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Cumorah Angus Hall was born 14 June 1867 in Weber City, Morgan County, Utah, United States to William Wood Hall (1832-1891) and Almira Jane Reid (1840-1912) and died 24 December 1918 Lewiston, Fergus County, Montana, United States of 1918 Influenza Epidemic. He married Sylvia Jane Rackard (1874-1891) 24 September 1888 in Malad City, Oneida County, Idaho, United States. He married Elna Helene Christine Christensen (1877-1955) 22 October 1893 in Mink Creek, Franklin County, Idaho, United States.

Vital Stats

Biography

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Cumorah Angus Hall and wife Elna

His parents were converts to the Mormon Religion. His name comes from the name of the hill where Joseph Smith found the golden plates used to create the Book of Mormon. I don't know of anyone else with that name.

Cumorah Angus Hall occupation was also a blacksmith. Some item that Sylvester Hall had was his father's watch and a miniature horse shoe which Cumorah had made.


Cumorah was born on 14 June 1867 in Weber City, Morgan, Utah. He is the son of William W Hall and Almira J Reid. Almira was a refugee of the Nauvoo crisis in 1846. William W was an immigrant from England. They met and married in Iowa along the Mormon Trail.

Marriage to Sylvia

He married his first wife, Sylvia, when she was 14 years old. She bore him a child two years later. But both mother and child died in November of the following year in Salt Lake City. Sylvia was only 17 years old.

Marriage to Elna

His second wife, Elna, was a Danish immigrant. They were married at Mink Creek, which is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho. Mink Creek is located along Idaho State Highway 36 about 12.5 miles northeast of Preston.

Elna and Cumorah moved several time during their time in Idaho. They lived in the counties of Bannock, Oneida, and Cassia. Cumorah was a farmer and blacksmith. Their last move was to Niter in Idaho. Cumorah had family there including his mother Almira. In 1909 Cumorah went to visit 2 brothers who moved to Lewistown, Fergus, Montana. While there Cumorah fell in love with the area and came back to Niter to remove the family to Montana. He was able to obtain 80 acres through a government grant. On 24 December 1918 Cumorah dies in Lewistown of influenza and is buried in the Lewistown City Cemetery. Cumorah and Elna had 6 children: William, Sylvester, Mary, An infant, Rose, and Dorothy.

They homesteaded at Lewistown, Montana. Since they were members of the LDS Church, the church would send member travelers in their area to their farm for assistance. This was over done and burned them out that they became inactive with the church.

He died on Christmas Eve, 1918 on the family ranch in Lewiston Montana. This was at about the same time when his son Sylvester had just returned to the mainland after serving in the military overseas during the First World War. The cause of death is believed to be the part of the Spanish Flu that plagued the world that year.


Children of Cumorah and Silvia Hall

  1. Emma Almira Hall (1890-1891) - died young. b. 22-Nov-1890 in Stone, Oneida, ID and d. 24-Nov-1891 in Snowville, Box Elder, Utah.

Children of Cumorah and Elna Hall

  1. William Carl Hall (1894-1945) - m. Pearl Jensen
  2. Sylvester Angus Hall (1896-1972) - m. Emma Sparks - 3 children - engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad
  3. May Sylvia Hall (1899-1932) - m. Earl Vanais
  4. Elna Rose Hall (1904-1991) - m. Ralph Ashton
  5. Infant Hall (1910-1910) - died young
  6. Ida Dorothy Hall (1914-1991) - m. Parley Byington



Children


Offspring of Cumorah Angus Hall and Sylvia Jane Rackard (1874-1891)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Emma Almira Hall (1890-1891) 22 November 1890 Stone, Oneida County, Idaho 24 November 1891 Snowville, Box Elder County, Utah


Offspring of Cumorah Angus Hall and Elna Helene Christine Christensen (1877-1955)
Name Birth Death Joined with
William Carl Hall (1894-1945) 29 September 1894 Mound Valley, Bannock County, Idaho 30 January 1945 Preston, Franklin County, Idaho Pearl Hansine Jensen (1898-1979)
Sylvester Angus Hall (1896-1972) 24 February 1896 Elba, Cassia County, Idaho 4 December 1972 Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming Emma Maude Sparks (1899-1991)
May Sylvia Hall (1899-1932) 1 November 1899 Sublet, Cassia County, Idaho 1 May 1932 Earl Leon Vadnais (1896-1982)
Elna Rose Hall (1904-1991) 27 June 1904 Niter, Caribou County, Idaho 26 October 1991 North Bend, Coos County, Oregon Ralph C Ashton (1893-1958)
Infant Hall (1910-1910) 1910 Niter, Caribou County, Idaho 1910 Niter, Caribou County, Idaho
Ida Dorothy Hall (1914-1991) 22 September 1914 Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana 2 December 1991 Preston, Franklin County, Idaho Parley Grant Byington (1902-1978)



Siblings


Offspring of William Wood Hall (1832-1891) and Almira Jane Reid (1840-1912)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Sophronia Almira Hall (1865-1921) 20 March 1865 Peterson, Morgan County, Utah, United States 14 December 1921 Logan, Cache County, Utah, United States John Charles Phillips (1847-1924)
Hyrum Edwards (1857-1907)
Cumorah Angus Hall (1867-1918) 14 June 1867 Weber City, Morgan County, Utah, United States 24 December 1918 Lewiston, Fergus County, Montana, United States Sylvia Jane Rackard (1874-1891)
Elna Helene Christine Christensen (1877-1955)
William Tracy Hall (1869-1901) 29 December 1869 Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, United States 29 March 1901 Swan Lake, Bannock County, Idaho, United States Susan Nina Edwards (1884-1923)
Ether Mahonri Hall (1871-1893) 13 January 1871 Kaysville, Davis County, Utah, United States 30 April 1893 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Alphonso Prentiss Hall (1874-1913) 4 September 1874 Uintah, Weber County, Utah, United States 6 August 1913 Lewistown, Fergus County, Montana, United States Ellen Ruth Gilskey (1874-)
Septema Ann Hall (1877-1877) 14 September 1877 Uintah, Weber County, Utah, United States 14 September 1877 Uintah, Weber County, Utah, United States
John Wood Hall (1880-1907) 14 August 1880 Snowville, Box Elder County, Utah, United States 16 August 1907 Taber, Alberta, United States Susan Nina Edwards (1884-1923)


Offspring of William Wood Hall (1832-1891) and Sophronia Priscilla Reid (1842-1870)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Sophronia Permelia Hall (1864-1870) 1 December [[]] Ogden, Weber County, Utah 26 February [[]]


Vital Records

  • Hall Prentiss Ancestry

1880 US Census

Recorded at Carlew Valley, Oneida Co, Idaho.

  • William Hall (M-48 / Father)
  • Almira Hall (F-40 / Mother)
  • Sophronia Hall (F-15)
  • Lumorah Hall (M-13)
  • William F. Hall (M-10)
  • Ether Hall (M-8)
  • Alphonzo Hall (M-5)
  • A. R. Prentiss (M-55) - Almira's Uncle

1900 US Census

Recorded at Malta, Clear Creek, Sublett, Yale Precincts, Cassia, Idaho, United States

  • Cumon A Hall - M/31 - b:Utah - head of house - ocp: farmer
  • Ellen H Hall - F/22 - b:Denmark - wife
  • William C. Hall - M/6 - b:Idaho - son
  • Sylvester A. Hall - M/3 - b:Idaho - son
  • Mary S. Hall - F/1 - b:Idaho - daughter

Research Notes

The following family links are incomplete:

  1. (MIA) Alphonso Tracy Hall (1900-) - child disappears after 1906 census. Nephew of Cumorah.
  2. (MIA) Sylvia Jane Rackard (1874-1891) - First wife of Cumorah. Cannot find record of parents. The dates for her birth at Camp Floyd (1874) don't match up to local history.
  3. (WOH) Build FPC for family of James Hall (uncle) - waiting for access to 1841 English Census
  4. (WOH) Build FPC for family of Hannah Hall (uncle) - waiting for access to 1841 English Census


Famous Ancestors

 






Footnotes (including sources)

Ω Birth
  • It was "Utah Territory" at the time.




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