The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-16
JUSTICE HALLS
REM AINS ARRIVE
AT HOME TODAY
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and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert f. Lavery
them through Attorney Chamberlain
of the demise of husband and father
The news was not impaired to Mrs
dence In Mill Hill avenue. Attorney
Boardnan had absented himself from
the dinner party before word came,
and news reached him as he was
about to sit down to a meeting of the
board of Education. He left for Hart
ford at once, and returned with the
rem aims on the noon train today.
Chief Justice Frederic Bryan Hall
was born ON February 20 1843, and
therefore lacked but a little more than
a month or reaching the 10th ami
versary of his birthday and the date
which would have marked his retire
Taent from the oench. He was ma
tive of Saratoga Springs, N. Y, the
Britton Hall; the descendant of
Thomas Hall, one of the settlers of
Londonderry. NJ H. On his mothers
side he was a descendant of Thomas
Hayward of the Massa chusetts Bay
colony.
He was brought up in Saratoga
Springs, where his father was a ma
cbinist, and the boy began earning
his own living by selling newspapers
He came to Bridgeport in 1853 and
secured employment as a molder in
Sewing machine Company where his
father had charge of tie mo1dfng de-
partment. The financial needs of the
family made the matter of his educa-
ton secondary to earning a living, but
he returned to the foundry to work
during his vacation after he was able
to attend school.
It was due to his mother that he
chose the law for his profession long
before he was able to begin definitely
the study of it. After schooling in
cut Literary Institute at Sufneld and
was graduated from that in 1852 and.
in the same year, he enlisted in Com
pany D, Seventh Regiment, c. ".
He enlisted on August IL and was dis
CT arged from the service on Deem
Der p of the same year, his health
Shortly after his return he entered
Brown University, from which insti-
tuition he was graduated in 1867. He
then studied law in the office of Henry
nnitted to the Fairfield county bar in
1870 and was in partnership with
In 1877 he was appointed Judge of
the court OF common pleas for Fair
field county for a term of four years
and was twice reappointed serving un-
a judge of the superior court for a
term of eight years and was reap
pointed in 1897. In Sept em5er of that
year Governor Lorrin A; Cooke APP
pointed him a judge of the supreme
caused by the death of Judge A. II.
met Judge Hall was appointed for d
full term of eight years. He was re-
appointed and, on March 2, 1909, Gov
ernor George L. Lilley nominated him
to be chief justice from February 8,
1910, when he succeeded Chief Jus
tice Simeon E. Baldwin, who at that
date reached the age limit. Before
the end of that year the retiring chief
justice had been elected governor and,
as he was reelected last November,
he will, in short time nominate a
judge to take Chisf Justice Halls
place. Justice Hall twice administer
ed the oath OF Office to Governor Bald
win
Lewis, daughter of George and Jean
nette Lewis, of Stratford on New
Years day, 1872, Rev J. G. Davenport,
then pastor of the Park Street Con-
gregationa1 Church, now of Water
bury, officiating. Judge and Mrs
of the church. the parents from the
time of it's organization. The chill
dren are Dwight H. Hall, assistant
superintendent of the Bridgeport Hy-
manager of the R. A.-U. M. G. Co.
and Alice Burr Hall, wife of Attorney
William B. Boardman. Lewis F. Hall
is now on business trip in Can
ada
Judge Hall enjoyed robust health I'D
ious illness occurred in 1852. when
shortly after his enlistment in the
Civil War, he was stricken with ty-
phoid fever and SO inva1ided that he
was obliged to return home. When
he recovered he took UP his studies
anew, and entered Brown University,
which conferred on him the honorary
degrees Of M. "A. and LII. d. Yale
conferred the honorary degree of NJ.
A. several years ago.