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at the last-named place.' He was married in I846 to Eliza
Wise, of Greentown, Ohio, who died in February, i866.
In the fall of 1869 he was married to his present wife, itee
Kate Barron, but at that time Mrs. Reybold, of Philadelphia.
keel-boat, and wrote a series of "-Letters from the West,"
which were published originally in the Port ]'olio, and sulbsequeintly collated into a volume and republished by Colburin, of London, in I828. He reached Shawineetow ni,
Gallatin county, Illinois, in the summer of the same year,
where he took up his residence and commenced the practice of his profession, at the same time editing the ]illinois
Gazetlle, published there. He was soon after appointed
Prosecuting Attorney for the circuit composed of nine
counties, and for four years filled that position. In those
early days it was the custom for the judge and other court
officers, as well as the lawyers, to journey together from
county to county on horseback, their numbers insuring
them protection; in the copurse of the i r j ourneys they encountered the usual psivati ons of a sparsely settled frontier
c ountry. A new judicial system beilng established hed, he as
elected Judge by the Legislature, and was on the bench
two year s w sllen the l a w w as repealed, upon a change of
political party power, and hle was l egislated o ut o f o ffice.
He was, however, elected State Treasurer, which position
he held four years, removitg to Vandalia, the the n c apital,
and where for a time he e dite d the /e l inois andep li,eerf ed.
During all this perio d he was actively employed in encouraging the settlement of the State and in organizi ng
social institutions. For the purpose of inviting immigration
he co rrespon ded largely wit h dis tant journals, wIriting descriptions of the country, etc. He also established the
mnlineois Magazine, a monthly periodical, of which he was at
once editor, publisher, and almost the only contributor. It
was dropped, howaever, in two years, uwhen he removed to
Cincinnati. He was also one of the commissioners, in
I825, to revise the " Statutes of Illinois," and performed a
large share of the work. Soon after his arrival in Cincinnati he established the Westelw.4foitilzy -f4ag'aziie, and
contributed largely to its pages. In 1835 he ",as apl)ointed
Cashier of the Commercial Bank, a large moneyed institutioni, whose charter expired in I843, and which he wound
up as agent of the stockholders, paying them a large suiplus. He was also elected Cashier of the new bank of the
wA LL, HON. JAMES, Soldier, Author, Lawy er and
(C)aIon Jurist, was born, August I9th, I793, in the city
of Phi ladelphia, Pennsylvania, and was a son of
rct hJohn Hall, whose father was a w ealthy Marvland
planter. His mother was a daughter of Rev. Dr.
John Ewing, Provost of the University of Pennsylvania and a celebrated Presbyterian divine; she wras a
weoman of rare intellectual powers, the authoress of "1 Conversations on the Bil)le," which was widely published in
this country and reprinted in London. She it was who instructed her son James, whose health wlas feeble in youth,
and was not sent to school except at brief intervals. He
became thoroughly versed in English literature, and ol)tained a good knowledge of Latin and French. While a
youth he was placed in a merchant's counting-house, where
he remained two years. The war of I8I2 breaking out, he
was active in assisting to organize the Washington Guards,
his name heading the muster-roll. The captain was Condy
Raguet, and went into service at Wilmington, Delaware,
where they encamped for several months. In the fall of
the same year he was commissioned a Lieutenant of the 2d
Regiment United States Artillery, commanded by Colonel
Winfield Scott, and garrisoning Fort Mifflin, below Philadelphia. In the following spring he marched with that
command to the Niagara frontier, and joined the gallant
army of Scott, Brown and Ripley, which invaded Canada
and fought the brilliant battles of Chippewa, Niagara and
Fort Erie. He participated in all these engagements, commaniding a separate piece at Chippewa, and was complimented for good conduct in the fight. At the battle of
I undy's Lane he received a musket ball in his left arm,
which he carried to his grave. After peace was declared,
inl I815, he was retained in the service, and was selected same name, with a smaller capital, owned by a few persons,
subsequently as one of five artillery officers to accompany himself being one, and almost entirely managed by him.
the expedition against Algiers, commanded by Commodore He afterwards became its President, and so continued until
Decatur, and after a five months' cruise in the Mediter- his death. Hle was a voluminous writer, and his works
ranean he returned home. He was stationed afterwards at number many volumes; prominent among these is his
Newport, Rhode Island, for over a year, and was ordered, "History and Biography of the North American Indians,"
in I8I7, to Pittsburgh, on ordnance duty. HIere, while 3 volumes, folio, with I20 colored lithographic portraits of
still in the service, he completed his law studies-which noted Indians, taken from life under the direction of the
had been interrupted by the war-under the supervision of War Department at Washington. The work was published
Hon. Walter Forward, and on being admitted to the bar, in at $I20 a copy. Not only was he an elegant writer of
I8i8, resigned his commission of Captain in the army, prose, but he is the author of some of the most beautiful
having been promoted to that rank. He had already been lyrics in the English language. Not only is his verse pera contributor to several journals, especially to the Port fect, but there runs through the whole of his poems an enFolio, a monthly magazine edited by his brothel, John E. thusiastic glow and a tenderness of sentiment rarely united.
Hall, and published by another brother, Harrison Hall, in He was twice married: first to Miss Hosea, and afterwards
Philadelphia. Early in 1820 lie descended the Ohio in a to Mary L., sister of Ganz Anderson, General Ro)ert
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