Hall Barnhart1

(March 17, 1870 - July 26, 1894)
Hall Barnhart|b. Mar 17, 1870\nd. Jul 26, 1894|p2783.htm|George Thomas Barnhart|b. Nov 17, 1845\nd. May, 1931|p2707.htm|Nancy Viola Hall|b. Nov 16, 1848\nd. 1927|p2708.htm|||||||John W. Hall||p2709.htm|Sally C. Ash||p2710.htm|
     Hall Barnhart was born on Thursday, March 17, 1870 in South Dakota, son of George Thomas Barnhart and Nancy Viola Hall.1

According to the US census of June, 1880, Hall was living at home with his parents in Mallory Township, Clayton County, Iowa. He was ten years old.2

Hall died on Thursday, July 26, 1894 in Iowa at age 24. He fell from a tree on the David Peck residence. He had just been installed as Nobel Grand of the LOOS Lodge at Colesburg the week prior to his death.1 He was laid to rest in the Brown Cemetery in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa.1

Citations

  1. [S71] Clayton County Genealogical Society / Box 866 Elkader - Iowa 52043, 1984 History of Clayton County Iowa (Elkader, Iowa 52043: Griffith Press, 1984). Hereinafter cited as 1984 History of Clayton Co.
  2. [S124] 1880 US Census, www.FamilySearch.org, 1880 Iowa, Clayton, Mallory Twp; Series: T9 Roll: 333 Page: 436c.
 


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