|
BRAXTON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
******************************************************************
Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Valerie & Tommy Crook
vfcrook@trellis.net
November 8, 1999
******************************************************************
The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 287-288
Braxton
B. A. HALL, superintendent and principal of the Flat-
woods High School, is one of the scholarly men of dignified
bearing whose mature efforts are being directed toward the
betterment of the public school system of his section and
the advancement of the pupils placed under his charge.
An educator from choice, he is fortunate in having a natural
as well as acquired faculty for imparting learning, and his
pupils show the results of his watchful care and constructive
training.
Mr. Hall was born on a farm in Braxton County, West
Virginia, December 20, 1884, a son of E. J. and Mary M.
(McElwain) Hall, the former of whom was born in Braxton
County, March 17, 1859, and the latter in Webster County,
West Virginia, in 1866. They were reared and educated in
the rural districts, and after their marriage, which occurred
in Webster County, they settled on a farm in Braxton
County. At present he is a farmer, lumberman and con-
tractor. He exercises his right of franchise by voting the
republican ticket. The children born to him and his wife
were as follows: B. A., whose name heads this review;
Bailey L., who is a resident of Buffalo, New York; Ida B.,
who is the wife of W. B. Peterson, of Western West Vir-
ginia; Floda, who is the wife of John Adams; T. S., who
is a resident of Grafton, West Virginia; Hettie, who is the
wife of Paul Lockhart; Ada S., who is the wife of Harry
Bowen, of Parkersburg, West Virginia; Van F., who is at
home; Clyde H., who is a student of the West Virginia Uni-
versity; Velma, who is attending the high school at Weston,
West Virginia; and Mona, who is attending the high school
at Grafton, West Virginia.
B. A. Hall was reared at Holstead, and first attended the
common schools and later the state normal school, of which
he is a graduate. He has also taken up special studies at
the West Virginia State University, and is always studying.
For nearly ten years he has been in charge of the Flatwood
schools, with the exception of the time he spent at Wash-
ington, D. C., during the late war, when he was connected
with the work of the Young Men's Christian Association.
In 1916 Mr. Hall married Miss Ada L. Hall, a graduate
of the Glenville State Normal School, and prior to her
marriage a teacher for about eight years. Mr. and Mrs.
Hall have two children, namely: Evelyn and John N. Mrs.
Hall is a member of the Baptist Church. A republican, Mr.
Hall has taken an active part in politics, and is a member
of the Republican State Committee from the Tenth Sena-
torial District. Fraternally he maintains membership with
Sutton Lodge No. 133, K. of P. Mr. Hall is a man who
feels his responsibilities and endeavors to discharge them
conscientiously, and that he succeeds in doing so the results
prove. Abreast of the times in his profession, he seeks to
give his pupils the results of his experience and learning,
and his influence upon their minds and actions is proving
to be a strong factor in shaping their lives and determining
their usefulness to their community in the years to come.
|
