Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-07-24
LAST SAD RITES.
Funeral of Hon. Daniel Hal1-A Bus,
Life Ended-His History.


Life Ended-His History.
The funeral of Hon Daniel Hall
whose death on Wednesday morning
July II, was briefly recorded in oul
last issue, occurred at 2 o'clock Friday
afternoon at the family residence, No
4l3 Fourth street. The spacious house
was filled with a large concourse OF
sorrowlng friends, while many I'M
able to gain entrance waited on the
exterior. Services were conducted by
Rev. G. G. Weiss, of the Congregational
church, and both he and Rev. w. A.
| Hendrlckson, who was the deceased Is
pastor twenty years ago, made touch
ing addresses regarding the departed
as man OF sterling worth and ability
among his fellows. A quartette COM
posed of Mrs. g. G. Weiss, soprano
Mrs. Edw. Rack, contralto; A. j.
| Whiting, tenor, and Edw. J. Brandt,
bass, rendered the singing both at the
| house and at the grave. The following
gentlemen were enlisted as honorary
pallbearers: Col. G. w. Bird, of Madi-
son; Hon. L. B. Caswell, of Fort At
kinson; Richard Jones. of Milwaukee
Theodore Prentiss, Daniel Jones and
DR.. Edward johnson. The following
served as active pallbearers: Hon. j.
L. Moak, George Hawkins, Col. Jesse
Stone, Capt. Fred. Kusel, Hon. J. q.
Conway and James B. Murphy. The
remains found a final resting place in
Oak Hill cemetery.
Those in attendance at the funeral
from abroad included Franklin and
Frederick Newhall, of Chicago, and
Mrs. Daniel Newhall of Waukesha,
brothers and sister-in-law, respective
ly, Of Mrs. Hall; Col. Herbert Enos,
Mrs. j. J. Enos and daughter, of Wau-
kesha; Charles E. Monroe, of Milwau-
kee; exGov. w. D. Hoard, Col. G. W.
Burchard and w. H. Rogers, of Fort
Atkinson.
Daniel Hall was born in Greenwich,
20, 1919; his next birthday would
consequently have made him rs years
of age. Until Is years old Mr. Hall as
sisted his parents in farming, but at
that age he entered a seminary at
Lima. Later he began a course in
Union college at Schenectady, from
which he graduated in 1916. After his
graduation he began the study of law
at Lockport. Six years later he re-
moved to the West, locating in Mil
waukee, where he was omitted to the
bar in August, 1851. The following
month Mr.. Hall came to this city,
where he resided continually up to
his death. He at once commenced
the practice of law, being for one year
associated with Elbridge Newhall in a
professional way, and upon the latter's
death he formed a partnership with
Jacob j. Enos. The firm of Enos q
Hall, during its existence of over
twenty years, was one of the best
known in this section, and it continued
to flourish until Mr.. Enos' demise in
the early '70's. Then a new firm was
formed, with the late G.. B. Skinner as
Junior member, and this also was of
much Importance in Wisconsin law cir
cles, continuing ausplclouSly for an
other twenty years, or until the death
of Mr.. Skinner in 1898. Thus Mr.. Hall
outlived three consecutive law part
ners. Soon after Mr.. Skinner died Mr..
Hall gave up his office and retired from
active practice.
Launching IN life with the one ambi-
ton of becoming a lawyer, it NAV be
we'll said that MIR. Hall had most sue
cessfully gained his goal. II was thor.
oughly enraptured With his vocation
and little else called forth serious Ousi
ness attention from him. He was
known throughout Wisconsin not only
MS prominent citizen OF great ability
and thorough knowledge Of the affairs
OF the day, but as peer among the
lights of the legal profession. Only
twice did he meet the desires OF his
fellow citizens and serve them in pub
lie office, diverting his attention thus
from his professional duties. In 1857
81 he was district-attorney of Jefferson
county. and in 1870, II and 10 he
served three terms in the assembly as
preventative from the Watertown
district. During his last term he was
chosen speaker of the body. 1t was
while Mr.. Hall was in the legislature
that he succeeded in having passed
several acts which were of much bene-
Il in protecting our city from the cease
less warfare aud intrigue carried on by
the railroad bond sharks who were at
tempting III every manner to coniscate
the entire property of the citizens.
His work in this direction was ever
held in the utmost gratitude. Mr. Hall
was also Of inestimable value to the city
as It's defending attorney In the railroad
bond litigation, which has occupied the
attention Of the courts for nearly thirty
years. His Interpretation of the law
was at all times SO correctly construed,
and his arguments so convincing, that
he WAS nearly always successful in these
cases, and finally, associated with Col
q. ". Bird, he won an important suit
before the United States Supreme court
which erased from judgment over
81 900, 900 worth Of the dreaded bonds.
1t was through these cases that Mr..
Hall gained consid e1able of his notori-
ETY. as successful and able attorney.
The subject of this sketch was twice
married-hrstly, in June, 1916, to Miss
Elizabeth I. Flagler, of Lockport, N.
Y, who died May "a, lS47, and second
ly, on Septic mber l, 1852, to Miss Lucy
E. Newhall, also of Lockport, who sur
wives him. OF the latter union two chill
dren were born--Arthur D., in 1856, no
died twelve years ago, and daughter,
in 1868, who died in infancy Of Mr..
Halls own family but two brothers sur
vive him-John Hall, of Lockport, N.
Y, and James Hall, of this city.
! The cause leading to Mr.. Halls death
was the fracture of his right thigh,
which occurred through an accident at
his home on August 20, 1898 At his
advanced age it Was hardly possible for
the bone to knit Up to about the first