Obituary: Anah Hall, Wallowa Co., Oregon 1923 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ Donated by Julie Botts: Apr 2002 *********************************************************************** Anah HALL Mar. 20 1923. Following an illness of about a week Anah Hall passed to the great beyond Tuesday morning at the Hotel Jennings. Mr. Hall was surrounded by his children. In Mr. Halls passing Joseph loosed a familiar figure throughout particularly the life of the town he has been associated with it's activities, coming to the county first in 1883. He engaged in farming. He soon tired of this and moved into town which was then the central trading point of the county. He engaged in a sawmill business with his brother Arthur Hall later taking into partnership his son Orville and they operated the business for many years. Mr. Hall retired from active life in 1907. He retained a strip of ground East of the Jennings Hotel where Mr. Hall made his home for several years. This land bears testimony of his love of plant life, especially flowers. It was his pleasure to grow something that would bring cheer to others and none were turned away without a posey. Mr. Hall was a Native of the state of New York. He was born on the 12th day of Feb. and attained manhood in his native state. Crossing the plains in 1865 to Helena Montana where he engaged several years in placer mining. In 1869 he moved to Nevada where on Nov. 7th of that year he was united in marriage to Mary Masters who came from Wisconsin to join him. To this union three children where born Orville Hall, Mrs. Mabel Englehorn and Edith Jennings Holtz.