. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ty in business and for loyalty in citizen-ship. MIC II HALL. Hugh Hall, who is conducting a cigar storein Litchfield, is one of the active business menof the city, possessing the enterprise so char-acteristic of the middle west and while he hasutilized his opportunities for business advance-ment he has also been mindful of bis duties ofcitizenship and has aided in the material prog-ress of Litchfield and in the promotion of manyinterests which have contributed to the generalgood. He was born in Fremont. Ohio, in 1865,a son of John and Bridget
. Past and present of Montgomery County, Illinois . ty in business and for loyalty in citizen-ship. MIC II HALL. Hugh Hall, who is conducting a cigar storein Litchfield, is one of the active business menof the city, possessing the enterprise so char-acteristic of the middle west and while he hasutilized his opportunities for business advance-ment he has also been mindful of bis duties ofcitizenship and has aided in the material prog-ress of Litchfield and in the promotion of manyinterests which have contributed to the generalgood. He was born in Fremont. Ohio, in 1865,a son of John and Bridget Hall, who were na-tives of Ireland. In early life the father cameto the United States, establishing his home inFremont, where he followed the stone-masonstrade until his death. Hugh Hall was the onlychild of their marriage, but the mother had fivechildren by a previous marriage. In early life Mr. Hall was placed in convent at Cleveland. Ohio, where heremained until eleven years of age. He thenreturned to Fremont and afterward attended. HUGH HALL UHWEft OF T^,£RS«n of ^«D- PAST AND PRESENT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY •117 school through the winter seasons, while in thesummer months his time was devoted to farmlabor, at which he was engaged until twenty-one years of age. He then made his way west-ward to Kansas, where lie pre-empted one hun-dred and sixty acres of land, spending eightmonths in that state in order to gain his titleto the property. In 1881 he came to Litchfieldand aided in the building of Rhodes* OperaHouse, where a few years later he became man-ager and held that position for several years,lie also did an advertising business and for lie-past sixteen years has had the bill-postingprivileges of the town. For the past threeyears he has conducted the largest distinct cigarand tobacco emporium in Litchfield, known asthe Buzzards Roost, and of this he is -nilproprietor, having a profitable business, whichhe has developed to extensive proportions. In June. 18
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