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4. Thomas, who died young.
TX.
ELIZABETH STUART married Capt. VIM
Paxton, of Rockbridge. They left five chill
dren-John, James, William, Elizabeth an(
Jean. Jean married Alex. s. Hall, of Staun
ton. They had a large family, viz: VIM. P
Hail. who married Miss Bondurant; Elizabeth
who married VIM. B. Kayser; Caroline, wht
married Mr.. Tipping; Virginia, who married
Mr.. Thompson; Or. Lucien Hail. Major
Houston Hall and Edward Hall, of Staunton
ELEANOR STUART, DAUGHTER OF
ARCHIBALD STUART, SENR.
Eleanor Stuart, daughter of Archibald Stuart
married Ed. Hall, who migrated, at an early
day, from Armagh county, Ireland. and came
to Virginia in 1886. The name of Edward
Halls father was Isaac. His mothers maiden
name was Sarah Allison.
Edward Hall and Eleanor Stuart, his wife,
had six sons viz: Isaac, Archibald, Thomas,
Alexander, Benjamin, John, and four daugh.
ters, Sally, Elizabeth, Eleanor and Janet.
Isaac was distinguished physician, who was
educated in Europe, and settled in Petersburg,
where he practised medicine with great success
He married Miss Evorard and had two chill
dren. viz: Edward Hall, of Norfolk, author oi
Halls Digested Index. and Diana, who mar
ried - Parker, Of Norfolk.
II.
Archibald died young.
III.
Thomas was lawyer. he married a widow
Chinn, and moved to Kentucky, where his de-
scendants reside.
Alexander was farmer, and lived on the
old Hall farm Oh South River. He married
bis cousin, Mary Patterson Stuart, daughter of
Maj. Alex Stuart. They had ten children, viz
1. Edward. who married Janetta Ewing .and
moved to Tennessee and afterwards to Texas,
where his descendants reside.
2. Mary, who died unmarried
3 Eleanor, who married John A. Douglas
and left three children, viz: Eleanor s., widow
of John McCue, decd, Martha, who is uumar-
rled, and John A., lawyer of Mercer county,
w. Va.
4 Alex. S., who married his cousin, Jean
S. Paxton, and left eight children, whose names
are given above.
5. Archibald A, Hall, who formerly lived In
Augusta. He married Miss Brent. and
has one daughter iving-one or two of his sons
6 Jane died unmarried.
Z. DR.. Isaac Hall. who married Nancy Fin
ley. He died in 1872. leaving one son, Capt.
Clinton Hall, to survive him.
8. Robert, who never married, lives in Mer-
GER county, W. Va.
9. John, who was lawyer He died in
Texas about 1910 He was Secretary of State
under President Sam Houston.
10. Sally, who married Mr.. Young, and lives
near Memphis, Tenn.
V.
BENJAMIN HALL, married his cousin, Pr;s-
ella Stuart, daughter of Mai Alexander Stu
art, and removed to Missouri. His descen-
dants live near Florissant, Is miles from St.
Louis.
SALLY HALL married the gallant Captain
James Tate, who was killedat the battle of Gull
ford G. H., in the Spring of 1881. Capt. Tate
had six children
/. Eleanor died young.
2. John, who married Elizabeth McClena-
han, and left children.
g. Polly, who married John Moore.
4. Isaac, who was married twice. His first
wife was Esther Finley his second wife was
daughter Of Robert Steele. They removed
to Greene county, KY.
S. Elizabeth. who married Andrew Steele, of
Augusta.
6. Sally, who married Thomas Caldwell.
Mrs. Tate, some years after the death of
Capt Tate, married Hugh Fulton, brother
Of Andrew Fulton They moved to Kentucky
and had four children: Tabitha, who did not
marry; Sophia, who married Mr. Bailey !;
John, who died young, and Nancy, who mar
ried Hugh Wardlaw, of Rock bridge, who af-
terwards removed to ST. Charles, Mo-, where
their descendants still reside.
VII.
ELIZABETH, the youngest daughter of Ed
ward Hall and Eleanor Stuart, married Andrew
Fulton, gentleman OF great worth, who fre-
quently represented the County of Augusta in
the Legislature Of Virginia He received Is
wounds at Guilford, but recovered from them,
and lived to good old age. They left four
sons and two daugters, viz:
L. John Ell. Fulton, of Abingdon, an eminent
lawyer and representative in Congress from that
District.
2 Edward, who was farmer and Surveyor
In Augusta.
3. DR.. James Fulton, Of Waynesboro.
f. Judge Andrew S. Fulton, of Wythe, who
married a Miss KiDeannon: Of that county.
5. Sally married DIR. Williams, of Nelson
6. Elizabeth never married.
VIII.
JOHN HALL son of Edward Hall and Eleanor
Stuart, married Miss Weldon and settled in
North Carolina. He was lawyer by profess
sion, and rose to eminenee; ard, we believe,
was Chief Justice of that State.
ALEXANDER STUART.
MAJOR ALEXANDER STUART, the second son
and third child of Archibald Stuart, Senior,
was born in the Western part of PENNSYLVANIA,
10 1888 or "a and when about four years OF
age, was brought by his parents to Virginia.
He grew up to be man of large stature, and
of uncommon intellect, energy and enterprise.
At different periods of his life, he lived in Au-
gusta, Rockbridge and Monroe counties. He
located, and had patented, to him, a large num-
Der of tracts of land, in Monroe, Giles, Mercer,
Tazewell and probably other counties.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary war
he resided on the tract of land, about three
miles S. w. of Brownsburg, now owned by his
grandson, Maj Alex. B. Stuart and John M.
Stuart, then in Augusta county. But when
this county of Rockbridge was formed, in 1777,
the line was so run as to include the farm OF
Major Stuart in the new county.
Early In the Revolutionary struggle, Alex.
QUART was cULuIISoiOutO DIS NIaJUr OF the regl-
ment, which was commanded by Col. Samuel
Mcdowell, the ancestor of Col. Sam McDow-
ell Reid and of Hon. Samuel Mcdowell Moore.
He was thus second in command, as the Office
of Lieut. Colonel did not exist at that date
Major Stuart served through the war, and at
the battle OF Guiford, commanded the regi-
ment, Col Mcdowell being disabled by sick
ness Two horses were killed under him, dur
ing the battle, and he was himself badly wound
ed and Left on the field, where he Vas ca nt,,red