33. Ben Lee Hall
Dad says the Hall family was from Knott Co. or up near rockhouse. (Same with wife Collins family)
Searched 1900 US Census, Letcher Co., Rockhouse District and did not find a son or Head of Household named Ben, Benjamin or Lee.
Claudia said that he had really bad asthma.
Found in the 1920 US Census, Kentucky, Letcher Co., Colson, Enumeration District #60. Lists Ben L. Hall age 41, He was born in KY, father born in TN and mother born in KY. Wife Letha age 39, she was born in KY, father in KY and Mother in TN, Lists children Leonard age 14, Alzenia age 13, Curtis age 11 and Burnette age 4. All children born in KY except Alzenia who was born in VA.
Proffit family listed near them. A child was named Astor Proffit. When I asked James if this is where he got his middle name he was not sure but thought that his mother was related to him.
Listed in Rootsweb by Donna Carmichael, (see sources) she lists wife as Eliza Collins. This confusion may be because Eliza and Letha were twins. Census lists wife as Letha.
James A Boatright Grandson of Letha Collins Hall remembers that Letha was a twin. Her twin's name was Eliza. One of the twins walked with a limp and that was how he told them apart.
Found Letha Collins in the 1900 US Census. She is listed with her father. Her twin sister is not in the household however they were 17 at the time. She may have been married or living elsewhere.
Claudia said she died younger than her siblings at age 54 or so. She died of heart problems.
On birth certificate of son James A. Boatright, applied for and received in 1943, Orville states his place of birth was Kentucky.
On birth certificate of James A. Boatright, applied for and received in 1943. Alzenia states her birth place was Virginia. According to her son James, his mother was raised in Kentucky, and her family was in the Kentucky area. They were coal miners and moved frequently. Being so close to the Virginia line there were many times that they lived in Virginia.
1920 census states that Alzenia was the only child born in Virginia.