"An Illustrated history of Baker, Grant, Malheur and Harney Counties : with a
brief outline of the early history of the state of Oregon." Chicago?: Western
Historical Pub. Co., 1902.  Page 482.  Grant County.

HENRY HALL JR.

     Many of our most esteemed and enterprising citizens came from across the
waters, especially from England.  As one who fully sustains the reputation of
his countrymen for industry and wise management of business affairs the subject
of this sketch is mentioned and his life of worthy achievement since coming to
this country has placed him in the front ranks of prominent and substantial
citizens.
     Dorsetshire, England, is his place of birth, and may 24, 1844, the date
thereof.  It is of note that he was born on the anniversary of the queen's
birth.  In his native city he was trained in the public schools, but at an early
age, fifteen, he was destined to meet the battles of life alone.  He first took
up the work of an architect and surveyor, which he followed for a decade and
more, then turned from the land of his birth to this of newer institutions and
wider prospects.  Eighteen hundred and sixty-eight was the year in which he
landed in Grant county, and after a proper time spent in investigating its
resources, he settled ten miles east from Canyon City, and for eleven years he
was occupied in the industry of stock raising.  In 1880 he bought the place
where he now resides, eleven miles east from Canyon City, and hundred and sixty
acres being the amount of his first purchase.  By careful attention to business
and the details of his affairs he was soon enabled to add to this land and the
amount of his estate is at the present time ten hundred and forty acres.  This
fine domain is well improved and stocked with cattle and he is one of the
leading men in that industry in the county.  Mr. Hall's father was very
prominent in church work in the home land.  He was instrumental in organizing
and firmly establishing the Wesleyan chapel and denomination, where he labored,
and in 1860 he was called to the rewards of his labors.  The mother passed away
in 1871, and they both lie buried in the yard of one of the chapels that the
father was instrumental in building.
     Our subject is not affiliated with an denomination, but is a man of strict
uprightness and of unswerving integrity, while his reputation is unsullied and
his demeanor is such that he has won the confidence and respect of all his
fellows.  Being partial to the quieter joys of celibacy, Mr. Hall has never
contracted a marriage and is thus relieved of the greater responsibilities and
cares of the marital relation.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2005 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.