, Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990
Name:      Benton J. Hall
Gender:      Male
Marital status:      Married
Age:      59
Birth Date:      1835
Death Date:      4 Jan 1894
Death Place:      Des Moines Co., Iowa
Burial Date:      9 Jan 1894
FHL Film Number:      1674972

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]