Biography & Emigration: Thomas Hall from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland to Washington County, Pennsylvania
"20th Century History of the City of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens"
(Chicago, Ill., Richmond: Arnold Pub. Co., 1910), by Joseph F. McFarland
Submitted by Annie Crenshaw
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THOMAS MONTGOMERY HALL, a worthy representative of one of the oldest pioneer families of Washington County, was born in Somerset Township, Washington Co., Pa., February 13, in 1828, and now lives retired in his pleasant home at No. 227 Jefferson avenue, Washington. He is a son of Thomas and also a grandson of Thomas Hall. The first Thomas Hall came from County Tyrone, Ireland, and settled in Somerset Township, Washington Co., Pa., in 1788, at that time purchasing the land which is now owned by his great-grandson, Samuel B. Weir. Thomas Hall married Sarah Keyes, also of County Tyrone, and to them were born the following children: Jane, wife of Henry Vance; Mary, wife of Adam Weir; James, who married Mary Pierce; and Thomas, whose marriage to Catherine Rainey, connected the Halls with another early pioneer family of consequence.
Thomas Hall (2) was born in Somerset Township, Washington County, in August, 1792, grew to manhood there and married a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Broomfield) Rainey. To Thomas and Catherine Hall were born the following children: James, who survived to the age of eighty-six years; Sarah, who is deceased; Austin W. and John, both of whom are deceased; Elizabeth, who married Mark Richey; Thomas M.; Catherine, who married Robert Lutton; Adam Weir, who married Mary Munnell; and Mary Jane, who married Frederick Whiteley. Of the above family, Thomas M. Hall is the only survivor.
In early youth, Mr. Hall came to Washington and learned the saddlery and harness-making trade. For a number of years he was in the hotel business, conducting the old Fulton House, becoming one of the best known men of the place. He was married in 1857 to Margaret Kiser, who was born at Shippensburg, Cumberland Co., Pa., and they reared five children, namely: Kate, who is the wife of John B. Gibson, of St. Louis, Mo.; Jane S., who resides at home; Mary Elizabeth, who is the wife of Henry W. Williams, of Pittsburg; Harry M., who is a resident of Washington; and Helen M., who resides at home. Many members of the Hall family have been prominently identified with the United Presbyterian Church and have also been liberal to other religious denominations. Thomas Hall (2) donated the ground on which the old United Presbyterian Church was built on Pigeon Creek. Thomas M. Hall is a Methodist, having been ideutified with that church for about sixty years.
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