 Birth | October 17, 1853 28 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Franklin Leander “Tobe” Hall October 15, 1858 (Age 4 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ellen Hall August 13, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
 Census | September 5, 1860 (Age 6 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 7 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 13 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Marriage of a parent | Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall — Martha Jane Sherrell — View this family October 14, 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a mother | Martha E Tatum 1869 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | October 5, 1870 (Age 16 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | George Ann Hall September 13, 1871 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary “Polly” Shemwell March 18, 1876 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Matilda Bell Hall March 16, 1878 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | John Hall December 8, 1878 (Age 25 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 24 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 21, 1880 (Age 26 years) |
 Marriage | Josephine Hall — View this family after June 21, 1880 (Age 26 years) Note: Hermans death certificate confirms parents -b |
| Death of a father | Micajah Merriman “Cage” Hall after 1880 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Herman S Hall November 6, 1882 (Age 29 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Rosie Hall about 1882 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 44 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Earl Shelton Hall November 17, 1906 (Age 53 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dona Lee Hall September 13, 1908 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #3 | Delia May Hall April 14, 1911 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a brother | William J “Billy” Hall March 1, 1912 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Lois Belle Hall October 30, 1913 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | Melvin D Hall January 10, 1916 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 62 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Thomas H Hall May 13, 1918 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 63 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 64 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Mary Frances Hall February 17, 1921 (Age 67 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #8 | James Norris Hall July 10, 1923 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Verdene “Verde” Hall January 18, 1926 (Age 72 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 75 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a grandson | Thomas H Hall February 12, 1930 (Age 76 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ellen Hall May 21, 1930 (Age 76 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #10 | Jewel Denzel Hall January 4, 1931 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a grandson | Jewel Denzel Hall February 4, 1931 (Age 77 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #11 | Dorothy Ann Hall April 26, 1932 (Age 78 years) |
| Death of a brother | Franklin Leander “Tobe” Hall April 1, 1941 (Age 87 years) |
| Death of a brother | John Henry Hall March 7, 1943 (Age 89 years) |
| Death of a grandson | James Norris Hall June 2, 1944 (Age 90 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 88 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a half-sister | Matilda Bell Hall August 26, 1950 (Age 96 years) |
| Death of a son | Herman S Hall January 15, 1952 (Age 98 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 96 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a grandson | Melvin D Hall December 30, 1962 (Age 109 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 92 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |