Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-02-25
WESTMINSTER WEST.
Death OF Dea. Ebenensr Hall.

After an illness of three weeks, growing
weaker from day to day, Dea Hall expired
about ii o'clock Saturday evening, the
18th inst. He was the youngest member
OF the family of Atherton and Olive Hal
lett Hall, who came in the emigration
from Cape Cod TO this place about the
year 1870. They occupied the well-known
Hall farm on the road leading to West
minister and which is still in the possession
OF the family. There were ten children in
the household of Anterior Hall, eight of
whom lived TO maturity; Nathan of Graf
ton; Anterior of Whitehall, N. Y; Hiram
OF Eiyria o.. Edward and Ebenezer of
this place; Eliza Jane, now Mrs. Ranney,
living in ST. Johnsbury; Olive, Mrs. NJ.
Gorham, mother of NJ. II. Goram; Mrs.
z. X Cowell of Walpole, and Sarah, Mrs.
Mark Clark, mother of the late Dea b. A.
clark of Brattleboro. All are now dead
except Mrs. Ranney.
Ebenezer Hall was born Oct. 10, 1920,
and was married to Miss Betsey Miller
Dec, 30, lS47. Their golden wedding was
observed less than two months since, as
was reported in The Phoenix at the time.
Ihey lived upon the farm above mentioned
until 1915, when they moved to the resi-.
dence in the village which they have since
occupied. They have three children, Mrs.
). M. Davis of Minneapolis; Henry A.
Hall OF Rutland and Charles A. Hall, who
occupies the ancestral farm They have
all been able to be with their father in his
last illness.
He joined the Congregational church in
1881 when he was but II years of age and
has ever been a trusted and faithful mem
Der, and at the time of his death had been
connected with the church for longer
period than any living person, 81 years
de was chosen deacon July 6, 1867, and
held the office with some reflections for
over 30 years. He has held various other
church and society offices, including that
OF superintendent of the Sunday school,
and has been prominent and active for
many years in sustaining the religious and
social institutions which made the life of
this rural community.
For considerable time he has stood at
the front in some of these movements, es-
pecially since his coming to the village,
and having in consequence, more leisure
to attend to public matters. His presence
in his pew on Sunday, in the Sunday
school, in the mid-week prayer meeting
and in his place at the communion table,
might always be expected, and that he
would always be ready to perform his
part in all these services, was a matter of
course
He has had the confidence and respect
of the entire community and his loss is
severely felt in a place where men of in
huence and capacity and uprightness have
been rapidly removed in recent years, and
few have risen up to take their places.
The Hall family is an illustration of
what has been going on in many similar
Instances in this parish. 1t has had num-
erous and influential representatives ever
since the immigration of 1890, gradually
falling away of late, until now there is but
single family of the name, and that with
no son to continue it to the next genera
ton.
The funeral services were conducted by
the pastor, assisted by Rev. G.. F. Chaplin
of Saxtons River, on Tuesday afternoon at
the house. The severe storms of the
past week blocking up the roads and rem
dering travelling difficult prevented the at
tendance of relatives and friends from
away with the exception of n. S. Hall of
Winchester and Miss Elvira Gorham of
Bellows Falls. The pastor used as the
basis of remarks the passage found in the
18th Psalm: "Help Lord, for the cody
man ceaseth; and the faithful fail from
among the children of men,"