Background
Hall, Obed was born on December 23, 1757 in Raynham, Massachusetts, United States.
United States representative politician
Hall, Obed was born on December 23, 1757 in Raynham, Massachusetts, United States.
Born in Raynham, Bristol County, Massachusetts, Hall later moved to Madbury and then to Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Since travel at that time was hazardous, Hall became an innkeeper at his farm, which was considered benefactor to the traveling public rather than businessman. Mr Hall was one of two appointed as Surveyor of Highways petitioned the General Court in 1793 for a tax of one penney per acre to be used for the improvement of roads within the town.
He was appointed judge of the court of common pleas by Governor John Taylor Gilman in 1805, solicitor and Sheriff in 1812.
Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, Hall served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). Hall died in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire, on April 1, 1828 (age 70 years, 100 days).
Originally, he was interred at Garland Ridge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire. He was reintered at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.
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