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time of his death his many friends and ac-
quaintances had just completed a campaign
providing- for his nomination for the office
of state treasurer, and although he had
never sought public preference his reputa-
tion as a sound and able financier would
have undoubtedly carried him to victory
had his name appeared upon a ticket, an end
that was prevented by his serious illness
and death.
Major Hall married Francesca Cleveland, born in Skaneateles, New York, died in Syracuse, New York, in 1896, aged sixty- six years, daughter of S. S. Cleveland. Her father, a native of Western New York, was an artist of more than local reputation, and derived from his art a generous income, his paintings finding a ready sale, many, with local subjects, adorning the New York man- sions of the wealthy. Francesca (Cleve- land) Hall was residing in Syracuse at her death. Children of Major Thomas Jefferson and Francesca (Cleveland) Hall, three being deceased: i. J. Cleveland, of whom further. 2. Georgine Worthington, married Fred- erick C. Beard, and resides in Fayetteville, New York. 3. James A., lives in Isabel, Illinois. 4. Hattie, married Jesper P. ]\Ior- gan. of Chicago, Illinois. 5. Dixie, married Jerome S. Van Keuren, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 6. Jeft'erson Beauregard, of Chicago, Illinois, a bookkeeper. 7. Marie, married William T. Diggs, of Washington, District of Columbia.
Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, son of Major Thomas Jefiferson and Francesca (Cleve- land) Hall, was born in San Francisco, Cali- fornia. April 20, 1854. He obtained his ele- mentary education in New Orleans, Louisi- ana. In 1871 he received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at W^est Point, New York, reporting at that institution in April of that year. He was a member of the class of 1875, and after passing three years as a student in the acad- emy resigned in his junior year to assist his mother in the administration of the estate left by his father. His standing in the acad- emy had been of the highest and in all of his classes he held rank among the leaders, a natural aptitude for mathematics giving him leadership in that branch of study. Having thus made his entry into the busi- ness world, from 1875 to 1886 he was en- gaged successively in hardware dealing, and insurance and real estate transactions, the
first in New York state until 1880, the latter
in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1886 he enter-
ed the Union Theological Seminary, Hamp-
den-Sidney, Virginia, and after his gradua-
ti(jn and ordination into the Presbyterian
ministry was made pastor of the church of
that faith in Manchester, Virginia, where
he remained for several years, when he re-
signed from the Presbyterian ministry, and
passing the chaplain's examinations of the
Protestant Episcopal church was admitted
to the deaconate and the priesthood of that
church in the same year. He was ordained
by the Right Rev. Francis T. Whittle, his
first charge being as rector of Zion Church,
at Fairfax, Virginia, filling the same office
at Falls Church, Falls Church, Virginia.
Until 1895 ^^ ^^^^ rector of Christ Church,
Roanoke, Virginia, in that year accepting
his present charge, the Church of the Epi-
phany, of Danville. In the twenty years
that he has ministered to the needs of this
congregation he has conducted a work that
has resulted in a greatly, enlarged sphere of
usefulness for its members and, still more
important, a spirit and a disposition to take
advantage of these opportunities for service.
He is a prominent figure in the diocese of
Southern Virginia, and for many years has
been president of the standing committee,
an office he holds at the present time. For
fourteen years he has been chaplain of the
First Regiment Infantry, Virginia Volun-
teers, and is chaplain-in-chief of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans. He has been
affiliated with the Masonic order for a long
period of time, being past eminent com-
mander of Dove Commandery, No. 7,
Knights Templar, of Danville, and is grand
prelate of the Grand Commandery of Vir-
ginia. His other fraternal associations are
with the Knights of Pythias, the Independ-
ent Order of Odd Fellows, being a repre-
sentative to the Grand Lodge, and Danville
Lodge, No. 227, Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, of which he is an honorary
life member and chaplain. The Theological
Seminary of Virginia has made him an
honorary alumnus, a tribute showing high
appreciation of his ministerial career and
one of the valued recognitions from such
an institution. Mr. Hall's connection with
Danville has been the most pleasant, and his
labors in that city have borne excellent fruit.
All avenues of the city life are open to him
and he has a part in nearly every organiza-
