Ivory A Hall
Rank: Cpl, Sgt Co: K Age: 21 Residence: Shapleigh Birthplace: Shapleigh Occupation: farmer
Married/Single: S <No further data on Descriptive Rolls>
Enlisted as corporal; promoted to Sgt, 1 Mar 1863
IVORY ALFONSO (or ALPHONSE, ALPHONSO) HALL was born in Shapleigh, ME abt 24 Sept 1841 [based on age at death], the son of Ivory and Louisa M (Thompson) Hall [ME VR]. He died on 22 Dec 1895 in Shapleigh at age 54 yrs, 2 mos, 28 das [ME death rec] and was buried in Hope Cemetery, Kennebunk Village [YCCI, pg 835].
Prior to the 1870 census, he was married to OLIVE MARIA CLARK, who was born in Kennebunk on 7 Sept 1848 and died there on 22 Sept 1920 [ME death rec]. She was the daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Littlefield) Clark, and was buried with her husband in Hope Cemetery.
A Shapleigh native, he was born, lived and died in town, where he was a farmer. By the time of the 1890 census, when not even 50 years old yet, he had gone blind [1890 Vet Schedule]. He had applied for a pension in 1881, perhaps due to this [his file not viewed yet].
After Ivory's 9 month service in the 27th ME, he reenlisted into the 2nd Maine Cavalry as a private, Company M, and served from 7 Oct 1864 to 6 Oct 1865.
Ivory and Olive had four children [1900 census], all born in Shapleigh:
i. HERBERT A HALL was born 21 Apr 1869 in Shapleigh, ME and died on 5 Apr 1925 in Kennebunk [obit]. He married on 7 Dec 1895 in Shapleigh, ME to ELIZA BELL LEAVITT, the daughter of John H [a 27th ME soldier] and Pauline (Cooper) Leavitt [ME VR]. She was born 10 Jan 1873 in Shapleigh and died in 1951 [YCCI, pg 861]. Both are buried in Hope Cem, Kennebunk. He was a civil engineer at time of wedding. He worked for a time in Revere, MA as a street commissioner, but later owned the Acme Theater Co, with theaters in Kennebunk, Kittery and Vinalhaven [obit]. They had three children [data from Desc of Thomas Leavitt, pg 226]:
1. Dr Nelson Blanchard Hall, b. 15 Jan 1902 in Kennebunk, ME. Married in 1933 to Elsie Roberts
2. Pauline Hall, b. 30 May 1908 in Kennebunkport, ME. She married Dr Elfred L Leech on 7 May, 1937. They were living in NY in 1940.
3. Vinnie Louisa Hall, b. 15 Apr 1915 in Kennebunk, ME.
ii. HARRY ALPHONSO HALL, b. 9 July 1870 in Shapleigh [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072]. He married in Malden, MA on 8 Nov 1899 [MA VR] to ELVIANNA HUTCHINSON (HUTCHERSON on Marr Rec), the daughter of James and Mary. She was born in Newmarket, NH in 1869 [age 9 mos in 1870 census] and died prior to the 1920 census. Her name also spelled as Elviana, Elvie A, or Elvy. They had a son:
1. Harry Alphonso Hall, b. 27 Sept 1904 in Malden, MA [MA VR v543 p515]
iii. SAMUEL C HALL, born 5 Sept 1872 [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072; 1900 census]. He was married in Liberty, ME on 25 Oct 1899 [ME VR] to DAISY L. MOODY of Liberty, ME [ME VR], who was born to Warren A and Victoria (Durrell) Moody in June 1878 [1900 census]. They lived in Kennebunk and Scarborough [1930 census], where he was a dairy farmer and later an insurance salesman. They had two children:
1. Ivory Arthur Hall, b. 27 Nov 1904 in Kennebunk [ME VR]; with parents in 1930 census, age 24
2. Victoria Hall, b. 15 Aug 1901 in Kennebunk [ME VR]; d. 15 Mar 1972 in Augusta, ME [SSDI; ME Death Index has the 17th]; 1930 census shows her in parents household, as well as a patient at the State Hospital in Augusta. She was also a patient in 1940 census.
IV. CHARLES H HALL was born 25 July 1874 [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072; 1900 census] and died in 1928 [g.s.]. He was married to MARY L DRESSER, who was born in 1878. This couple, and their children, are buried in same plot as Ivory in Hope Cemetery. Charles was a travelling salesman and lived in Kennebunk. They had two children:
1. Milton Franklin Hall, b. 24 Mar 1903 in Kennebunk, ME [ME VR]; d. 13 July 1984 at age 81 in Biddeford, ME [ME Death Index]. He married on 13 Sept 1930 Anne E Leavitt [ME Marr].
2. Mary Evelyn Hall, b. 9 Mar 1905 in Kennebunk [ME VR] and died in same town on 8 Aug 1905 from bronchitis [ME VR].
Additional source data:
1850 Shapleigh census
1860 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 12)
1870 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 19)
1880 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 2)
1890 Vet Sch - lived in Shapleigh, now blind [mentions 27th ME and 2nd Cav]
1900 Kennebunk (pg 19B): h.h. 466/442 - widow Olive with sons Sam'l and Charles
1910 Kennebunk (pg 17A) for Charles data, (pg 13B) for Sam'l and family
1920 Kennebunk (pg 10A) - Charles lived Stover St (pg a7B) - Sam'l lived on Portland Rd.
1930 Kennebunk (pg 4B) Milton lived w/ mother at 35 Stover St
1930 Scarborough, Cumb, ME (pg 3A) Sam'l and family data
- Civil War Pension Index: Ivory filed 19 May, 1881 [app #422,886 cert #279,025], widow Olive filed in June, 189- [app #636,254 cert #472,175]
- Descendants of Thomas Leavitt and Isabella Bland - Emily Leavitt Noyes c1953 (pg 226 for HALL)
- York County Cemetery Inscriptions - MOCA c1995 (pg 835 + 861 for Hope Cem data]
- obit for Herbert A Hall in the Biddeford Weekly Journal, dated 4/10/1925
- Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 3. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.
Prior to the 1870 census, he was married to OLIVE MARIA CLARK, who was born in Kennebunk on 7 Sept 1848 and died there on 22 Sept 1920 [ME death rec]. She was the daughter of Samuel and Betsey (Littlefield) Clark, and was buried with her husband in Hope Cemetery.
A Shapleigh native, he was born, lived and died in town, where he was a farmer. By the time of the 1890 census, when not even 50 years old yet, he had gone blind [1890 Vet Schedule]. He had applied for a pension in 1881, perhaps due to this [his file not viewed yet].
After Ivory's 9 month service in the 27th ME, he reenlisted into the 2nd Maine Cavalry as a private, Company M, and served from 7 Oct 1864 to 6 Oct 1865.
Ivory and Olive had four children [1900 census], all born in Shapleigh:
i. HERBERT A HALL was born 21 Apr 1869 in Shapleigh, ME and died on 5 Apr 1925 in Kennebunk [obit]. He married on 7 Dec 1895 in Shapleigh, ME to ELIZA BELL LEAVITT, the daughter of John H [a 27th ME soldier] and Pauline (Cooper) Leavitt [ME VR]. She was born 10 Jan 1873 in Shapleigh and died in 1951 [YCCI, pg 861]. Both are buried in Hope Cem, Kennebunk. He was a civil engineer at time of wedding. He worked for a time in Revere, MA as a street commissioner, but later owned the Acme Theater Co, with theaters in Kennebunk, Kittery and Vinalhaven [obit]. They had three children [data from Desc of Thomas Leavitt, pg 226]:
1. Dr Nelson Blanchard Hall, b. 15 Jan 1902 in Kennebunk, ME. Married in 1933 to Elsie Roberts
2. Pauline Hall, b. 30 May 1908 in Kennebunkport, ME. She married Dr Elfred L Leech on 7 May, 1937. They were living in NY in 1940.
3. Vinnie Louisa Hall, b. 15 Apr 1915 in Kennebunk, ME.
ii. HARRY ALPHONSO HALL, b. 9 July 1870 in Shapleigh [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072]. He married in Malden, MA on 8 Nov 1899 [MA VR] to ELVIANNA HUTCHINSON (HUTCHERSON on Marr Rec), the daughter of James and Mary. She was born in Newmarket, NH in 1869 [age 9 mos in 1870 census] and died prior to the 1920 census. Her name also spelled as Elviana, Elvie A, or Elvy. They had a son:
1. Harry Alphonso Hall, b. 27 Sept 1904 in Malden, MA [MA VR v543 p515]
iii. SAMUEL C HALL, born 5 Sept 1872 [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072; 1900 census]. He was married in Liberty, ME on 25 Oct 1899 [ME VR] to DAISY L. MOODY of Liberty, ME [ME VR], who was born to Warren A and Victoria (Durrell) Moody in June 1878 [1900 census]. They lived in Kennebunk and Scarborough [1930 census], where he was a dairy farmer and later an insurance salesman. They had two children:
1. Ivory Arthur Hall, b. 27 Nov 1904 in Kennebunk [ME VR]; with parents in 1930 census, age 24
2. Victoria Hall, b. 15 Aug 1901 in Kennebunk [ME VR]; d. 15 Mar 1972 in Augusta, ME [SSDI; ME Death Index has the 17th]; 1930 census shows her in parents household, as well as a patient at the State Hospital in Augusta. She was also a patient in 1940 census.
IV. CHARLES H HALL was born 25 July 1874 [Hist Homes and Places, pg 1072; 1900 census] and died in 1928 [g.s.]. He was married to MARY L DRESSER, who was born in 1878. This couple, and their children, are buried in same plot as Ivory in Hope Cemetery. Charles was a travelling salesman and lived in Kennebunk. They had two children:
1. Milton Franklin Hall, b. 24 Mar 1903 in Kennebunk, ME [ME VR]; d. 13 July 1984 at age 81 in Biddeford, ME [ME Death Index]. He married on 13 Sept 1930 Anne E Leavitt [ME Marr].
2. Mary Evelyn Hall, b. 9 Mar 1905 in Kennebunk [ME VR] and died in same town on 8 Aug 1905 from bronchitis [ME VR].
Additional source data:
1850 Shapleigh census
1860 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 12)
1870 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 19)
1880 Shapleigh, ME census (pg 2)
1890 Vet Sch - lived in Shapleigh, now blind [mentions 27th ME and 2nd Cav]
1900 Kennebunk (pg 19B): h.h. 466/442 - widow Olive with sons Sam'l and Charles
1910 Kennebunk (pg 17A) for Charles data, (pg 13B) for Sam'l and family
1920 Kennebunk (pg 10A) - Charles lived Stover St (pg a7B) - Sam'l lived on Portland Rd.
1930 Kennebunk (pg 4B) Milton lived w/ mother at 35 Stover St
1930 Scarborough, Cumb, ME (pg 3A) Sam'l and family data
- Civil War Pension Index: Ivory filed 19 May, 1881 [app #422,886 cert #279,025], widow Olive filed in June, 189- [app #636,254 cert #472,175]
- Descendants of Thomas Leavitt and Isabella Bland - Emily Leavitt Noyes c1953 (pg 226 for HALL)
- York County Cemetery Inscriptions - MOCA c1995 (pg 835 + 861 for Hope Cem data]
- obit for Herbert A Hall in the Biddeford Weekly Journal, dated 4/10/1925
- Cutter, William Richard. Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs ..., Volume 3. New York: Lewis Publishing Co., 1908.