Jonathan Jackson Hall was born to Jonathan Jackson Hall and Rachel Vansant on 21 Mar 1845 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He is referred to as Jr. in some records or sometimes just John J Hall. He was one of 4 children born to Jonathan Jackson Sr and Rachel Vansant.
John J. relocated with his parents to Indiana for a time and
shortly after, moved to Pottawattamie County, Iowa. He would meet and marry
Sarah Jane Palmer on 17 March 1865 in Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Their union
was blessed with eight children before Sarah died in 1884. These children
were Benjamin, Nellie, Daniel, Milo, Erma, Jerry
Richard, Otto, Sarah.
John J eventually remarried Rachel Anne Brown Parkhill 12
February 1891. Their union was blessed with five more children. These children
were Ella, Myrtle, Aaron, Harry and Katherine.
John J. was counted on the 1920 United States Federal Census
which was taken in January 1920 while he was a residence in the detention
hospital in Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, before moving to Cherokee. Iowa
where he would die. It is interesting to note here that Alex Parkhill, first
husband of John J.'s his second wife, Rachel is also listed as an inmate at the
same detention hospital. While they are both listed as inmates, it was most
likely a place for the elderly who suffered from dementia which in those days
was considered mental illness and whispered about in families.
John J died 26 November 1920 in Cherokee, Cherokee County,
Iowa as a resident of the State Hospital in Cherokee, Cherokee County, Iowa.
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