Sylvester Angus Hall was born 24 February 1896 in Elba, Cassia County, Idaho to Cumorah Angus Hall (1867-1918) and Elna Helene Christine Christensen (1877-1955) and died 4 December 1972 Evanston, Uinta County, Wyoming of unspecified causes. He married Emma Maude Sparks (1899-1991) 15 April 1934 in Ogden, Weber County, Utah.
Biography
Sylvester Angus Hall served in overseas with the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. The day he returned home was the same day his father died from the Spanish Flu epidemic. After the war he worked in various coal mines in Western Wyoming and in later years would take his son Robert to visit some of those sites.
Sylvester worked on Hoover Dam construction project from 1931 up to his marriage in in 1934. Being a staunch democrat he refused to acknowledge it's republican name and always referred to it as "Boulder Dam". After returning to Wyoming he got employed by the Union Pacific Railroad and operated steam trains from the Evanston, Wyoming roundhouse and operated on the route from Green River, Wyoming to Ogden, Utah until reaching retirement age. He made his family home at 1500 Center Street, just a couple blocks up the hill from the Evanston Roundhouse.
His hobbies included fishing in the wooded hills of Western Wyoming.
He died from complications from emphysema which was first instigated from his many years working in the coal mines.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Florence Hall (1928-2021) | |||
Leonard James Hall (1941-1988) |
Siblings
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 |
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) |
References
- Stories told by his Robert to this author User:MainTour
See Also
- Sylvester Hall
- Hall Family
- Hall in Cassia County, Idaho
- Hall in Weber County, Utah
- Hall in Uinta County, Wyoming
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
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