Joseph Leonard Hall

Joseph Leonard Hall

Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY of suicide by gunshot wound to the head; buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Marriage 1. Joseph Leonard Hall m. (1) to Sarah Caudill, b about 1856 Pike Co KY d 8 Aug 1887 Letcher Co KY; (died during the childbirth of her son, Alvin); buried Frank Tackett Cemetery, Long Fork, Shelby Creek, Pike Co KY; d/o Matthew Caudill and Elizabeth "Betty" Tackett. Marriage 2. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 20 Aug 1889 Letcher Co KY to (2) Lettie Craft b 21 Apr 1872 d 27 Mar 1905; d/o Enoch Arden "Chunk" Craft and Mary Polly Ann Caudill. Marriage 3. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 22 Apr 1905 Letcher Co KY to (3) Drusilla Siller Craft Adams, b 19 Dec 1860 d 4 Jul 1942, the widow of Mayo Adams. Marriage 4. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 20 May 1916 Letcher Co KY to (4) Diannah C Webb. Marriage 5. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 1 Aug 1918 Letcher Co KY to (5) Martha Tackett b 1898. Marriage 6. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 19 Aug 1919 Letcher Co KY to (6) Diannah C Webb.

Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY, of suicide by gunshot to head, buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Joseph Leonard Hall m. before 1880 to Sarah Caudill b 1856 Pike Co KY d 8 Aug 1887 Letcher Co KY; d/o Matthew Caudill and Elizabeth Betty Tackett. Children of Joseph Leonard Hall and Sarah Caudill;

Mary Ellen Hall b 1881 buried Colson, Letcher Co KY; m. 23 Jan 1897 Letcher Co KY to Isaac Martin "Ike" Profitt b 9 Apr 1877 Letcher Co KY d 13 Aug 1932 Rockhouse, Letcher Co KY buried Colson Cemetery, Colson, KY Rock House Creek, mouth of Camp Branch; s/o Hiram Hillard Profitt and Christina "Crissie" Adams.

Minnie E Hall (Arminda?) b 25 Apr 1882 d 26 Jan 1945; m. 1901 Letcher Co KY to Lee Johnson.

Anzie Hall b 29 Oct 1883 d 28 Apr 1907; m. 1901 to Willima R Spangler.

Isabelle Hall b 30 Jul 1885 d 28 Feb 1923; m. 1907 to Elihu B Addington.

Alvin Hall b 8 Aug 1887 Letcher Co KY d 27 Dec 1974 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; m. 5 Sept 1905 Letcher Co KY to Mary Polly Franklin b 23 Jul 1884 Letcher Co KY d 5 Jun 1989 Letcher Co KY; d/o Harvey G Franklin and Eveline Combs (aka Evelyn).

Joe Hall and Lettie Craft
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Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY, of suicide by gunshot to head, buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 30 Aug 1889 to (2) Lettie Craft b 1 Apr 1872 d 27 Mar 1905; d/o Enoch Arden "Chunk" Craft and Mary Ann Polly Caudill. Children of Joseph Leonard Hall and Lettie Craft;

Polly Ann Hall b Sept 1890; m. 1907 to Jesse Peter "Pete" Adams. Children of Jesse Peter "Pete" Adams and Polly Ann Hall;

Leonard S Hall b 16 Dec 1891 d 24 Jul 1906 Letcher Co KY committed suicide, reportedly over a girlfriend, buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY.

Rachel Virginia Hall b 10 Jun 1894 Letcher Co KY d 30 Jan 1968 Letcher Co KY, buried 2 Feb 1968 Mall Hill Cemetery, Mayking, Letcher Co KY; m. 1 May 1909 Millstone, Letcher Co KY to William Manon Holbrook (aka Marion) b 10 Nov 1889 Letcher Co KY d 9 Oct 1976 Letcher Co KY; s/o Jason Lewis Holbrook and America Morgan.

Enoch Malan Hall (aka Maylon) b 10 Aug 1896 d 4 Jan 1971, buried Evergreen Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; m. 4 Apr 1917 Thornton, Letcher Co KY, (performed by N. W. Meade) to Maggie Jane Webb b 23 Jun 1903 d 4 Jun 1989; buried Evergreen Cemetery, Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY; d/o Lee Webb and Ardelia Craft. Enoch Malan Hall listed his occupation as farmer on his marriage license application.

Nancy Alice "Nan" Hall b 5 Mar 1899 d 28 Sept 1975 Millstone, Letcher Co KY; buried 2 Oct 1975 Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; m. Otho Bentley, b 23 Nov 1884 Jenkins, Letcher Co KY d 23 Oct 1965 Millstone, Letcher Co KY; buried Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o John Martin Bentley and Malinda Addington. Otho Bentley m. 1903 Letcher Co KY to Sadie Collier b 10 Aug 1885 Baker, Letcher Co KY d 3 Feb 1915 Letcher Co KY age 30; d/o Rev Willis K Collier and Mary Ellen Adams.

William Basil Hall b 19 Jun 1900 Millstone, Letcher Co KY d 6 Mar 1984 Fayette Co KY; buried 8 Mar 1984 Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison Co KY; m. Aug 1922 Letcher Co KY to Arlie Ison (female) b 24 Mar 1904 Letcher Co KY d 25 Oct 1993 Fayette Co KY; buried 27 Oct 1993 Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Madison Co KY; d/o Granville Ison and Hester Whitaker.

Pricy Hall b 21 Jan 1904 d 15 Jan 1905.

Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY, of suicide by gunshot to head; buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 22 Apr 1905 to (3) Drusilla Craft b 4 Dec 1874 d 20 Sept 1959; d/o Enoch Arden "Chunk" Craft and Mary Ann Polly Caudill.

Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY, of suicide by gunshot to head, buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 10 May 1916 to (4 and 6) Dianah C Webb b 6 Aug 1882 d 11 Sept 1969 Letcher Co KY; d/o Annanias F Webb and Henrietta "Ritter" Polly. Children of Joseph Leonard Hall and Diannah C Webb;

Josephine Hall.

Henrietta "Ritter" Hall; m. Lewis Frank Craft b 26 May 1912; s/o Archelous "Archie" C Craft and Pricey Adkins

Charlie Hall.

Russell Hall.

Joseph Leonard Hall b 29 Mar 1865 Pike Co KY d 20 Oct 1928 Letcher Co KY, of suicide by gunshot to head, buried Chunk Craft Cemetery, Millstone, Letcher Co KY; s/o Enoch Malon Hall and Nancy Hampton. Joseph Leonard Hall m. 1 Aug 1918 to (5) Martha Anne Tackett b 27 Apr 1897 KY d 24 Nov 1967 Letcher Co KY; d/o Wilson Tackett and Rhoda E Hampton. Children of Joseph Leonard Hall and Martha Tackett;

Hazel Hall.

Lettie Hall.

Joseph Leonard Hall was a farmer, a store operator, and the postmaster at Millstone, KY. The store and post office were supposedly at the junction of the left and right forks of Millstone Creek, where the D. V. Bentley residence is now located, according to Robert Holbrook, who remembered visiting him there. (Source).

Religion: Preacher of the Primitive Baptist Church

Residence: Board Branch, Millstone, Letcher County, KY

Event: Appointed as the Millstone postmaster 7 OCT 1890 Letcher County, KY

Note: He was succeeded in this role by the appointment of Arch C. Craft on 22 Jun 1892.

Event: Appointed postmaster of the Hilliard post office 16 JUL 1907 Letcher County, KY

Note: He succeeded Isabella Hall, who served from 20 Mar 1907 to 16 Jul 1907 . He was succeeded as postmaster by Shade R. Combs on 17 Mar 1908.

Event: Reappointed as the Millstone postmaster 23 SEP 1920 Letcher County, KY

Note: He continued to serve in this capacity until his death in Oct 1928. Irvin Collier was named as his successor on 22 November 1928

On Joseph Leonard Hall's tombstone, his name is recorded as Joe Hall. His tombstone was inscribed with the following message: "A friend to his country and believer in Christ".

To the left of his grave is that of his daughter, Pricy. To the left of Pricy's grave is that of Lettie Craft Hall, his second wife. To the left of Lettie's grave is that of Joe's son Leonard S. Hall.

From Dan Mohn's Website: The circumstances of the death of Joe Hall were reported in the Mountain Eagle of 25 October 1928, as transcribed below.

Late Baptist Preacher and Post Master Kills Self

Word from Millstine (sic) reached town Saturday morning stating Joe Hall, about sixty years of age and for about forty years occasionally a minister of the old Baptist Church had on the night before shot himself, dying instantly. Why he had committed this act no one seems to know. His wife says that for some days he had been unwell and had been acting strange. About two o'clock in the morning he arose from a fitful sleep, walked from the room to the outside and fired the fatal shot. Before she could reach him life was extinct. The ball entered his right temple and passed through his brain.

Joe Hall had been Postmaster at Millstone for a great number of years. An upright and strict business man, there was none better. He had been married as many as six times and leaves two or three still living wives. He also leaves a number of children. Joe Hall belonged to an excellent family. Worry and broken health lead ( sic) to his taking his own life. We extend sympathies to those left behind.
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The attribution of his death as a suicide has long been disputed by members of his family. There were no signs of despondency. Further, he had reported to his son and daughter-in-law, Alvin and Mary Hall, one week earlier that the gun he always kept in the store had been stolen.

According to granddaughter Opal (Hall) Holbrook, in a recollection on 27 May 2004, the undertaker, Mr. Swisher, came to the home on Millstone and prepared the body for burial. The bullet was removed by Mr. Swisher and given to Joe's son, William Basil Hall. The bullet was consistent with that used in the missing gun.

Many family members have always asserted he was shot in his bed through an open window. The bullet reportedly passed through his head and lodged in his arm, indicating the possibility that he was lying on his side with his arm resting under his head. However, in the absence of obvious evidence or eyewitness statements, no further investigation occurred.