Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-02-14
DEATH CLAIMS
LEIGH HALLAM
OF BROWNSVILLE
BROWNSVILLE BUSINESS MAN. Ac-
TIVE IN DEVELOPMENT, Sue
CUMBS AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
VAS MEMBER OF PIONEER PEAL Es-
TATE FIRM, COMING HERE VITA
RAILROAD TEN YEARS AGO.


80 70 sleep
And with these words Leigh Hunt
llallam fell asleep early this morning
10 awaken in the world beyond. pas
sing away 80 peacefully rs he s%lumbered
that his going was indeed like falling
gently into that sweet sleep from which
nnortals awake beyond the portals Of
eternity.
1t was al half past five O'Clock that
his breathing ceased. He had been III
for several months and il had been
known for >ome time that there was no
hope for his recovery.
Leigh Hunt Ilallam was for nearly
ten years one Of BrownsyiIle's promi-
ncnt citizens. He was the only child Of
Dr. and Mrs. :. IL. Italian. he came
here in June. 1906. and with his father
established a real estate firm which has
been n ot the NEST prominent and
active ia the land development of the
Lower Rio Grande Valley.
The Italians were formerly resi-.
dents of Eureka. ILL.,, and il WAS there
thai Dr. ilailam met and married Mrs.
llallam. his present wife. They moved
To san Jose. California. and there their
only child WAS born. Later they re
turned to Illinois and then to Nilsson
ri. DIR. llallam. an ordained minister Of
the Christian Church. serving as pas
ter for Il number of years of the Chris
tian church first o: Scdal:a and later
of Windsor. Mo. Their son grew IL
manhood IN these places. receiving a
high school education at Windsor. Aft
crwardS he studied at the Christian
University of Canton. Mo, and then AT
Garfield University. Mlcnila, Kansas.
IiI> studies were directed largely 10
wards the science aud mechanics. Ills
knowledge 81 science gave HIM a deep
ne WAS known as IN accomplished gcul
OglSI.
In 1888. Mir. Hallam moved To Bel
ton, Texas, with his parents, residing
tIIcrc several years. Al was there ia ms
! unday school work. that he met Miss
rem IalicA. who afterwards became
ms wife ana now survives hlm. In 1881
~ fhAf iiFNAh w W lNAINs
where Dr. liailam owned extensive
ranch interests. rom there the family
moved To- Roswell. New Mexico. where
Dr. Italian was engaged for i time IN
INSTALLING irrigation systems and later
was M charge ui some copper mines.
In January. 1906, Dr. :. IL. Italian
made a prospecting visit 10 Browns
vile, then recently opened up 10 the
outside world 10y the construction of the
1T. Louis. BROWNSVILLE aud Mexico ram
road. liis impressions of the outlook
for the Lower Rio Grande Valley were
- favorable that he decided 10 remoy
mere. Ills son came In June. the same
year, and together they organized the
ilallam Colonization company. the pio-
nccr real estate firm under the new de
velopment here and for years one Of the
most prominent factors m locating set
that introduced the first automntIlc ln
tiers IN the Valley Al was this firm
this section. having purchased Il large
touring ear for the pIrpOSc Of conveying
prO>pcctCr> out 10 see lands which they
had for sale. None have been more at
tive ~ pushing development here than
Mr.. Hlallam, who ~ the Junior member
Of the firm spared no efforts III showing
people over the Valley. his keen Intel
iigencc and energy enabling him 10 con
duet his work most successfully. Later
he engaged ia the automobile business.
Ills health began a. fail soulc months
ago. however. and he had been unable
then To attend 10 business.
Mr.. ilallam was a lifelong member Of
the Christian church. niyha ugHymb-
church, having united with the church
al fourteen sears. lie was one N The
nf the Christian church of this
city al the time Of his death. lie was
also prominent in Masonry. being a
member of the local Blue Lodge. Royal
Arch Chapter and Knights Tempiar
lie j. survived by his wife and their
two daughters, Miss Marguerite and
baby Virginia. the latter three and a
half wears old. a son born ~ them IN
died in Roswell, before they
moved here. His father and neither also