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Marilla <I>Niles</I> Hall

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Marilla Niles Hall

Birth
Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Death
23 Aug 1875 (aged 43–44)
Plymouth, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Richmond Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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Wife of William M Hall. Granddaughter of David Niles, an illegitimate child from Rhode Island who was raised there by his grandparents. By 1777, David moved to what would become Vermont. He served in the Revolution. David subsequently migrated to Ashtabula County around 1805. Marilla was the maternal granddaughter of Ezekiel Lane, one of the first settlers of what became Buffalo, NY. Her uncle Martin Lane served as an Indian interpreter who was present during the migration of various tribes from Ohio during the 1830's.

After her husband was killed in the Civil War, Marilla raised her family as a single mother. She took a job in a cheese factory, presumably close to her home in Richmond Center, Ashtabula County. Cause of death is unknown.Daughter of Leonard H. Niles and his second wife, Matilda Lane, natives of Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT, and Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, Marilla was fourth born of seven known children: Clarissa, Barton C., Bolivar, Judd Barlow, Cornelia and Phebe Niles. She also had several half-siblings including Andrew Jackson Niles [b. 1815].

Marilla's paternal grandparents were David and Lydia Niles. David, born in Providence Co., RI, moved to Vermont in the mid-1770s where, during the Revolutionary War, he served in the Clarendon militia. In the early 1800s, the Niles family to Ohio, settling first in Canfield, Trumbull County, then in the South Ridge of what would become Ashtabula Co., OH.

The 1878 Williams Brothers' "History of Ashtabula County" records that David Niles was among three men elected supervisors of highways when the first Salem Township [now Conneaut] meeting was held in 1804. He served five terms as a Salem trustee. In July 1818, he chaired the first Monroe Township election. He also served as a trustee and justice of the Peace in Monroe.

According to the Hall Family Bible, "W. M. Hall married Miss Marilla Niles the First day of June 1853." To their union were born six known children. Hamilton J. "Ham," Thomas H., Ezra B., Isadora J., William M.and Edward George Hall.
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Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997, LDS Film No. 890260, Vol. 1, p. 108 [LDS FamilySearch extraction]:

Name: Marilla Hall
Residence: Richmond
Death Date: 23 Aug 1875
Death Place: Plymouth, Ashtabula, Ohio
Age: 46; Est. Birth Date: 1829
Birthplace: Monroe, O.
Occupation: H. Keeper
Marital Status: Widowed
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Wife of William M Hall. Granddaughter of David Niles, an illegitimate child from Rhode Island who was raised there by his grandparents. By 1777, David moved to what would become Vermont. He served in the Revolution. David subsequently migrated to Ashtabula County around 1805. Marilla was the maternal granddaughter of Ezekiel Lane, one of the first settlers of what became Buffalo, NY. Her uncle Martin Lane served as an Indian interpreter who was present during the migration of various tribes from Ohio during the 1830's.

After her husband was killed in the Civil War, Marilla raised her family as a single mother. She took a job in a cheese factory, presumably close to her home in Richmond Center, Ashtabula County. Cause of death is unknown.Daughter of Leonard H. Niles and his second wife, Matilda Lane, natives of Clarendon, Rutland Co., VT, and Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, Marilla was fourth born of seven known children: Clarissa, Barton C., Bolivar, Judd Barlow, Cornelia and Phebe Niles. She also had several half-siblings including Andrew Jackson Niles [b. 1815].

Marilla's paternal grandparents were David and Lydia Niles. David, born in Providence Co., RI, moved to Vermont in the mid-1770s where, during the Revolutionary War, he served in the Clarendon militia. In the early 1800s, the Niles family to Ohio, settling first in Canfield, Trumbull County, then in the South Ridge of what would become Ashtabula Co., OH.

The 1878 Williams Brothers' "History of Ashtabula County" records that David Niles was among three men elected supervisors of highways when the first Salem Township [now Conneaut] meeting was held in 1804. He served five terms as a Salem trustee. In July 1818, he chaired the first Monroe Township election. He also served as a trustee and justice of the Peace in Monroe.

According to the Hall Family Bible, "W. M. Hall married Miss Marilla Niles the First day of June 1853." To their union were born six known children. Hamilton J. "Ham," Thomas H., Ezra B., Isadora J., William M.and Edward George Hall.
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Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997, LDS Film No. 890260, Vol. 1, p. 108 [LDS FamilySearch extraction]:

Name: Marilla Hall
Residence: Richmond
Death Date: 23 Aug 1875
Death Place: Plymouth, Ashtabula, Ohio
Age: 46; Est. Birth Date: 1829
Birthplace: Monroe, O.
Occupation: H. Keeper
Marital Status: Widowed
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  • Created by: cwh
  • Added: May 22, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/146854876/marilla-hall: accessed ), memorial page for Marilla Niles Hall (1831–23 Aug 1875), Find a Grave Memorial ID 146854876, citing Padanaram Cemetery, Richmond Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by cwh (contributor 48376695).