Albert Mortimer Hall (1862 - 1937)

Born 16 Oct 1862 in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 May 1937 at age 74 in Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States

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Biography

Major Albert Hall served with the United States Army during the Spanish-American War.
Service Started: 1 May 1898
Unit(s): 3 N. Y. Volunteer Infantry
Service Ended: 30 Nov 1898

Albert Mortimer Hall was born 16 Oct 1862 to Caroline Adams and William Hall in Oswego, Oswego, New York.

The Siblings:
*Albert Mortimer Hall 1862
*Elisabeth Jessie F Hall 1864
*De Leon Frederick Hall (1868-1943)

On 6 Jun 1865, they were land owners farming "south past the Fouth Ward of the City of Oswego in the County of Oswego, N.Y.," Their frame home was worth $2,000 in 1865!! Wow, 2023 $37,751. Their birth locations were reversed. Albert was 3 and Jessie was 1.5 years old. Sister-in-Law Mary A Hall, 19, was living in the home and Sarah Smiley, 17, of England was a live-in domestic.^[1]

In 1870, the lived in Scriba, Oswego, NY. She, 37, was keeping house and he, 35, was a farmer. The farm was worth $3,500, $82,202 in 2023, and personal property value was $1,200. Hial Hall, 62, was a farmer living with them had real estate value of $600 and personal property of $200. Alley 8, Jessie 6, and Frederick 3 were in the house. Alley and Jessie were attending school. Caroline's birthplace was wrong on this census.^[2]

In 1875, they were in election district ward 8 in Oswego. Caroline was 42, William 40, Albert 13, Jesse 11, Leon 7. They stated William was from Jefferson County, NY and was now a boat captain. They were now living in a plank home worth $600.^[3]

By 1880, they were living at 22 Bigner St, Oswego, Oswego, NY, USA. Caroline was 46, William 44, Albert 18, Jessie 16, and Leon, 13. William was listed as a Milk Dealer, Albert a Fish Dealer, Jessie and Leon were at school. This census was very thorough in recording the birthplaces of all individuals and their parents. Albert was marked as Insane, though obviously not based on later incredible careers.^[4]

Careers

1899-1901 Mayor of Oswego, New York, USA

Military

Albert fought in the Spanish-American War. He retired a Major.

He enlisted 1 May 1898 in the 3rd NY volunteer Infantry. He mustered out on 30 November 1898.^[5]

On 16 Aug 1924, he qualified for invalid pension in Florida.^[6]

Civilian

Albert was an jounalist and editor for newspapers in Oswego, New York and Sykesville, MD.

Albert Mortimer Hall, Maj. USA-R, Started The Apopka Chief, 1923

In 1926, he was appointed by the governor as supervisor of elections of Orange County.

Family Life

Albert married Lovina Parkhurst.

They reared:

• Carrie A. Hall
• Albert Curtis Hall 1887-1963

In 1920, they lived in Freedom, Carroll, Maryland.^[8]

They had a home of the NE corner of Dream Lake that later moved to a site on Suggs Road and then a new home was built on Dream Lake.^[9]

Death and Burial

Albert Mortimer Hall died in the Veteran's Hospital in Saint Petersburgh, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

His services were held in the Methodist Church in Apopka. Then was buried Edgewood Cemetery in Apopka, Florida, USA.

Headstone

Marble VA stone within a shield shape, his name is arched ALBERT M. HALL MAJOR 3 N.Y. INF. SP. AM. WAR

Sources

1. ↑ 1865 NY State US State Census Oswego Oswego, 6 Jun 1865
2. ↑ 1870 US Fed Census North Scriba, Oswego, NY 9th Jul
3. ↑ 1875 NY US State Census ward 8 Oswego, Oswego 9 Jun 1875
4. ↑ 1880 US Fed Census 247 Oswego Oswego NY 1 Jun
5. ↑ Application for military headstone 15 Oct 1937 War Department 1683358
6. ↑ VA records Hall, Albert M C. 2.390.428
7. ↑ The Apopka Chief, 1923 10 01, V1 N25, archived in the Museum of the Apopkans, not on Newspapers.com
8. ↑ 1920 US Federal Census, Carroll, Maryland
9. ↑ Correspondence with Joyce Nolen Collins Lien, 11 Dec 2023, My grandfather, Albert Mortimer Hall, son of William Mortimer Hall and Caroline Adams Hall, was superintendent of elections in Orange County, Fl. in 1926 appointed by the governor and was asked by the governor to start the newspaper in Apopka which became the Apopka Chief (I think that's the right name.) He was a lay leader in the Methodist church in Apopka. He was editor of several newspapers in Oswego, NY and Sykesville, Md. before he moved to Florida in the 1920's. My grandfather, owned a home on the NE corner of Dream Lake which house was later moved to a site on Suggs Rd at which time the current home was built on that lakefront (Dream Lake) homesite.