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Capt. William A. Hall, the son of Solomon and Sarah (Thompson) Hall, was born in Trenton, Gibson Co., in 1847. He is a cotton dealer and farmer of the Eighth District. His father was born in North Carolina, in 1827. When he was but an infant, his parents moved to Dyer County. When he was seventeen years of age, he married Miss Sarah E. Thompson, by whom he had eight children; four of them are now living. Mr. Hall then spent five years in Gibson County, farming as a tenant, when he returned to Dyer County, and cleared about 215 acres of land in the Eighth District. At the end of eight years he sold this, and bought 400 acres in the same district, where he remained until 1865, when he moved to Doakville and engaged in the mercantile business. In 1873 his wife died and he moved to Memphis, and for six years was in the commission business, then moved to Dyersburg, where he died a few days after, in 1880. In 1874, while living in Memphis, he married Miss Jane Theadford, who died in 1878. They had two children. William A. Hall moved to Dyer County when a boy; he had a good education. In 1868-69 he was in the mercantile business at Doakville, and in 1870 he married Miss Eddie, daughter of Richard and Martha Akins. Five children was the result of this union, three of them now living: Lulu May, Samuel R. and Wm. Lee. Mr. Hall then moved to his present home, which now has 350 acres of land. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A, as first lieutenant. After the battle of Shiloh, he organized a company of cavalry and was captain of it, entering Gen. Forrest’s command, and remaining until the end of the war. Mr. Hall held the office of magistrate for some years. He is a man of ability, and is generally esteemed in his community.