THE REVEREND JAMES MADISON HALL JR AND WIFE

MY GRANDFATHER'S BROTHER JAMES JR.

The Reverend James Madison Hall Jr was born in 1845 to James M Hall and Mary Prosser Hall in Baldwin Co GA. He served as a Baptist minister and in his later years he served four churches, preaching at a different church each Sunday of the month. He attended a seminar at Mercer University as a part of his studies. He realized he needed more training to improve his skills as a minister and enrolled at Mercer in the fall of 1886. He was much older than the other students but was accepted and liked as a fellow student. Even though his health was not good, he continued to be active until a week before his death in Macon GA on 13 November 1886. There were many obituaries and tributes published in his honor. Copies are available from the Special Collections section of the Mercer U Library Macon GA. His wife Jane Elizabeth Medlin Hall and their children Alvah Donald Hall and Mary Elizabeth Hall survived him. He is buried in the cemetary at Black Springs Baptist Church, Baldwin Co GA.