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William M. Hall, one of the large land owners of Oakland County, resides on a fine farm of 158 acres in section 33, Troy township, and also owns 210 acres in section 32, Troy township, and 40 acres in section 22, Royal Oak township. Mr. Hall was born in 1839 in the State of New York and came to Michigan in 1847 with his parents who settled in Macomb County. He is a son of Horace and Abigail (Abbey) Hall, both natives of New York.

Horace Hall is now a highly esteemed, venerable resident of Birmingham, approaching his century milepost, having been born May 9, 1814. Until 1875 he continued actively engaged in farming. For several years he conducted what is known in the locality as the Six Mile House, on Woodward avenue. In his young manhood he belonged to the New York State Militia. The mother of our subject was a daughter of James and Martha Abbey, was born April 27, 1810, and died April 6, 1900. Mr. Hall has one sister, Susan Ann, who is the wife of John F. Stephens, of Birmingham.

William M. Hall was educated in the district schools and has been connected with agricultural pursuits ever since boyhood. For some 20 years he was interested in the buying of stock. In 1874 he located in Troy township, Oakland County, and has occupied his present fine farm in section 33 for the past 19 years.

Mr. Hall was married in 1869 to Rebecca A. Rose, who was born in Brandon township, Oakland County, in 1840, and is a daughter of Joseph Leonard and Charlotte (Bailey) Rose. Two children were born to them: Frank, who died in early childhood, and Lotta Bell, who married Percy Parmenter; of Troy township, Oakland County, and has three children, — Margeline, Ida Alvenia and Willebell.

Politically, Mr. Hall is a Democrat and has taken an active part for many years in public affairs in the township. He has most efficiently filled many of the local offices and has been retained for five terms as supervisor of Troy township. During this period many improvements have been inaugurated, many of these being directly traceable to Mr. Hall’s excellent judgment. For a number of years he has belonged to the Masonic fraternity.