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Orrin Otis Hall
BIRTH:10 Dec 1806, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States
DEATH: 2 Jan 1885, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States
Abigail F Willey
BIRTH: 6 Jan 1810, Of Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States
DEATH: 21 November 1882, Columbia, Washington, Maine, United States
Orrin Otis Hall
Orrin Otis Hall was born, perhaps the oldest of four children to John J Hall (1784-1836) and Elizabeth Colson (1786-1819). His mother was 20 when he was born, and his father was 22.
{Multiple recorded Spouses need to be validated! M2 and M3 seem a little fishy}
Siblings via John J Hall and Elizabeth Colson (1786-1819) abt 1804
1. Orrin Otis Hall (1806-1885) m 1829 Abigail F Willey (1810-1882)
2. Sophronia Hall (1810-1870) m1 abt 1830 John Jordan Willey (1807-1850) m2 1858 Job Smith (??-??)
3. Rufus Hall (1812-1870) m 1857 Mary Abigail Hurd (1831-1905)
4. Rosilla Hall (1814-1850) m 1841 Barnabas Smith (1794-1881)
Siblings via John J Hall and Dorcas Fernald Willey (1797-1839) m 1820
Sarah Hall (1821-1838)
Elizabeth Hall (1823-1856) m 1845 Oliver Leighton (1819-1908)
Captain Jordan Willey Hall (1827-1889) m 1856 Hannah Day (1838-1917)
Phidelia Hall (1829-1911) m 1850 Asa T Morse (1825-1886)
Siblings via John J Hall (1784-1836) and Mary Nash Libby (1816-1898) m 1832
Tristram Redman Hall (1832-1907) m 1851 Susan S Cole (1834-1914)
Rufus Hall (1833-??) m 1857 Mary A Whitney (1836-??)
Dorcas Willey Hall (1836-1925) m 1850 Lewis R Leighton (1829-1893)
They were married in Columbia Maine, where they lived and worked. The Halls seem to have moved to Millbridge for the birth of their daughter Sophronia in 1810, and were in Harrington for the births of Rufus (1812) and Rosilla (1814).
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| Blueberry fields in Fall from here |
Columbia between 1800 and 2000 has typically had about 500 citizens, though there was a burst of population in the 1850s and 1860s when the population burgeoned to over 1000. Columbia was formed from tracts 12 and 13 in 1796, until Columbia Falls split in 1863.
From Wikipedia: "Blueberries are one of only three fruits native to this area, the others being cranberries and grapes. Native Americans knew that burning the fields in spring helped the crop, and they dried blueberries for pemmican, as well. During the Civil War, berries were hand-picked, hand-canned and soldered for shipping to the Union Army. Berries were also hand picked (for 2 cents a quart) and shipped by schooner in one quart wooden firkins to Boston (the trip took 2½ days)."
Columbia, from the Maine Encyclopedia.
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| Wild Blueberry Land, Columbia Falls, Maine, from here. |
Abigail F Willey
Abigail's parents, Ichabod Willey (1770-1820) and Sarah Fernald (1773-1820) were married in Cherryfield, Washington County, though Sarah was born in Gouldsboro, Hancock County. All of these places are "Down East", beyond Ellsworth and Mt Desert Island. Abigail is listed as 8th of 9 children.
Siblings
1. Abraham (1793-1830) m 1819 Sibyl Foster White (1799-1889)
2. Sarah (1795-1862) m. 1817 Major Dinsmore (1796-1879)
3. Dorcas Fernald (1797-1839) m John J Hall (1784-1836)
4. Lydia Fernald (1799-1880)- m. 1821 Robert Leighton Pinkman (1787-1867)
5. Ichabod 3rd (1802-1804)
6. Andrew (1805-1807)
7. John Jordan (1807-1850) m abt 1830 Sophronia Hall (1810-1870)
8. Abigail F (1810-1882) m. 1829 Orrin Otis Hall (1806-1885)
9. Sabin P (1814-1882) m. 1844 Catherine B Strout (1819-??)
Life Together
When Orrin O. was 23, he married Abigail F. Willey, who was also from Columbia.
Children of Orrin Otis Hall and Abigail Willey
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| Lumber on the Naraguagas, Cherryfield, ME. |
2. Zemro Small (1834-1910) m1. 1854 Hannah Russells (1836-??) m2. 1866 Rosilla Martha Buzzell (1848-1935)
3. Abigail H (1837-1914) (C'60) m. 1857 Jeremiah L Randall (1837-1912)
4. Warren L (1841-1864) (C'60) died in Civil War at Siege at Petersburg
5. Sophronia W (1845-1881) (C'60) m. 1869 Vandeluer Low (1835-1920) died at 36.
6. Harriet A (1845-1933) (C'60) m. 1864 George S Anderson (1849-1921)
7. Nathan Pulsifer (1847-1923) (C'60) m1. 1867 Athlona Adelia Low (1843-1879) m2. 1880 Mary Ella Strout (1862-1914)
8. Irene H (1853-1923) (C'60) m1. 1870 William W Walsh (1827-1907) m2 1886 William Philander Frye (1865-1948)
9. John J (1855-1882) (C'60) m 1876 Harriet A Allen (1858-1880)
1850
Orrin (45), worked as a millman in 1850, with Abigail F (38) running the house, and his sons Abram W (19) and Zemro S (16) working alongside him at the mill. The younger children, Abigail (14), Warren L (7), Harriet A H (5), Nathan P (3), and Sophronia W (infant) would have been a house full of activity. Orrin's real estate value was $300, which could have been his house and small farm.
Abigail (14) was the only child in the house to attend school that year.
1860
By 1860, some of the children had moved out. Orrin (54) and Abigail (47) were still in Columbia, with their daughter Abby (22) at home, along with Warren L (17), Harriet A (14) Nathan P (13), Sophronia W (11), and two additions since the last Census, Irene N (8) and John J (5)
On June 18, 1864, their son Private Warren L died as a result of the siege at Petersburg at age 22 years, 10 months. He was a member of Company H, Regiment 1, Maine Heavy artillery. His body was buried at the Hall-Randall Private Cemetery in Columbia, ME.
After another 10 years, Orrin (64) was working as a laborer, with his real estate valued at $236 and personal effects at $121. Abigail (57) was keeping house with just Irene (18) and John (15) at home. They are still listed as living between the Frye's and the Randalls.
1880
Abigail (67) and Orrin (74) lived long lived in Columbia in 1880, maintaining their house and doing some farming. Next door to them was John J Hall, working as a carpenter (age 24) and his wife Hattie (22) and their baby Freddy A.
Abbie F. Hall died on 21 November 1882 in Columbia, and was buried in the Hall-Randall Private Cemetery. There may have been a sickness in the house, because John J died a couple of weeks later on December 5, 1882.
Orrin continued to live a few years until June 2, 1885, and was buried in the same cemetery.
Of their 9 kids, all of them lived to adulthood, though Warren died in the Civil War, and John J died at age 27 a couple weeks after his mother died. All of the children except Warren had married and had children.
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