San Joaquin County Biographies
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L.R. HALL
The owner of a fine and well improved ranch located fourteen miles southeast of Stockton is L.R. Hall, who is a representative of the best agricultural interests of San Joaquin County. He was born on his father's farm, where he now resides and which is known as the Wildwood farm, January 28, 1873, the eldest son of Geo. S. and Julia (White) Hall, both natives of Missouri. Grandfather Samuel Hall, in company with C.H. Morrow, conducted a party of emigrants to California in 1859. The emigrant train was made up of ten wagons drawn by oxen and mules, and besides there were 750 head of cattle, mostly cows, which they drove overland. Six months were consumed in the journey, arriving in the fall of 1859. Geo. S. Hall, the father of our subject, and another boy, were left at the Calaveras big trees in charge of the cattle, as there was an abundance of grazing in the meadows. The emigrant train continued on their journey toward Stockton, but finally settled near Byrneville on the Stanislaus River, now known as the Monroe Ranch. There were no fences nor roads in those early pioneer days, only cattle trails, and after resting the cattle for six weeks, G.S. Hall and his comrade drove them on to the Monroe Ranch. The final lap of the journey was not without many interesting incidents, the most notable being the meeting of several grizzly bears while herding the cattle at the big trees. Grandfather Hall leased a portion of the Blue Tent Ranch, two miles east of where Escalon now stands; and he ran a tavern on the French Camp Road, which he conducted for several years, until they moved away from there.
George S. Hall returned to Missouri and there married Miss Julia White and brought her to California on an overland train. The young married couple settled on a half section of land fourteen miles southeast of Stockton when there were but three families in a radius of six miles. On this ranch their two children, L.R., our subject, and his brother, Geo. D. Hall, of Stockton, were born and reared. Geo. S. Hall, the father, gave a portion of his land for the Wildwood school, which still stands. He was a man of fine character and stood for the best along all lines of progress. In the early days he engaged in freighting and owned a number of outfits, but his principal occupation was wheat raising and stock business; he owned a fine stock range in the hills in east San Joaquin County, but this was disposed of some time before his death. The mother passed away in 1916, the father surviving until 1918.
L.R. Hall attended the Wildwood school on his father's ranch and from early youth was set to work at farm work. Since reaching his teens he has been closely associated with his father in farming the home ranch. After the death of the father, the Wildwood ranch was equally divided between L.R. Hall and his brother, each receiving 160 acres, but as his brother resides in Stockton, our subject is farming the whole 320 acres. Mr. Hall is a member of Stockton Lodge No. 128, B.P.O.E., and the Modern Woodmen of America at Escalon, and is a Republican in his political views. From 1911 to 1920 he served as deputy county assessor for the Escalon district of San Joaquin County. He has contributed to public progress through his co-operation in many movements advanced for the public good, and has made for himself a position among influential men in San Joaquin County.
History of
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
With A
Biographical Review
of
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present
HISTORY BY
George H. Tinkham
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1923
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