Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Henry Co.

JUSTUS J. HALL, a prominent farmer of Henry County, was born in Bourbon
County, Ky., January 18, 1813, a son of Joshua H. and Mary (Beasman) Hall.
His father, a native of Maryland, came to Kentucky in 1796, and settled in
Bourbon County; he was a son of James and Sarah (Burk) Hall, of Maryland,
who came to Kentucky in 1800, and settled in Bourbon County, where he
lived.  Our subject was educated at the county schools and at the seminary,
Paris, Kentucky, where he graduated.  He learned the carpenter's trade,
which he followed for two years, and then for twelve years was engaged in
trading in horses, sheep and cattle.  November 16, 1852, he married
Elizabeth Jenkins, of Clark County, daughter of Alfred and Mary (Wilson)
Jenkins, natives of Fayette County.  One child was born to this union,
Florence, now Mrs. Price, of Henry County.  Mr. Hall operated a saw mill
in Jackson, Miss., for four years, but his wife dying in 1855, he moved
to Scott County, Ky., where he farmed and traded in cattle for ten years.
September 6, 1857, he married Mrs. Nancy Kennedy, daughter of Nicholas and
Aria (Kennedy) Talbot, of Virginia, and whose grandfather, John Kennedy,
at one time owned 4,000 acres of land in Kentucky; he was killed during
the Revolutionary war.  In 1867 Mr. Hall moved to Eminence, where he
resided four years, moving thence to within one mile and a half of
Eminence, where he now resides engaged in farming.  He owns 100 acres of
well improved land, and is a member of the Baptist Church at Eminence. In
politics he is a Democrat.

Hall Beasman Burk Jenkins Wilson Price Kennedy Talbot
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Paris-Bourbon-KY Fayette-KY Clark-KY MS MD

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