Brief Life History of Benoni
When Benoni Hall was born on 11 August 1812, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States, his father, John N. Hall, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Stevens, was 37. He married Maria Church on 19 February 1835, in Jefferson, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lawrence Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States in 1860. He died on 23 January 1862, in Lawrence, Elizabeth Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Ross Cemetery, Lawrence Township, Lawrence, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Banoni Hall, "United States Census, 1850"
- Benoni Hall, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Benoni Hall in entry for Hester A Walburn, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
Spouse and Children
1812–1862 Male
1813–1893 Female
Children (12)
1835–1913 Male
1838–1916 Male
1838–1901 Male
1840–1920 Female
1842–1923 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1772–1835 Male
1774–1858 Female
Siblings (12)
1798– Male
1799–1889 Male
1801–1876 Female
1802–1823 Male
1803–1886 Female
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World Events (6)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 7
1820 · Making States Equal
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 18
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Irish, German, Norwegian, and Danish: from Middle English hall (Old English heall), Middle High German halle, Old Norse hǫll all meaning ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a hall or an occupational name for a servant employed at a hall. In some cases it may be a habitational name from any of the places called with this word, which in some parts of Germany and Austria in the Middle Ages also denoted a salt mine. Hall is one of the commonest and most widely distributed of English surnames, bearing witness to the importance of the hall as a feature of the medieval village. The English surname has been established in Ireland since the 14th century, and, according to MacLysaght, has become numerous in Ulster since the 17th century.
Swedish: ornamental or topographic name from hall ‘hall’ (a spacious residence), or a habitational name from a placename containing the element hall ‘rock’ (from Old Norse hallr).
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surnames 何 and 賀, see He 1 and 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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