From Fort Calhoun. OCTOBER 9, 1895.

Pioneer Robert Hall, buried here today, came to Nebraska in 1867. By some mischance the body arrived two hours ahead of the family and made a little confusion. Robert Hall was a Mason, but the dispatch to Solomon lodge No. 10 came too late. Mr. Grenell, however, was master of ceremonies, and the pallbearers were principally members of the fraternity. Rev. Perkins of Blair, preached the sermon to a fair audience. Mrs. Robert Beales was so prostrated that she was taken to Dr. Pettengill's and could not attend the church. A widow and three small children are left, the youngest a bright and pretty little baby that was so playful that the mother could scarcely hold it till it finally got tired and Mrs. Nelson kindly carried it to a neighbor’s and gave the mother a much-needed rest. Mr. Hall left three sisters, Mrs. Robert and Mrs. Aut. Beales of this Fort Calhoun, and Mrs. J. B. Bailey of Tyndall, S. Dakota. Robert Hall was about 45 years old, born in Springfield, Ohio, and died Oct. 7, 1895, at Scotland, S. Dakota. Twenty years ago he was a familiar figure on our streets and we classed him among our friends, and in his annual visits here he nearly always made it a point to see us, so we too, shall miss his kindly smile and handshakes with many others.

24 Oct., 1895 - The Pilot - Robert Hall

DIED INSTANTLY.

Details of the sudden death of Robert Hall, who was recently buried at Calhoun, are thus set out in the Tyndall (South Dakota) Tribune of Oct. 10:

J. B. Bailey received a telegram from Scotland (South Dakota) on Monday afternoon stating that Robert A. Hall, brother of Mrs. J. B. Bailey, of this place, had dropped dead in the Campbell House in that city. Mr. Bailey and J. D. Elliott drove to Scotland and on their arrival found that Mr. Hall had arrived in that city on the noon train from his home in Armour, where he had been to spend the Sabbath with his wife and family and that he was on his way to Olivet where he was employed in a store. He had stopped at the Campbell House for dinner and was apparently in his usual health, and was conversing and laughing with those about the hotel when the team drove up to the door that was to take him to Olivet. From those present it seems that he reached down and picked up his satchel and on reaching the door sat the satchel down-as was customary with him, having only one hand to open the door when he was seen to fall backward to the floor. Physicians were summoned and everything was done to resuscitate him, but it was of no avail. The doctors say that he died instantly, and that the cause of his death was heart failure.

The deceased was a Mason and Odd Fellow, and carried a life insurance of $2,000. The Masons of Armour came to Scotland and under that order the remains were prepared for burial, and under the charge of Mr. Bailey were shipped to Ft. Calhoun, Nebr., where his parents and one child are buried.

"Bob," as he was familiarly called, has been a resident of South Dakota for the past twelve years, and for a number of years had charge of a store at White Swan for his brother-in-law, Mr. Bailey. He was well liked by all who knew him and many are the friends in South Dakota and Nebraska that will sympathize with the wife and three little children that are left to mourn his loss and battle with the world alone.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~

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