Phillip Foster Hall and Temperance Crowder
Phillip Foster Hall was born in 1842 in Butler Co., KY. He was the
second-known son of James Emory Hall and Judah Ann Logsdon. No details are
known of his youth, but later records attest to his schooling as he was able to
both read and write.
Phillip
first married Cynthia J. Spinks, on November 8, 1860. Cynthia was born
in about 1849 in KY. She was the daughter of Phillip Spinks and Elizabeth
Williams. Nothing is known of her youth except that she apparently did complete
some schooling, as later records note her ability to both read and write.
Though the Civil War had drawn many young men into service, including at least
three of Phillip’s brothers, he appears not to have enlisted. With the need for
men escalating as the war continued, the government instituted a draft
registration in 1863. Phillip registered as required.[1]
The
couple had seven children; all were born in KY. The first was Manea E.
(female). She was born around 1863.[2]
Their first son was William Alonzo “Lonnie”. He was born March 21, 1865.[3]
George Owsley was the next to be born into the growing family on December 6,
1869.[4]
Another son, James B., was born in April 1870 in KY.[5]
By
the 1870 census, Phillip’s personal estate was said to be worth $200. He was
working as a farmer to support Cynthia and the four kids. A more detailed
insight can be gleaned from the 1870 non-population census.[6]
There, the Halls are said to own 150 acres. Of these, 15 acres are ‘improved,’
and 135 acres remain ‘unimproved’. The cash value of the farm was noted as
$225, while Philip claimed to have only $10 of farm tools and implements. He had
one horse, one milk cow, and two other working cattle. The livestock were valued
at $140. Over the past year, the farm had produced 75 bushels of Indian corn,
500 pounds of tobacco, 1 bushel of peas and beans, and 50 pounds of butter. The
estimated value of slaughtered animals was set at $50, and the total valuation
of farm production was set at $250.
[1]
Phillip’s draft registration, Ohio Co., KY, July 1863. Philip indicated that he
had no previous service experience.
[2]
Manea E. (female) was born in about 1863 in KY.
[3]
William Alonzo was born March 21, 1865, in KY. He was listed as William L. in
the 1870 census and ‘William A.’ in the 1880 and 1910 censuses. The mystery was resolved
by reference to his death certificate, where his name was given as William
Alonzo. He died August 24, 1915, in Ohio Co., KY, and was buried in the town of
Rosine on the 29th
[4]
George Owsley was born December 6, 1869, in KY. He died January 25, 1942, and
is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Rosine, KY (Ohio Co.). He married
Martha F. Alford.
[5]
James B. was born in April 1870 in KY. He does not appear with the family in
the 1880 census. It is likely that he had died by that time.
[6]
KY, U.S., Census Non-Population schedules, 1850-1880. 1870 data, Ohio Co.
[7]
Mary Ann was born about 1871 in KY. She was buried in Rosine Cemetery, Rosine, Ohio
Co., KY. She married J. William Ezell on January 29, 1893.
[8] Enic Albert was born September 17, 1874 (or 1875), in KY. He died in 1955 and was buried in Rosine Cemetery, Rosine, Ohio Co., KY. He married Cornelia Florence Watson. She was born March 13, 1884, and died August 4, 1938.
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1877 when one
of their cows wandered off. A reward was promised to the finder.[9]
The couple’s last child was Ella, born May 5, 1879.[10]
Since by the June 1880 census, Phillip is listed as a widower, it is possible
that Cynthia died during Ella’s birth or of complications following the birth.
With
an infant and four other children under 12, Philip did what every widower or
widow had to do in those days; he quickly remarried. His new bride was Tempy (Temperance
Caroline Crowder). She had been born in 1862 in Ohio Co., KY, and was the
daughter of Thomas Caja Crowder and Martha A. Pierson. Phillip and Tempy married
in Ohio Co. on September 3, 1882.[11]
It was his second marriage (he was 40), her first (she was 20).
Their first child, a son named Foster Phillip, was born on December 23, 1883, in Rosine, Ohio Co., KY.[12] Next would come daughter Lottie Bell on March 21, 1887.[13] Another son, Park,
[9]
Hartford Herald, November 21, 1877, page 3 and December 5, 1877, page 3. Each
edition carries the following notice. “Lost Cow. A small red cow with some
white spots on her, about eight years old, had on a small bell with a broad
leather collar, unmarked. Information leading to her recovery will be amply
rewarded if conveyed to the Herald office, P. F. Hall”.
[10]
Ella was born May 5, 1879, in KY. She is sometimes listed as Elvira. She would
go on to marry KY native Orbe F. Kasey on April 24, 1905, in Jefferson Co.,
KY. Orbe is listed in the census as a carpenter. Ella died of chronic opium
poisoning on November 13, 1914, in Louisville. Death certificate number 28902.
She was buried in Rosine, KY, on November 14, 1914. Ella is believed to be the
same person listed as Elvira in the June 1880 census.
[11]
Marriage bond, Phillip Foster Hall to Temperance Crowder, Ohio Co., KY,
September 3, 1882. The Hartford Herald, September 27, 1882, page 3, and again
on December 5, 1887, page 3, announced that they had gotten their marriage
license.
[12]
Foster Phillip died December 19, 1965, in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He was
5' 6-1/4" tall with brown eyes and dark brown hair. After leaving school
upon finishing the sixth grade, he worked as a coal miner and for the railroad
prior to his enlistment in the army on January 30, 1906, and was assigned to
the 2nd Infantry Regiment at Fort William Henry Harrison, near
Helena, Montana, in late February for a period of three years. He officially
became a member of Company M on March 16th. During this time, the 2nd
saw action as part of conflicts following the close of the Philippine-American
War in 1902 (also known as the Philippine Insurrection). He was discharged with
excellent health and fitness ratings on January 29, 1909, and re-enlisted on
February 12, 1909, at New Fort Brady, in Sault Sainte Marie, MI, for another
3-year stint. This time he served in the 7th Regiment with the rank
of Sergeant of Company M. In May 1910, when the Federal census was being taken,
Foster’s unit was at Ft. Thomas in northern KY. He served until the end of 1911,
perhaps again seeing duty in the Philippines as the conflict continued into
1912. He was officially discharged on January 12, 1912, at Ft. McDowell, AZ.
Foster did not serve in WW1, but did register as required. Foster married
Minnie Pauline Henely on September 10, 1913, in Clark Co., IN (just across the
Ohio River from Louisville). By 1920, Foster and Minnie were living in Beaver
Dam in Ohio Co., KY, with their first two children and his brother Park. By
1930, the Halls and their four children lived in Louisville. By 1942, Foster lived
at 440 N. 24th Street in Louisville and worked for the Henry Vogt Machine
Company at 1000 West Ormsby Ave. Vogt (now Vogt Tube Ice) made refrigeration
machines. Foster died of a ‘cerebral vascular accident’ (known today simply as
a ‘stroke’). He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
[13]
Lottie Bell died January 24, 1967, at her daughter’s (Garnette) home in Louisville,
Jefferson Co., KY. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Louisville, KY. Lottie
married Hardin Simpson on October 27, 1904, in Ohio Co., KY.
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was born
September 7, 1889, in Ohio Co., KY.[14]
Their final child, Eva, was born sometime between 1890 and 1892 and was said to
have died of dysentery in the mid-1890s.[15]
On
January 19,1891, Philip provided a brief affidavit for Thomas C. Crowder, his
father-in-law, in support of Crowder’s quest to be granted an invalid pension.
The affidavit simply recounted Thomas’ death and the adverse condition in which
that left Martha and the children and then noted her passing within the year.
Few
other details are known of Phillip and his life. It is believed that he died early
the next year (1892) at age 50 in Ohio Co. of dysentery. At the time of his
death, his daughter, Lottie, was about five years old. She had only one clear
memory of him. According to her, there were a number of men working at their
place and Tempy was cooking their lunch. As Tempy was bringing the food out to
the tables on a very large platter. As she approached the table, she dropped it
and broke all the dishes. Phillip simply said, "Oh, that's all right Tempy" and hitched up the wagon to head
out to get more dishes (and to tell the men that lunch would be a bit late).
All her life, Lottie remembered the calm and gentle manner with which her dad
responded. As she grew up, Lottie learned that he had been a deacon and
recorder at their church, worked as a farmer, and for a while as a hod carrier
After his death, Tempy moved to Beaver Dam where she became a cook at the Vincent Hotel. As was often the case, a widow with numerous children had to quickly remarry (without being
[14]
Park did not appear in the 1900 Ohio Co., KY census. This seems to have been
due to the appropriate page having been omitted when the record was filmed.
From the large, combined Autry and Hall families, only Ben Autry, Tempy, and
older sister Lottie appear at the bottom of a page. The rest of the family
should have continued on the top of the next page, but it is missing. He has not been
located in the 1910 census. This is likely due to the scattering of the Hall
siblings to escape their stepfather. Park worked as a fireman and a coal miner
in Ohio Co. Later, Park was a soldier in World War I, serial number 1,574,632.
He enlisted on July 15, 1915, and began Federal service on July 4, 1916. At the
time of Park’s enlistment, Park was 5' 11-1/2", with gray eyes and brown hair.
He served as a Private in the 138th Field Artillery. He was a Mechanic in Battery E. The 138th
sailed for Europe from NYC on October 6, 1918, just before the end of the war.
They sailed on the RMS Carmania. The Wikipedia entry for the ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905) notes that it was launched in
1905 as a passenger liner by the Cunard Line, converted to an Armed Merchant
Cruiser, and then finally used as a troop carrier. The ship was scrapped in
1932. Park returned to the States with the 138th on the USS Mongolia
(ID-1615), departing from Brest, France, on December 12, 1918. The unit
returned to Camp Mills on Long Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Mills.
The Wikipedia entry for the Mongolia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Mongolia_(1903) indicates that it had been
originally built to facilitate trans-Pacific Chinese immigration but was
converted to Atlantic service in 1915. Park was Honorably Discharged on January
11, 1919. In the 1920 census, Park was
shown to be back in Ohio Co., in Beaver Dam, living with his older brother,
Foster, and his young family. In May 1922, he was arrested for running whiskey
between Owensboro and Cromwell, fined, and sentenced to 30 days in jail (Hartford
Herald, May 17, 1922). Park supported himself by working in the coal mines. By
the 1930 census, Park had relocated to Louisville and was living with his
older half-sister, Mary Ann, and her husband, James William Ezell. During that
time, he worked as a clerk in a dry goods store. Park never married. Sometime
during the Depression, he began to ‘ride the rails’, visiting different parts
of the country. It was during one such trip that on July 13, 1939, he was hit
by a car and killed while walking along US 12, south of St. Joseph, MI.
According to the page 1 story in the July 14th edition of the Benton Harbor
Herald-Palladium, Park was said to have been working as a farmhand in the area
prior to his death. He was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, just off Church
Street in northeast Bridgman.
[15]
Eva’s date of birth is bounded by Park’s late 1889 birth and Phillip’s death in
about 1892.
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too choosey)
if she and the family were to survive. This she did, accepting a proposal from Benjamin
Franklin Autry.[16]
The couple was married on Saturday, December 18, 1892, at her home.
Four
more children, three boys and one girl, would come from this union. The first
was George Washington Autry. He was born on September 21, 1895.[17]
Henry Franklin Autry came next on September 9, 1902.[18]
By this time, the family was living in the Horse Branch community, just east of
Beaver Dam along US 62. Henry was followed by the couple’s only daughter, Mary
Fremont Autry. She was born on July 19, 1906.[19]
The final child, a son, Noble Autry, was born July 7, 1912.[20]
Ben
died December 11, 1922.[21]
After Ben’s death, Tempy moved to the community of Olaton where she died on March
4, 1936, of pneumonia and a fever.[22]
She’d been under doctor’s care for almost two years. She is buried beside Ben
Autry in the McCord Cemetery in Horse Branch, Ohio Co., KY.[23]
Notes and References
- 1860 Ohio Co., KY
census, page 140. Phillips' father's personal property is valued at $290,
no real estate is listed.
|
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Other |
|
James E. Hall |
45 |
Farmer |
born TN |
|
Judy A. |
44 |
|
born KY, can't read or write |
|
John B. |
21 |
Farmer |
|
|
Philip F. |
19 |
Farmer |
born KY |
|
James C. |
16 |
|
in school |
|
Samuel O. P. |
12 |
|
in school |
|
Mary J. |
10 |
|
|
|
George W. |
2 |
|
|
[16]
Marriage bond, Benjamin F. Autry to Tempy C. Hall, December 17, 1892, Ohio Co.,
KY, Marriage Volume 7, page 528.
[17]
George Autry was born September 21, 1895. He died June 20, 1970, and was
married to Maudie Raley. The year of his birth is uncertain. It is 1895 according
to the 1900 census, 1897 according to his tombstone, 1898 according to his
obituary, 1901 according to his WWII draft registration and 1902 (inferred)
according to the 1950 census. I have
chosen to use the 1895 date as it was reported in the closest census to the
actual event.
[18]
Henry Autry was born on September 9, 1902. He died on November 6, 1969.
[19]
Mary Autry was born on July 19, 1906. She married Vernon Basham. She died on January
1, 1981.
[20]
Noble Autry was born on July 7, 1912. He married Lillian Crowder. He died on July
29, 1977.
[21]
Ben Autry’s birth date is the subject of some confusion. His headstone
indicates that he was born on August 31, 1861, in IN. Other sources put the
date as early as 1853. The early date seems to agree with the notion that he
was previously married with that wedding taking place in 1874. Ben could not
write, his marriage license with Tempy was signed with his 'X'.
[22]
According to Google Maps, there is still an Autry Lane in Olaton. It appears
unpaved and no more than 500’ long.
[23]
Tempy’s death on March 2, 1936, of pneumonia is recorded in KY Birth, Marriage
and Death Records (1852-1910).
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2. 1870 Ohio Co., KY census, page 490, Hartford district.
|
Name |
Age |
Occupation |
Other |
|
Phillip F. |
28 |
Farmer |
$200 personal property, born KY, can read and
write |
|
Cinthia |
21 |
Keeping house |
born KY, can read and write |
|
Manea E |
7 |
at home |
born KY |
|
William L. |
5 |
at home |
born KY |
|
George O. |
2 |
at home |
born KY |
|
James B. |
1/12 |
at home |
born KY |
|
Name |
Age |
Birth/Dad/Mom |
Other |
|
Phillip F. |
39 |
KY/TN/KY |
Hod carrier, widowed |
|
William A |
15 |
KY/KY/KY |
in school |
|
George O. |
12 |
KY/KY/KY |
in school |
|
Mary A. |
9 |
KY/KY/KY |
in school |
|
Enie A. |
4 |
KY/KY/KY |
can't read or write |
|
Elvirna |
2 |
KY/KY/KY |
can't read or write |
|
James E |
64 |
TN/TN/TN |
At home |
|
Judah A. |
63 |
KY/KY/KY |
At home |
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