07/21/06

Hall Photo Gallery and Genealogy

Hall's Dairy a.k.a. Sunnyside Farms was the first victim in Uxbridge, MA for the taking of land by Eminent Domain.  The State of Massachusetts took 55 acres of the farm, which consisted of all of its night pasture for the cows, for the disgusting sum of $20,000.00 in 1945.  My Grandfather, Raymond Carpenter Hall, Sr., took the state to court and over a 10 year battle ended up with $30,000.00 instead of $20,000.00.  The state, to prove a point, instead of buying the farmhouse or moving it to the other side of the highway (which is what my grandfather wanted), brought the survey line in from 500 feet to 250 feet, went around the farmhouse and back out to 500 feet.  Today we wonder why America's Farming Industry, especially local farms, have met with untimely demise. 

Below is a picture of the farmhouse.  It no longer exists.  The Gold Rooster weathervane that blew off the barn in the Hurricane of 1938 is currently perched atop the steeple of the First Evangelical Congregational Church in the center of Uxbridge, MA.  It was donated to the church by my Great Grandfather Arthur Samuel Hall.

Below are the engagement photographs of my Great Great Grandparents Joseph Carpenter Hall and Betsy C. Livermore who were married on 25 Oct 1860 in Douglas, Massachusetts.  Joseph was born on 11 May 1839 in Uxbridge and died on 3 Jun 1884 in Uxbridge.  Betsy was born on 2 Jul 1840 in Leicester, MA and died on 11 Nov 1920 in Franklin, MA.  They are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Douglas, MA.  They had seven children:  Edith Eudora, Henrietta Florence, Arthur Samuel, Cora May, Theodore Evans, Edna Vinba, and Alvah Joseph.

Pictured below are my Great Grandparents.  Arthur Samuel Hall was born on 6 Sep 1863, Uxbridge, MA and died 17 Nov 1946.  He married Mary Ellen Martin on 6 Sep 1888.  She was born on 26 May 1863, Worcester, MA and died 2 Dec 1939, Uxbridge, MA.  They had nine children, all born in Uxbridge, MA:  Bessie Alice (1889-1976), Joseph Samuel (1892-1974), Alfred Edwin (1894-1978), Arthur Theodore (1895-1958), Anna May (1897-1974), George Washington (1901-1901), Maurice Martin (1902-1952), Stephen A. (1904-1980), and my Grandfather, Raymond Carpenter Hall (1907-1982)

Pictured below are my Grandparents.  Raymond Carpenter Hall was born on 10 Jan 1907 and died 18 Nov 1982, Uxbridge, MA.  He married Alice Malvina Belanger on 1 May 1929, Uxbridge, MA.  She was born on 15 Mar 1905, Woonsocket, RI and died on 17 Apr 1995, Northbridge, MA.  Alice was one of fourteen children of Oliver and Emelia (Leblanc) Belanger.

This site was last updated 07/19/06