Linda Bay - Jan 15, 2012

I've just received info that William Augustus Hall was the founder of the town of Kaseyville, MO where my mysterious grandmother, Louisa Merriman Hall, was born in 1866. I've always been curious where her parents, James H. and Cynthia Hall, would have been there. Now I'm looking for a link between William Augustus Hall and our Squire John Hall family. William is said to have been born in October of 1815 to John Hancock Hall and Stratira Preble. Would appreciate any good info you might share. My subscription to Ancestry.com has expired and even the LDS Family Search.org is different and confusing I think. I found this post by Googling William's name but can't verify the info it contains: "Board: Message Boards > Surnames > Hall URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.hall/9659/mb.ashx Subject: William Augustus Hall and Octtavia Stanley Sebree Author: cgillispie1 Date: Thursday, June 01, 2006 Classification: Query Surnames: Hall-Preble-Shiflett-Esry-Gillispie-Smothers-Terrill-Jackson-Carter-kerfoot- Frazier-Jenkins-Walker Would like to make contact with anyone connected with William Augusta Hall and his wife Octavia Sebree. William's parents were John Hancock Hall and Statira Preble. John and his wife Statira were from Maine and were born , John 21 Jan 1781 and Statira 28 March 1788 came to Randolph Co. Missouri and are buried out side of Darksville Mo. Randolph Co. John died 26 Feb. 1841 and Statira 23 june 1854. They also had children John Jr., Willard Preble born Harpers Ferry Va. Lydia Ingrham Hall born Maine who married a dioctor Nicholas Marmion from Va. Mary , a sister in convent North Carolina, George Henry born Hapers Ferry and Annie S. Hall born 1830 at harpers Ferry who married Dr. Robert Terrill Macon Co. Mo They are my 2nd great-grandparents William Augustus and Octivia Hall had the followinfg children William A., Hall went to west Point was a Doctor and reached the rank of Major, John H. was a doctor, Uriel S. Hall a framer from Randolph Co. and state rep. from Mo. Willard C, (Cotton) Hall a cattle buyer and mayor of Huntsville Mo.was in St.Louis in 1920 census., Octavia S. who married a Singleton Lyle Kasey, Emma H. who married a William Baskett from Howard Co. Mo. Annje S. who died at 6 years old and is buried with her father at the Hall cemetery outside of Darksville Mo. Randolph Co. Edward L.Hall was in the 1880 census with his brother Willard Cotton Hall in Colorada as cattle Buyers Edward was in Colorado in 1900 with wife and 2 children Octavia born Aug. 1888 and Horace E. born born 1890 both were born in New Mexico. Horace E. is New York in 1920 and 1930 as a Chemical eng. married with 2 chilkdren and his wife Adelaide. Edward L. Hall also in the in surance businness in Colo Springs Colorado. Thanks Charlie" Thanks. Linda Bay