Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-13
GIG&cGWIWg.
OF DECLARATI0A
IADEPENDEACE.
LYMAN HALL.

LYMAN HALL
Lyman Hall was born in Connecticut
IN tie year 1921. HIS father was pos
sessed u competent fortune. and lie
gave his son ali opportunity for acquiring
i good education. lie placed bin IN Ga.e
college a. TIC age ofsiAteeu years whence
-e graduated after four years study He
cnose the practice OF medicine as IA pro
lcsslon. aAd he entered upon the neccssa
ry studies with great ardOr, aud pursued
tAem VITA perseverance,
As soon as Mr. Ha!i had completed his
prot, ssionaI studies, aud was admitted to
practice, with tue title OF u ID he mar-
rttd a-d emlgrated 10 Soutn Carolina III
lI52. lie nrst settled al Dorchester bat
during the year he moved t. Sauburv. in
tAe district VI Medway III Georgia walth-
er about forty y ew England ianllles thea
a South Carolina accompanied ann lie
vas very succe9sfu u the practice of his
profession, aud 10y his superior intelligence
probIty, and consistency OF character he
won tue unboJhdeG esteem and confidence
Of his fellow citizens.
Doctor Hall was a close observer Of the
slgus u the times, aud lie was among
tle earliest OF tue southern patriots who
lifted up their Voices against British ,p-
pressIoa aud iulsrule. The colnmuuitv IN
aulcl he lived was strongly inbued with
the same feeling. for the people brought
wltL taem from New E-iaud the cherish
cd principles Of the Pilgrim Fathers
principles that would not brook attempts
T. easaive, or even to destroy a single pre-
.o-atye oi the colonies I De older sett-
Iors ot ueorsia, many of wnom were d.
rect from Europe had these principles o
freedom lnWoyen with their character in
muca less degree and therefore the parish
OF 81 John, waerein Doctor Hall res .dtd
seemed. at the first cry Of liberty. to have
all patriotism Of the province ceuteled
there
Early in l774 Doctor Hall and few
Kindred spirits euuavored by calling pub
.Ic meetings. to arouse tie people Of the
province ii make common cause with their
brethren Of the North. but these efforts
seemed almost futile Finally. a general
meeting Of all favorable to repabIcauism
wa, called at Savannah. In july. I114. but
tIe measures adopted there. were temper.
ztug aud non committaI in great de
gree. and Doctor Hal! almost de>pa.rcd
II success in pers snadng Georgia to send
delegates To the General Congress. called
To meet at Philadelphia in September -
tie returned to his constituents with a
heavy heart, aud lis report filed them
with disgust at the pus.l!alimi,y Of the
other representatives there I red with
zeal for the cause, and deeply sympathi-
ing with their brother patriots of New
England. tie people Of the parish Of St
Joln resolved 10 act in tie matter. indie
pendent OF the rest Of tie c,.aur. ID iu
.la-cti. .1I5. they elected Doctor IaiI
delegated To the General Congress. and
be appeared there with his credentials on
the thirteenth Of May. following Not
withstauding he was not an accredited
de.e5aFe Of a colony in favor Of the repub-
ican cause. and at a convention Of tie
people held in Savannah. in july. FIVE del
ega;es to eng eSs were elected of whom
Doctor Hall was one he presented his
new credeata : in May. 1916, aud he took
part in the debates which ensued on the
.oUrth of July He i-ned the Decara
riou on the second Of August. aud soon
4fterward returned home for a season
Doctor Hall was member Of Congress
nearly al the while until 1850 when the
INVASION of his state by tie British cali
4 him home to look after the safety of his
,amiiy lie arrived there in time TO re
move them, bat was obliged to leave MS
property ent rely exposed to the fury ot
Toe He went norta and while the Brit
sh had possession of the state. and revi-
ved royal authority in government there,
his property was cant>cated
He returned to Georgia in 1852 Just
before the enemy evacuated Savannah -
The next year be was elected governor Of
the State He held the Office one term.
aud then retired from public life and sot
happiness ID the domestic circle. But
that was soon invaded by tie arca-destroy-
er. His only son was cut down in the
dover of his youth. and the father did not
long survive him He died in the wear
I1S4 in the sixty third year Of his age,
greatly beloved and widely lamented
The kenosha Telegraph urges the mer-
chants at thai place 10 contribute $4,000 in
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