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• Name: Erastus Pease Hall
• Name: Erastus Perry Hall
• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• Alt. Birth: Abt 1836, Portage County, Ohio
• 1860 Census: 31 Jul 1860, Richland Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

Notes:

He enlisted in Civil War in Kendalville, Noble County, Indiana in Oct. 1864. He died in Feb. 1865 in Tennessee (probably at Hord House, which was turned into a hospital for Union soldiers). His name is on some monument in Indiana.  There was a land sale after his death on the part of Susannah.

His middle name is under contention. According to Kathryn Hall, "throughout the years it has been speculated that Erastus P. Hall's middle name was either Pease or Perry. It is my belief that neither of these is correct. It is my belief that his middle name was Plimpton, and that his parents, Luke Hall and Mercy Steadman Hall, named him after Reverend Billings O. Plimpton of the Methodist Church, as they were founding pioneers of Plimpton's congregation.

See notes on Erie Conference .

The fact that Luke and Mercy Hall named their older son Nelson Wesley Hall, a clear nod to Methodist founder John Wesley, only adds to the speculation. It is also noteworthy that the leaders of their Methodist congregation were fierce abolitionists, adding to a motive for Erastus and his brother to join the Union army, especially given the pioneering role his parents played in the founding of the church."

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

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1860 Census:
Auburn PO, Richland Twp., p. 144
Nelson Hall    26 M   Farmer  $700 $150    Ohio  Married in Year
Sarah    "       19 F                                        "          "

Erastus Hall   23 M  Farmer   $2100 $275    "
Lafayett  "      17 M                                       "

Buried:
From: SUVMIDGRO@aol.com
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 08:28:42 EST
Subject: Erastus Hall
To: KHPBooks@aol.com

Good morning, Ms. Hall.

Thank you for allowing us to honor your ancestor by placing his final resting place in our National Graves Database for all to use as a resource.

I have found Erastus in the 1850 and 1860 De Kalb County, IN Census, and buried as E. P. Hall at Nashville National Cemetery, Section H, Grave # 9371. He has a miliotary headstone, and the Official Record states his death date as 8 February, 1865 in Nashville.

Rick Danes
Graves Registration Officer
Department of Michigan and Member, National Graves Registration Committee
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Erastus married Susannah Weaver on 14 Feb 1861 in DeKalb County, Indiana. Susannah died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]