Willard Preble Hall
Born: May 9, 1820
Birthplace: Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Father: Captain John Hancock Hall 1781 – 1841
(Buried: Hall Family Cemetery, Darksville, Missouri)
Mother: Statira Annie Preble 1788 – 1854
(Buried: Hall Family Cemetery, Darksville, Missouri)
1st Wife: Ann Eliza Richardson 1826 – 1862
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)
2nd Wife: Ollie L. Oliver 1846 – 1926
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri)
Children:
Willard Preble Hall Jr. 1851 – 1930
(Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri)
John Nathaniel Hall 1853 – 1886
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)
Emma Ollie Hall Fishburn 1868 – 1949
(Buried: Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Altadena, California)
Robert Scott Hall 1872 – 1873
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)
Infant Hall 1880 – 1880
(Buried: Mount Mora Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Missouri)
Political Party: Democratic Party and Republican Party
Education:
1839: Graduated from Yale College
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Sparta, Missouri
Circuit Attorney in Sparta, Missouri
1844: Missouri Democratic Presidential Elector
Served in the Mexican – American War rising to the rank of Lt.
Constructor of the “Kearny Code” in English and Spanish Territory
1847 – 1853: United States Congressman from Missouri
1847 – 1849: Member of House Public Expenditures Committee
1847 – 1849: Member of House Public Lands Committee
1849 – 1851: Chairman of House Private Land Claims Committee
1849 – 1851: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1851 – 1853: Member of House Public Lands Committee
1854 – 1861: Attorney in St. Joseph, Missouri
1856: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senator
Civil War Career:
1861: Member of Missouri State Constitutional Convention
1861 – 1864: Lt. Governor of Missouri
1861 – 1863: Brigadier General in Missouri State Militia
1861 – 1863: Commander of Northwestern District of Missouri
1864 – 1865: Governor of Missouri
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1882: Attorney in St. Joseph, Missouri
President of Missouri State Bar Association
Died: November 3, 1882
Place of Death: St. Joseph, Missouri
Age at time of Death: 62 years old
Burial Place: Mount Mora Cemetery, St. Joseph, Missouri
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