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Byron B. Hall.5 The funeral of Byron B. Hall, who died in Denver last Thursday, was J held from the home of W. H. Smyth in Chariton Sunday. The services* were conducted by Bev. Joseph A.* Russell, an old-time triend of the family, and Rev. Fred B. Palmer. Interment was made in Chariton* cemetery.The large number of friends in attendance at the funeral testified to the high esteem in whiich Bvron was held 1 in Chariton, it being the largest funeral of an ont-of-town resident which has been conducted here for many a year. The pall bearers were Dr. John Stanton, W. P. Beein, F. R. Crocker, E. F. Temple, H. B. Stewart,E. J. Knipe.Those attending from out of town were: Mrs. Byron Hall, wife of deceased ; Mrs. Derr, of Creston. mother of Mrs. Hall, his mother, Mrs. M. C. Hali; J. P. Hail of Denver, a brother; Miss Margaret Hall, a sister: Ed Keith, Creston, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey,1 Osceola: E. J. Knipe. Ottumwa.Bryon B. Hall was boru in Chariton, June 10. 1858. He began to earn a livelyhood in the office of the Chariton Patriot when he was fourteen years of age. After spending about three years at the printers trade he began his railroad career as telegraph operator and S ticket agent for the C. B. Q. rail- j l road company, working at different I points on the Iowa Division until 1877 t when he was promoted to be chief 1 clerk in th office of W. C. Perkins, at 1 that time superintendent of the Iowa lines of the Q. with headquarters at j Burlington. From there he went to ■ Ottumwa, where he filled the position of train despatcher for the Burlington, i He served successfully in this capacity for fifteen years, at Ottuwma, Chari- I ton and Creston. and was forced to resign because of failing health.He went to Denver, where, in 1895, he accepted the position of assistant to the manager of the Rocky Mountain 1 Official Guide Company which he filled creditably for three years, when, again, his health compelled him to re- ; tire from active work of every kind.For the last five years he had been a patient, but great sufferer from that dread disease consumption. His long illness was peculiar and remarkable, being one that baffled and puzzled the physicians. The end came Thursday, December 15 at his home, 1415 South Fifteenth Street, Denver.Other than those before mentioned, he leaves another brother, James Hall of this county. His brother, J. P. Hall of Dever is the general agent of I the Santa Fe railroad.The deceased never lost his interest in Chariton, his boyhood home, keeping informed, of the town’s progress and the doings of its people, through the columns of the Patriot, whiih , paper he had been a subscriber for twenty-two years.Speaking of Mr. Hall, the Denver News say: “The death of Byron B.Hall removes from a field of usefulness and activity one of the best known , men in Denver. ”
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Thu, Dec 22, 1904
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