The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-06
DEATH OF MAJOR THOMAS
HALL

jor Thomas Chambers Hall died early
on Wednesday morning in Atlanta,
Ca, whittier he had gone for the ben
eft of his health.
While almost daily expected, his
death nevertheless was a source of
profound sorrow to. his legion of
friends in Florida. where he was gen.
orally known and universally beloved.
Major Hall was of distinguished
lineage, though he rarely referred to
the fact, except to his most intimate
associates.
On his paternal side, Edward Hall,
born in Ireland, came to Virginia in
1876. and settled in Augusta county
In 1744 he married Eleanor Stuart, a
member of that famous family which
has given to the country Hon. A. H. H
Stuart, and the great General j. E. B.
Stuart. His son, John Hall, occupied
place on the supreme bench OF
North Carolina. His son, Edward
Hall. followed in his fathers foot.
steps, and likewise occupied similar
place on the supreme bench. This Ed.
ward Hall was the grandfather of Ma
jor Hall. the subject of this sketch.
His father. Richard T. Hall, was a
planter under the "old regime" and
was the owner OF a number of slaves,
and was greatly respected in the
county in which he lived.
On the maternal side Major Halls
ancestry goes back to General Henry
William Harrington, who migrated
from England to North Carolina some
time before the revolutionary war He
was one of the largest land and slave
owners of his section, and by reason
Of his prominence and ability, rose to
the position of brigadier general of
militia during that immortal struggle
His eldest daughter married Robert
Troy, who lived in the handsomest
home In Wadesboro, called Mont
calm" A daughter of this marriage
was the grandmother of our departed
friend.
The Harrington family in England,
though now not numerous, are yet IA
nous. There are still living Lieut..
Col. Sir John Lane Harrington and
Sir Stanley Harrington, both of whom
have been decorated for distinguished
service. There is also the Earl of
Harrington, now held by Charles Au-
gustus Stanhope, eighth earl. The IT,
tie runs back to the year 1880.
Major Hall grew up on a plantation
in Arson county, North Carolina, and
obtained only such educational adj
vantages as were then possible dur
ing the civil war and reconstruction
period.
Like so many of those of the south
who were stripped of their patrimony
by the grim ruffled front of war, Ma
jor Hall early became the architect of
his own fortune, and in his successful
combat with the vicissitudes with
which he had to face exemplified the
truth of the maxim that blood will
tell"
His parents, as we have already
stated, well-to-do planters, were al
most Frustrated by the universal up
heaval of labor and the sudden aboli
ton of slavery.
Major Hall, when quite a young
man, felt that instead of being a
charge upon his parents, that it was
up to him to be stay and support for
them, so animated by this ambition
he confronted the world with nothing
but empty but willing hands. His pa
rents did not hear from him until he
was able to enclose them a check for
one hundred dollars, which he earned
by conscientious toll. Like a loving
and conscientious son, he continued
to remit those checks at intervals, al
the while making them larger and
larger.
He first went to Marlborough, S. c..
where he gradually worked himself
up into the mercantile business. In
1888 he went to Georgia and engaged
in the turpentine business, and con
tinued in business there until 1893
when he came to Florida and engag
ed in the same industry in Lafayette
county. In 1900 he came to Marion
county, where he has ever since re
sided.
In 1880 Major Hall was most happi
ly married to Miss Sallie Jenkins oil
South Carolina. Two children were
born of this marriage, son and a
daughter, Mr.. Troy Hall, who now
lives in Sumter county, and Miss Beu
lah Hall. who resided with her father
in this city, Mrs. Hall having preced