Oscar W. Hall, a well known stockman of Campbell county, was born in Gentry county Missouri, August 12, 1860, and is a son of James and Elizabeth Jane (Craner) Hall, the former a native of Pennsylvania, while the latter was born in Missouri. They were married in her native state and spent their remaining days there. They reared a family of eight children, of whom five are yet living.
    Oscar W. Hall passed the period of his boyhood and youth in his parents' home and his time was divided between the acquirement of a public school education and the work of the fields as he assisted his father in carrying on the farm. He removed to Nebraska in 1884 and took up his abode upon a farm there, making it his place of residence until 1900, when he sold that property and came to Campbell county, Wyoming. Arriving in this state, he established his home upon a ranch of twelve hundred acres, which he still owns, and during the intervening period he has added many substantial improvements to his place, which he is conducting according to progressive methods of ranching and stock raising. He has also become interested in the development of oil projects and is now one of the directors of the Liberty Walker Oil Company.
    In 1884 Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Malinda J. Buholt, a native of Hancock county, Illinois, and to them have been born three children: Cora, the wife of Nahum Fitch; Laura May, the wife of B. H. McCarthy; and Ernest W., who is married and resides upon the ranch. There are five grandchildren.
    Mr. and Mrs. Hall are members of the Baptist church and guide their lives according to its teachings. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and has filled some of the chairs in the lodge at Gillette. Politically he is a republican and is serving for the fourth year as chairman of the board of county commissioners, in which connection he has done important service for the welfare and progress of Campbell county and the advancement of its interests in many ways. He is devoted to the public welfare and is actuated in all matters of citizenship by a public spirit most commendable.