NameOliver Hall, G Uncle
Birth18 Mar 1896, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death28 Sep 1984, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialClearfield (Bradley) Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Marriage21 Jul 1923, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseVesta Mae Petitt, G Aunt
Birth25 Jul 1905, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Oct 1984, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialClearfield (Bradley) Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Children
Birth6 Jul 1931, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death9 Jul 1993, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Notes for Oliver Hall
His WWI draft registration card, issued in 1917/1918 (the images on Ancestry do not show the side of the card that has the date it was filed), says Oliver Hall, age 21, residence Wagner, Ky, born 18 Mar 1896, occupation farmer, self-employed, single, no dependents.
Stone in Clearfield Cem. says: Oliver Hall, Mar 18, 1896 - Sep 28, 1984.
The index to Kentucky death records lists Oliver Hall, d. 28 Sep 1984, age 88, in Rowan Co., residence same, certificate Vol. 53, #26145.
Social Security Death index lists Oliver Hall, b. 18 Mar 1896, d. Sep 1984, SSN 400-09-7349 issued in KY, last residence in Morehead, KY.
His obituary in the Morehead News says Oliver Hall, 88, of Dry Creek Road, Clearfield, died Friday, Sept. 28, at the Life Care Center. A native of Rowan Co., he was the son of the late George W. and Nancy A. Quesinberry Hall. Mr. Hall was a veteran of World War I and a 20-year employee of Lee Clay Products. He also worked 20 years for Litchfield Creamery, Warsaw, Ind. He was a member of the Church of God. He is survived by his wife, Vesta Mae Petitt Hall, two sons, Earl Clayton Hall, Rochester, Ind., and Arthur Edward Hall, Bay St. Louis, Miss.; two brothers, Howard Hall, Clearfield, and Harlan Hall, Wabash, Ind.; two sisters, Laura Lambert, Clearfield, and Florence Petitt, Ellington, Fla.; and 9 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
Notes for Vesta Mae Petitt
Jesse Petitt bible
1 has entry "Vesta Mae Petitt B. July 25, 1905 Married Olivar Hall July 21, 1923, Vesta died Oct. 9, 1984 Olivar Died Sept. 27, 1984"
Her obituary in the Morehead News says that Mrs. Vesta Mae Petitt Hall, age 79, died Tuesday Oct 9 at St. Claire Medical Center. Survivors include two sons, Earl Clayton Hall of Rochester, Indiana; Arthur Edward Hall of Bay St. Louis, Miss.; and four sisters, Viola McBrayer and Lila Chadwell, Morehead; Isa Smith, Leesburg, Ind., and Geneva Bays, Goshen, Ind.
Notes for Oliver & Vesta Mae (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 16, p. 64, records the marriage on 21 July 1923 of Oliver O. Hall, 27, born in and resident of Rowan Co., son of George & Nancy Hall, to Vesta Petitt, 18, born in and resident of Rowan Co., dau of Jessie & Emma Petitt, at Morehead by F. W. Rose, minister of the Church of God, witnesses Samuel Caudill & Jessie Petitt.
Census
1930 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Wagoner precinct, p. 5B, taken 15 Apr, lists as family #87:
Hall, Oliver, 34, age at first marriage 27; Vesta, wife, 24, age at first marriage 18; Earl Clayton, son, 1 1/12; Croffard, Clyde, cousin, 18. Oliver’s mother born in Virginia, all others in Ky.
Clyde Crawford is the son of Clay Crawford and Ina P. Hall. He and Oliver were second cousins once removed. See the notes for Ina’s parents, James Edward Hall and Sarah “Dora” Hamm, for more details.