Gilbert grew up in Westtown, NY and then Ulysses, NY. Graduated from Normal School, St Louis, MO. An LLB degree from Louisiana State University. A teacher in Missouri and then Louisiana. A cotton planter in Rapides Parish.
Gilbert Hall served as 1st Lieutenant in Co. I, Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry and as a Major in Gen. Rich. Taylor's Quartermaster Department.
He married Mary Elizabeth (Hynson) Magruder on Jan 19, 1865. They had four children which died young.
In 1866, Hall settled in New Orleans and became a member of the law firm of Gibson, Hall & Gibson. Prominent in public life and a leader in city and State politics, having once served in the State Legislature.
He married Mary Lily Weeks on Apr 29, 1891 and had one son William Weeks Hall. Soon after the marriage they moved to the Shadows on the Teche to manage the business interests of William Weeks, the father of Lily, and continue practiceing law.
Had a stoke in 1906 and was later taken to a nephew's home (Rev John B Hill) in Kansas City for care.
Gilbert Hall served as 1st Lieutenant in Co. I, Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry and as a Major in Gen. Rich. Taylor's Quartermaster Department.
He married Mary Elizabeth (Hynson) Magruder on Jan 19, 1865. They had four children which died young.
In 1866, Hall settled in New Orleans and became a member of the law firm of Gibson, Hall & Gibson. Prominent in public life and a leader in city and State politics, having once served in the State Legislature.
He married Mary Lily Weeks on Apr 29, 1891 and had one son William Weeks Hall. Soon after the marriage they moved to the Shadows on the Teche to manage the business interests of William Weeks, the father of Lily, and continue practiceing law.
Had a stoke in 1906 and was later taken to a nephew's home (Rev John B Hill) in Kansas City for care.
Gilbert grew up in Westtown, NY and then Ulysses, NY. Graduated from Normal School, St Louis, MO. An LLB degree from Louisiana State University. A teacher in Missouri and then Louisiana. A cotton planter in Rapides Parish.
Gilbert Hall served as 1st Lieutenant in Co. I, Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry and as a Major in Gen. Rich. Taylor's Quartermaster Department.
He married Mary Elizabeth (Hynson) Magruder on Jan 19, 1865. They had four children which died young.
In 1866, Hall settled in New Orleans and became a member of the law firm of Gibson, Hall & Gibson. Prominent in public life and a leader in city and State politics, having once served in the State Legislature.
He married Mary Lily Weeks on Apr 29, 1891 and had one son William Weeks Hall. Soon after the marriage they moved to the Shadows on the Teche to manage the business interests of William Weeks, the father of Lily, and continue practiceing law.
Had a stoke in 1906 and was later taken to a nephew's home (Rev John B Hill) in Kansas City for care.
Gilbert Hall served as 1st Lieutenant in Co. I, Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry and as a Major in Gen. Rich. Taylor's Quartermaster Department.
He married Mary Elizabeth (Hynson) Magruder on Jan 19, 1865. They had four children which died young.
In 1866, Hall settled in New Orleans and became a member of the law firm of Gibson, Hall & Gibson. Prominent in public life and a leader in city and State politics, having once served in the State Legislature.
He married Mary Lily Weeks on Apr 29, 1891 and had one son William Weeks Hall. Soon after the marriage they moved to the Shadows on the Teche to manage the business interests of William Weeks, the father of Lily, and continue practiceing law.
Had a stoke in 1906 and was later taken to a nephew's home (Rev John B Hill) in Kansas City for care.
Gravesite Details
In his New Orleans newspaper obit, says he was buried in The Army of Tennessee vault. The Weeks-Hall gravesite may be second marker or he was moved when Lily died.
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