Thomas Wells Hall

I will not be able to do the Hall family justice given the absolutely fascinating history of the clan from Skaneateles, New York - to such an extent that their stories are now a part of the Skaneateles Historical Society Museum. Further, we have a wide selection of pictures on Ancestry thanks to Thomas Wells Hall, II, the great-grandson of David Hall, II,

We start with David Hall, II, born in 1817 at Skaneateles, NY who married Mary Louisa Allis - they had 2 boys, Thomas & John. 

David left New York for Australia in the winter of 1852 to find gold in Australia leaving Mary alone with two boys.

While he wrote his family for a few years, he never found gold, never raised enough money to return to NY, and disappeared until his death was discovered in 1996.

 

Philip W Hall, Jr penned the revelation in the Press/Observer, 12 Feb 1997

 

Despite the hard start, Thomas & his brother John went on to be successful businessmen (John & Thomas, 1913 CT above)

As it relates to the Vincent lines, Thomas Wells Hall is the connection.  

  

He married Ellen Josephine 'Nellie' Graves - the daughter of Joshua Bradley Graves & Ann 'Eliza' Rosekrans - the Rosekrans linking back to  Capt Benjamin Jacobus Rosekrans & Phebe Vincent.

Thomas & Nellie had 8 children - Loring Bradley, Clara Louise, Lucille Winifred, Philip Wells, Nellie Isabel, Beluah Marion, Thomas Wells Jr, & Ellenor Rosecrans.

Starting with a $25 loan from his uncle, Thomas went on to become the President of the American Hide & Leather Co.

He died in 1913, Ellen died in 1923. While Thomas is buried with his mother & brother at the Lake View Cemetery in Skaneateles, NY, Ellen is buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in New Canaan, CT.

 
The New York Times, Wed, 14 Nov 1923
HALL - at New Canaan, Conn, Nov 12, 1923, Ellen Josephine, widow of Thomas Wells Hall, aged 76 years. Funeral private. Kindly omit flowers.

Thomas' obit ran in several papers, the one below was from the New York Herald, Wed, 3 Dec 1913 (pg 9)