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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Edward J. Hall, a prosperous farmer of Choctaw Township, Lincoln County, Ark., was born at Charleston, S. C., in 1844. He is a son of John S. and Elenora Eugenia De Jaen De Bois Thinnay Hall, born, respectively, in Yorkshire, England, and Nance, France. He was a lineal descendant of William the Conqueror of England, and was reared in Liverpool, where, in company with a kinsman, he engaged in a wholesale crockery and grocery business. After reaching his thirtieth year, Mr. Hall came to the United States to see after some landed estate in the possession of his uncle, at Savannah, Ga. While on this trip he met and married his wife, in 1827. They lived in Georgia until about 1842, at which time they moved to Charleston, S. C., to secure surgical aid for a son who had been seriously injured by an accidental explosion of gunpowder. From that point they emigrated to Arkansas, locating in Pine Bluff. They settled in a complete wilderness, but proceeded at once to cultivate the land after a most advanced way. He was a man of fine talent, and excellent business qualities. The mother also belonged to a distinguished family, and was a lady of unusual culture. Edward is the eighth child of the family born to this union. He served a short time in the Confederate army, enlisting in 1864, but was taken sick and released from duty. He married, November 26, 1868, Susan A. Wood, a daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth Wood, who came from Mississippi to Arkansas, in 1855.

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This family biography is one of 44 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lincoln County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Lincoln County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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