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Submitted by: Rita K. Cobb Balch
Email address: ritakay@hotmail.com
 

Husband: Otis Sykes HALL
Birthdate: 12 May 1849
Birthplace: Fond du Lac, Waushara Co., Wisconsin
Death date: 6 Sep 1918
Place of death: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa
Father: Otis HALL
Mother: Samantha Sarah SYKES

Marriage date: 13 Jan 1872
Marriage place: First Congregational Chuch; Eldora, Hardin, Ia

Wife: Martha Ann "Mattie" SOUTHARD
Birthdate: 21/22 Nov 1851
Birthplace: Hardin County, Iowa
Death date: 24 Mar 1880
Place of death: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa
Father: Levi W. SOUTHARD
Mother: Keziah REECE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mabel Julia HALL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 7 Oct 1874
Birthplace: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa
Death date: 16 Aug 1955
Place of death: Washington D.C.
Marriage date: 27 Oct 1892
Marriage place: Iowa
Spouse's name: Osgood C. COBB

Child No. 2: Stella M. HALL
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 May 1878
Birthplace: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa
Death date: Sep 1962
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: 18 Dec 1906
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Ben S. ALLISON
 

Documentation:
RECORD: OTIS SYKES HALL
1. The Sikes / Sykes Families Association . Arthur M. Sikes, Jr., 1175 River
Blvd., Suffield, CT 06078-1416 ArtSikes@aol.com/.
CENSUS:
2. 1870 US CENSUS. HALL, OTIS S.
State: IA Year: 1870
County: Hardin County
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Township: Eldora Township Page: 393
Database: IA 1870 Federal Census Index.
CENSUS:
3. 1880 US CENSUS.
"Ollis S. HALL Self W Male W 31 WI VT VT
Mabel HALL Dau S Female W 7 IA WI IA
Stella HALL Dau S Female W 2 IA WI IA
Dora SOUTHARD SisterL S Female W 21 IA Keeping House NC NC
Hulda SOUTHARD SisterL Female W 26 IA Keeping House NC NC
Olinthius ALDERMAN Other M Male W 42 OH Dentist OH OH
Charles TOLMAN Other M Male W 44 NH Potter NH NH
Maria TOLMAN Other M Female W 38 NH Hair Dresser NH NH
Fred E. TOLMAN Other S Male W 18 IA Laborer NH NH
Willie M. TOLMAN Other S Male W 10 IA Laborer NH NH."
Census Place Eldora, Hardin, Iowa
Family History Library Film 1254343
NA Film Number T9-0343
Page Number 433A.
BURIAL:
4.  Hardin County Cemeteries Burial records from 1850's to Summer of
1999. Eldora Cemetery "Hall, Otis, Jr.    9/6/1918, 69y    B2 L10."

DEATH:  MARTHA "MATTIE" ANN SOUTHARD
1. 1880 Iowa Mortality Schedule, Hardin County. "7    Hall, Matta   29
F  W   M     IA       NC      NC  Keeping  house        Mar
Tuberculosis  Pulamonium    29   Eldora."
BURIAL:
2.  Hardin County Cemeteries Burial records from 1850's to Summer of
1999. Eldora Cemetery "Hall, Mattie    11/21/1831-3/2/1880    B2 L10."
3.  History of Hardin County, Iowa, Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing
Company, 1883; Levi W. Southard entry.
"Mr. Southard made a settlement about two miles west of Hardin City, and
the same distance north of Berlin.  They arrived on the 22d of August.
The first white girl born in the county was their daughter -- Mattie A.
She was born November 22, 1851.  She became the wife of Mr. Otis Hall,
and died March 24, 1880."