A native of Massachusetts, where he was born on September 19, 1827, and removed with his parents to Vermont when eight years of age. He removed to Wisconsin with his father's family when nineteen years of age. Mr. Hall lived in Wisconsin about twenty years. He came to Hardin County in 1866, and soon after built a pottery here, which he run for one year, and then engaged in the lumber business, which he followed till 1882, when he sold his interest in the same to E. J. Hauser & Co. He served in the Sixteen Iowa General Assembly, 1876, representing Hardin County. Mr. Hall owns a fine farm adjoining the corporate limits of Eldora, and is devoting much attention to the rearing of horses. He makes a specialty of Clydesdale and Norman breeds of horses. He has attained marked success in this branch of business. Mrs. Hall was formerly Miss Mary E. Maxson, a native of Pennsylvania.