Family Group Sheet
NameHarlan Watson Hall, 2C1R
Birth30 Dec 1893, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Nov 1962, Ridgeville, Randolph Co., Indiana
BurialElm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherLewis Henry Hall (1872-1959)
MotherNancy J. ("Nannie") Hall (1874-1952)
Marriageabt 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseWillnah Mae Davis
Birth30 Jun 1900, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death29 May 2003, Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana
BurialElm Ridge Memorial Park, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
FatherMilton Paxton Davis (1873-1963)
MotherIda B. Bradley (1881-1965)
Children
1 FAnita Elizabeth Hall, 3rd Cousin
Birth29 Nov 1920, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death16 Jun 1991, Harris Co., Texas
SpouseJohn Bunyan Chapman Jr.
2 MHarlan W. Hall, 3rd Cousin
Birth14 Oct 1922, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death4 May 2001, Winchester, Randolph Co., Indiana
SpouseWanda J.
5 MJames Lewis Hall, 3rd Cousin
Birth1 Jul 1932, Ashland, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Death4 Jan 2007, Kettering, Montgomery Co., Ohio
SpouseWanda Jean Tackett
6 FIla Marie Hall, 3rd Cousin
Birth19 Apr 1934, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Death20 Sep 1981, Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana
SpouseRobert M. Isenhart Sr.
7 MArthur A. Hall , 3rd Cousin (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseJennie L.
8 FPauline Joanne Hall , 3rd Cousin (Data Omitted for Privacy)*
SpouseDarrell L. Spade
Notes for Harlan Watson Hall
Rowan Co. birth records, on LDS microfilm #216839, list an H. Hall, male, born 30 Nov 1893 to L. H. Hall and Nanny Prayther, father born Rowan Co., mother born Morgan Co. I don't know what to make of this record. I don't know of any other L. H. Hall in this generation, but the mother's surname doesn't match and the date of birth is off by one month from that reported on later records.
His WW I draft registration card records Harlen Hall, age 23, residence Morehead, Ky, born 30 Dec 1893, occupation miller, employer L. H. Hall, Morehead, single, exemption claimed due to appendicitis three times, not operated on.
His obituary as posted on FindaGrave.com reported:
“Harlan W. Hall, 68, R.R.1, Ridgeville, collapsed into a creek and died early Saturday morning while hunting on his farm.
He was accompanied by his 6-year -old grandson, Robert Isenhart Jr., who ran to the Hall farmhouse crying that his grandfather was "floating in the creek."
A telephone truck containing two men, Jerry Riley and Charles Goodhew, both of Dunkirk, was flagged down by the family as it passed on the road. They applied artificial respiration but without success. Both later told investigating officers they had seen Hall sitting in a field earlier and asked him if he were ill. They said Hall replied he was "just resting."
Hall was a native of Moorehead, Ky. He had lived in Delaware and Randolph counties for the past 26 years. He was a retired employee of Ball Brothers Co., an Army veteran of World War I, and a member of the Albany American Legion Post.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Mae; three daughters, Miss Joanne Hall, at home, Mrs. Robert Isenhart, Farmland, and Mrs. John Chaplin, Houston, Tex.; four sons, Arthur, R.R.7, Harlan W. Jr., R.R.1, Redkey, Milton P., Kenosha, Wis., and James, Middletown, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Paul Bowlin, Indianapolis, Mrs. Chase Green Mrs. Ova McClain and Mrs. Chester Mark, all of Muncie, and Mrs. Ova Black, Mount Sterling, Ky., and two brothers, Roy, Oregon, and Edgar, Moorehead, Ky.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Piepho Funeral Home, with burial following in the family plot in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday.”
His WW I draft registration card records Harlen Hall, age 23, residence Morehead, Ky, born 30 Dec 1893, occupation miller, employer L. H. Hall, Morehead, single, exemption claimed due to appendicitis three times, not operated on.
His obituary as posted on FindaGrave.com reported:
“Harlan W. Hall, 68, R.R.1, Ridgeville, collapsed into a creek and died early Saturday morning while hunting on his farm.
He was accompanied by his 6-year -old grandson, Robert Isenhart Jr., who ran to the Hall farmhouse crying that his grandfather was "floating in the creek."
A telephone truck containing two men, Jerry Riley and Charles Goodhew, both of Dunkirk, was flagged down by the family as it passed on the road. They applied artificial respiration but without success. Both later told investigating officers they had seen Hall sitting in a field earlier and asked him if he were ill. They said Hall replied he was "just resting."
Hall was a native of Moorehead, Ky. He had lived in Delaware and Randolph counties for the past 26 years. He was a retired employee of Ball Brothers Co., an Army veteran of World War I, and a member of the Albany American Legion Post.
Survivors include his wife, Wilma Mae; three daughters, Miss Joanne Hall, at home, Mrs. Robert Isenhart, Farmland, and Mrs. John Chaplin, Houston, Tex.; four sons, Arthur, R.R.7, Harlan W. Jr., R.R.1, Redkey, Milton P., Kenosha, Wis., and James, Middletown, Ohio; five sisters, Mrs. Paul Bowlin, Indianapolis, Mrs. Chase Green Mrs. Ova McClain and Mrs. Chester Mark, all of Muncie, and Mrs. Ova Black, Mount Sterling, Ky., and two brothers, Roy, Oregon, and Edgar, Moorehead, Ky.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Piepho Funeral Home, with burial following in the family plot in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday.”
Notes for Willnah Mae Davis
Her name is spelled Willmah or Willma in most early records, but both her gravestone and obituary spell it Willnah.
Her obituary as posted on FindaGrave.com reported:
“PARKER CITY--Willnah Mae Hall, 102, died Thursday afternoon in St. Vincent Hospital, Randolph County, in Winchester.
She was born in Morehead, Ky., and lived near Ridgeville until 1979, and then near Parker City.
Surviving are two sons, James L. Hall, Springboro, Ohio, and Art Hall, Muncie; a daughter, Pauline (Jo) Spade (husband-Darrel), Parker City; a special daughter-in-law, Jennie Hall, Muncie; 21 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harlan W. Hall; two sons, Harlan W. Hall Jr. and Milton Paxton Hall; three daughters, Jeanette Hall, Anita Hall and Marie Hall; and three grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday in The Meeks Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Mark Garringer of Albany will officiate. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be sent to St. Lukes Hospital for Children in Nashville, Tenn.”
Her obituary as posted on FindaGrave.com reported:
“PARKER CITY--Willnah Mae Hall, 102, died Thursday afternoon in St. Vincent Hospital, Randolph County, in Winchester.
She was born in Morehead, Ky., and lived near Ridgeville until 1979, and then near Parker City.
Surviving are two sons, James L. Hall, Springboro, Ohio, and Art Hall, Muncie; a daughter, Pauline (Jo) Spade (husband-Darrel), Parker City; a special daughter-in-law, Jennie Hall, Muncie; 21 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harlan W. Hall; two sons, Harlan W. Hall Jr. and Milton Paxton Hall; three daughters, Jeanette Hall, Anita Hall and Marie Hall; and three grandchildren.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday in The Meeks Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Mark Garringer of Albany will officiate. Burial will be in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call at the mortuary from 2-5 p.m. Sunday.
Memorials may be sent to St. Lukes Hospital for Children in Nashville, Tenn.”
Census Notes for Harlan Watson & Willnah Mae (Family)
In 1920 they were living with Harlan’s brother Ed:
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 6 Jan, lists on p. 3 as family #45/48:
Hall, Edgar, 24, chauffer at garage; Deeda, wife, 25; Elwood, son, 5; Harlan, 26, brother; Willie May, sister-in-law, 19. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1930 census of Boyd Co., Ky, Ashland, enumerated 11 April, lists on p. 17B as family #302/570:
Hall, H. W., 35, brakeman on steam railway; Wilma M., 29, wife; Anita, 10, dau; H. W. Jr., 6, son; Jeanette, 5, dau. All born Ky Ky Ky.
(The preceding household contains Charley & Cora Hicks with the children of Roscoe Pettit, listed as step-children.)
1940 census of Randolph Co., Indiana, Green township, ED 68-3, enumerated 27 April, lists on p. 8B as family #176:
Hall, Harlen, 47; Willnah, wife, 39; Anita Elizabeth, dau, 18; Harlen J., son, 16; Milton, son, 9; Jimmy Louis, son, 7; Ila Marie, dau, 5; Arthur, son, 1/12, b. Indiana. All others born in Kentucky, those over 5 living in Delaware Co., Indiana in 1935.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 6 Jan, lists on p. 3 as family #45/48:
Hall, Edgar, 24, chauffer at garage; Deeda, wife, 25; Elwood, son, 5; Harlan, 26, brother; Willie May, sister-in-law, 19. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1930 census of Boyd Co., Ky, Ashland, enumerated 11 April, lists on p. 17B as family #302/570:
Hall, H. W., 35, brakeman on steam railway; Wilma M., 29, wife; Anita, 10, dau; H. W. Jr., 6, son; Jeanette, 5, dau. All born Ky Ky Ky.
(The preceding household contains Charley & Cora Hicks with the children of Roscoe Pettit, listed as step-children.)
1940 census of Randolph Co., Indiana, Green township, ED 68-3, enumerated 27 April, lists on p. 8B as family #176:
Hall, Harlen, 47; Willnah, wife, 39; Anita Elizabeth, dau, 18; Harlen J., son, 16; Milton, son, 9; Jimmy Louis, son, 7; Ila Marie, dau, 5; Arthur, son, 1/12, b. Indiana. All others born in Kentucky, those over 5 living in Delaware Co., Indiana in 1935.
