Notes for William Columbus 'Lum' Hall
McDowell County, North Carolina Marriages, 1870 - 1894, Compiled by Edward P. Williams, April 1995:
W. C. Hall & Sarah C. Finley married Dec. 25, 1889 by W. A. Conley, J.P. at the Finley Home in McDowell Co, NC. Parents of the groom: Elijah & Aline Hall. Parents of the bride: James & Anna Finley.
Listed on 1860 NC census for McDowell County, Page # 315, Dwelling & Household # 106. Elijah Hall, 31 m, -Farmer, born in North Carolina; Alina, 27 f, born in North Carolina; W. C., 5 m, born in North Carolina; Francis, 3 m, born in North Carolina; Sallie, 1 yr. f, born in North Carolina; and another f, Mary Lackey, 10, born in North Carolina.
1880 census in Old Fort Township, McDowell Co, North Carolina, page #167, Family #231:
William C. Hall, w m, 24, Head of house, - Rail Road, born in NC, parents born in NC;
Sarry C. Hall, w f, 21, Wife, - Keeping House, born in NC, parents born in NC.
Listed on 1900 NC census, Microfilm #1184, in Black Mountain Twp, Buncombe County, NC, dated June 13 & 14, 1900, page #233A, Dwelling #113 and Family #115.
William C. Hall, Head of house, w m, born Apr. 1855, 45, married 21 yrs, born in NC, Parents born in NC, - Railroad Overseer, can read & write, Owns his farm;
Sarah C., wife, w f, born July 1852, 47, married 21 yrs, given birth to 8 children - 8 children still living, born in NC, Parents born in NC, can read & write;
Wilmina, daughter, f, born Dec. 1884, 15, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC, can read & write;
Sam W., son, m, born July 1887, 12, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC, - Farm Labor, attended school for last 5 months, can read & write;
Maud, daughter, f, born July 1887, 12, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC, attended school for last 5 months, can read & write;
Jennie, daughter, f, born Feb. 1889, 11, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC, attended school for last 5 months, can read & write;
James, son, m, born Apr. 1892, 8, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC, attended school for last 5 months, can read & write;
George F., son, m, born Aug. 1897, 2, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC;
William N., son, w m, born June 1899, 11 months, single, born in NC, Parents born in NC.
William Columbus Hall, Nicknamed "Lum", was the only child of the family who really wanted an education. He studied and worked hard to get his education. After learning all he could in the one-room log school he kept on studying and working until he could attend Rutherford College, where he majored in mathematics and civil engineering. In 1876, he was twenty-one years old and secured a job in railroad construction work as a foreman, which he followed in a supervising and later a contracting capacity for thirty years. In 1906 he moved to Black Mountain in the western part of McDowell County where he opened a general store. (when Woodrow Wilson was President in 1912), William took the Civil Service examinations, qualified for and was appointed Postmaster for a term of four years. He was reappointed a second time and was in the fourth year of that term at the time of his death, September 13, 1919, at the age of 64 years old.
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