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 276 HALL. HALL. Mr. Hall has been superintendent of the Shepard Sunday-school eight years, and is deacon of the Shepard Memorial (First Congregational church), Cambridge ; was trustee of Cambridge Savings Bank four years ; is director Howard National Bank, Boston ; president Cambridge Club ; presi- dent Bay State Lumber Association ; was president Congregational Club, Boston, in 18S5 ; is trustee Sunday-school Publishing Society ; member advisory board, Avon Place Orphan Home, Cambridge ; director of Congregational Union. He was a mem- ber of the Cambridge board of aldermen in 1879, and was in 18S0 elected the city mayor. He is now a member of its board of water commissioners. Mr. Hall has long been identified with the Republican party and was a presiden- tial elector in 1880 on the Garfield and Arthur ticket. Mr. Hall settled in Cambridge after his marriage. His father's maternal ancestor, Mary Hall, settled in Cambridge in 1639, where lands were granted her. Her sons settled in Medford, where her descendants are now found, and in Cornish, N. H., from which place his father came to Bos- ton about 18 1 7. His mother's ancestor, Joseph Bass, married Ruth Alden, daugh- ter of John Alden, and settled in Braintree and Boston, where his mother's ancestors have always since lived, and several of whom were prominently identified with the revolutionary war. HALL, LUTHER, son of Thomas and Hepsey Hall, was born in Dennis, Barn- stable county, November 5, 1842, where he received a common school education, ob- tained at intervals between the demands of farming, which was his first occupa- tion. He twice enlisted in the civil war, and by Governor Andrew was commissioned captain of the militia. For several years he was engaged as a merchant, but soon re- turned to his original vocation, and became extensively interested in the cultivation of cranberries. He was made chairman of the school committee and superintendent, of schools. He held the office of postmaster ten years, resigning the office in 1885. On the 27th of May, 1869, Mr. Flail was married to Minerva H., daughter of Howes and Minerva (Bassett) Chapman. Their children are : Frank Burnham, Ner- nie Abby, and Howard Luther Hall. His present residence is at his birth- place, in Dennis, where he is justly held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. HALL, Richard Henry, son of Rich- ard H. and Mary A. (Bates) Hall, was born in Norton, Bristol county, November 7, 1830. He is a direct descendant of George Hall, one of the founders of the town of Taunton, in 1639, through his great grand- father, Brian Hall, who was born in Taun- ton, July 9, 1727, and who removed to the RICHARD H HALL. adjoining town of Norton (formerly a part of Taunton) about the year 1755. He is also connected by intermarriage with most of the early families of Taunton. He received his education in the public schools of Norton, at Bristol Academy, Taunton, and at Pierce Academy, Middle- borough. At the age of nineteen he entered the employ of Crocker Brothers & Co. (now the Taunton Copper Company). He re- mained with this company for thirty-four years, filling the various positions of refiner, chemist, metallurgist, superintendent and general manager. In 1S84, on account of ill health, he resigned his position with the company, and after spending some time in Europe, was elected mayor of Taunton, in December, 1885. Mr. Hall was married in Norton, Janu- ary 3, 1S59, to Susan Jane, daughter of James C. and Lydia T. (Packard) Drake. Of this union w-ere three children : Henry