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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: HALL, Hon. Grant P.
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Sandy Spradling
SSpradling@AOL.com
September 25, 1999
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 385
HON. GRANT P. HALL, a member of the Charleston bar, and a leading factor in
Republican politics in Kanawha County, has served with honor and credit in a
number of public positions He was born in Roane County, W. Va., December 21,
1865, a son of William and Isabel (Guinn) Hall.
Grant P. Hall was afforded exceptional educational advantages. From the
common schools of Kanawba County he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University,
going from there to Marshall College, Huntington, W. Va. For some years prior
to 1893 he was engaged in teaching school and in that year was elected
superintendent of the schools of Kanawha County and served in that office for
two years. In the meanwhile he prepared for the bar, to which he gained
admission in i895, and he immediately began the practice of his profession.
In 1896 he was elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, and
served with credit and efficiency in that office for a term of Six years. He
then went into the real estate business which he has since followed, not
having resumed his profession. Although he is active and zealous in the
support of his own political party, he is a man of character and his work is
done openly and honorably.
Mr. Hall was married in the fall of '895, to Miss Anna Steele, and they enjoy
a beautiful home which is situated at South Side, a property which was
formerly owned by J. W. Dawson. Mr. Hall maintains his offices in the
Alderson-Stephenson building, Charleston.
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