James & Adeline Hall
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Unknown Unknown 1928-0001-0234.jpg MS - 12, Box 20, Folder 7 Cyanotype 1928-0001-0234 1928-0001-0234 Print 5x7 Manuscript Collections 1890s Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
James and Adeline Hall in garden at Orchard Ranch
JAMES KNOX POLK HALL is believed to have been born on or about December 2, 1844 in Kansas. Little has been documented about his early life, except that his mother died when he was an infant, after which his father abandoned his family, leaving young James in the care of a family slave (Kansas was a slave state). He spent much of his young adulthood as a trapper, hunter, and buffalo hunter before marrying Adeline Susannah Boblett on January 31, 1869. They had three children: a daughter, Sharlot (b. 1870); a son, John (died in infancy in 1872); and a son, Edward (b. 1874).
The Hall family moved to Yavapai County, Arizona in 1882, traveling over the Santa Fe Trail by covered wagon. They homesteaded land they later renamed Orchard Ranch. James spent his later years confused and bitter over his daughter Sharlot’s successes as a poet, writer, and historian, as he felt she should have married and become a ranch wife. He died on September 3, 1925, and is buried in the Hall family plot in the Simmons section of what is today the Pioneer’s Home Cemetery.
ADELINE SUSANNAH (BOBLETT) HALL was born on September 23, 1844 in Dayton, Ohio. She lived with her parents for a while in Indiana, where her mother died. The surviving family then moved to Iowa. Adeline served as a nurse during the Civil War, then moved to Kansas where she became a schoolteacher. There she met James Knox Polk Hall and married him on January 31, 1869. They had three children: a daughter, Sharlot (b. 1870); a son, John (died in infancy in 1872); and a son Edward (b. 1874).
Adeline, James, and their surviving children moved to Yavapai County, Arizona, in 1882, where they homesteaded land they later renamed Orchard Ranch. Adeline spent the rest of her life as a ranch wife, taking pride in her daughter’s budding accomplishments as a writer and poet. She died on August 12, 1912. Her body was cremated, and her ashes interred in the Simmons section of what is today the Pioneer’s Home Cemetery.
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