Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Rehoboth - DNA Family 006
• 1840 Census: 1840, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan
• 1850 Census: 31 Jul 1850, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan
• 1880 Census: 12 Jun 1880, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan

Notes:

Michigan Business Directory, 1863

BATTLE CREEK, p. 191
Tolman W. Hall and Ezra Convis joined the settlement in June, 1834. Vespucius Young came the same spring. Warren B. Shepherd came in the fall of the same year and taught the district school the following winter, and this was the first schoolmaster in Battle Creek. The next teacher was Miss Sarah Phelps, who taught the summer term.

BATTLE CREEK, p. 194
Hall Tolman W, postmaster, office on Main.
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Michigan Biographies, 1878
American Biographical History of Eminent and Self-Made Men with Portrait Illustrations on Steel, Volumes I-II
Hon. Tolman W. Hall

of Battle Creek, Michigan, was born at Sudbury, Vermont, September 1, 1805. His parents, Moses and Experience (Tolman) Hall, were of Puritan descent, and their early religious teachings have exercised a marked influence upon his life. His father served in the Revolution. An academic education ftted Mr. Hall for a teacher, and he followed the profession for several years. At Sudbury, April 12, 1832, he married Lois Mary Hitchcock, formerly of Hebron, New York. Soon after, he came into the possession of real estate near Battle Creek, Michigan, and, in 1834, he removed there and engaged in farming. In 1842 his wife died, and he gave up the farm and became a merchant. Before and after Michigan became a State, Mr. Hall held various local offices. In 1836, when the State government was organized, he was elected Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Calhoun County. He held the office until 1845; in 1844 he was admitted to the Calhoun County bar, but has never practiced. In 1855-6 Mr. Hall was a member of the Legislature; during the administration of Abraham Lincoln, and during part of Andrew Johnson's, he was Postmaster; in 1863 he was Alderman, and in 1865 was Mayor. He is now Justice of the Peace and Superintendent of the Poor of Calhoun County. He has always shown an active interest in the moral and educational advancement of Battle Creek. He holds office in the church, and aided in organizing the Congregational and Presbyterian churches in this city. He also aided in establishing the present school system, and takes a prominent part in the temperance movement. He was a Democrat until 1854; he is now a liberal Republican. Mr. Hall has traveled extensively through the United States and Canada. He is a man of strong character and positive convictions.

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.

1840 Census:
p. 189
Moses Hall         011 100 100 0000 - 001 001 000 0000
Tolman W. Hall   000 011 000 0100 - 001 010 100 0000 (includes Moses Hall, Sr.)

1850 Census:
Village of Battle Creek, p. 56
Tolman W. Hall   45 M   Merchant  $5000   Vermont
Florinda H.   "     30 F                                   NY
Dewitt C. Howe 16 M   Clerk                         "

1880 Census:
ED 43, p. 2 [96A]
Hall, T. W.     W M 74   Head  Md  Justice of the Peace       VT  MA MA
---, Florinda  W F  60   Wife   Md  Keeping House                NY NY NY
---, Ella          W F 28   Dau     S     At Home                         MI   VT NY

Buried:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/calhoun/cemeteries/oakhillg8cm.txt

Tolman married Lois Mary Hitchcock on 12 Sep 1832 in Sudbury, Rutland County, Vermont. Lois was born in 1810/1820 in Hebron, Washington County, New York; died before 21 Oct 1841 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan; was buried on 21 Oct 1841 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tolman married Elizabeth Ann McCawly on 8 Apr 1844 in Calhoun County, Michigan. Elizabeth was born about 1824; died before 25 Nov 1844; was buried on 25 Nov 1844 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Tolman married Florinda [--?--] before 1850. Florinda was born about 1820 in New York; died before 21 Feb 1895; was buried on 21 Feb 1895 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]