Catherine Westervelt Shannon and Earl Cranston Hall

EARL CRANSTON HALL, son of MARY HOSFORD and REV. WHITFIELD HALL, was born January 25, 1884 in Burnettsville, White, Indiana,⁶²⁹ and died September 26, 1949 in Yuma, Yuma, Arizona.²⁸⁰⁷ He is buried in Yuma Pioneer Cemetery, Yuma County, Arizona.⁴⁵⁶

He married CATHERINE WESTERVELT SHANNON on September 20, 1911 in Indiana.¹⁶⁷⁵ She was born August 12, 1882 in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana,^{56, 12991} and died November 29, 1976 in Decatur, Mason, Illinois.^{56, 12991}

Children of CATHERINE WESTERVELT SHANNON and EARL CRANSTON HALL:

1. BLANCHE HALL, b. July 1, 1912, La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana;⁴⁹¹⁷ m. SAMUEL CLIFFORD ADAMS on December 24, 1938¹²⁹⁸⁷; d. June 24, 1992, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana.⁴⁹³¹
2. EARL SHANNON HALL, b. November 1, 1921, Yuma, Yuma, Arizona;²⁸⁰⁸ d. September 27, 1929, Seattle, King, Washington;⁹⁸⁸ bur. Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park, Seattle, King, Washington.⁴⁵⁶



Personal Information

• Catherine Westervelt Shannon graduated from La Porte High School, LaPorte County, Indiana, 1901.¹²⁹⁹³

• Earl Cranston Hall was an attorney.¹²⁹⁸⁴

Obituaries

Arizona Republic, September 28, 1949¹²⁹⁸⁴

Earl C. Hall, Yuma Attorney, Succumbs

YUMA, Sept. 27— Earl C. Hall, 65 years old, long-time resident of Yuma and veteran attorney, died Monday at the Yuma General Hospital.

Hall first came to Yuma in 1916 and spent a great deal of time prospecting and photographing the hills of the Yuma area. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Blanche Adams, Hanover, Ind.

Decatur Daily Review, November 30, 1976¹²⁹⁹¹

HALL

Mrs. Earl (Catherine W. Clay) Hall, 94, of the Illini House, formerly of 647 W. William St., died 12:36 p.m. Monday in Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Brintlinger's West Main Funeral Home, with visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Cremation will follow the services.

Mrs. Hall was born in LaPorte, Ind., a daughter of Henry and Angeline Clay.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was a retired school teacher.

She married Earl C. Hall, who preceded in death.

Spokane Press, October 1, 1929¹²⁹⁸³

ABSOLVE FATHER

Not Held Responsible for Death of His Son in Crash.

SEATTLE, Oct. 1.—(U.P.)—Earl C. Hall, Seattle attorney, today had been absolved of blame for the automobile crash that claimed the life of his son, Earl C. Hall., 7.

Without mentioning Hall's name, a coroner's jury returned a verdict that found the boy had come to his death by reason of negligence on the part of C. J. Nylander, driver of an oil truck in that he was traveling at a speed too great to avoid hitting the Hall car.

Hall admitted that he had drunk about half a pint of moonshine before the accident in his testimony to the jury, but was strong in his denial that he was intoxicated.

Census Records

Date	Location	Enumerated Names
June 5, 19001043	Worth, Boone, Indiana	Whitfield Hall Mary Hosford Edna Cleora Hall Earl Cranston Hall
April 17, 19102241	La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana	Mary Hosford Earl Cranston Hall
April 5, 1930991	Seattle, King, Washington	Earl Cranston Hall Catherine Westervelt Shannon Blanche Hall
April 19, 19402631	Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa	Blanche Hall Samuel Clifford Adams Catherine Westervelt Shannon
April 7, 195012992	Decatur, Mason, Illinois	Catherine Westervelt Shannon