Background
Hall, John Elihu was born on December 27, 1783 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Ewing) Hall.
Hall, John Elihu was born on December 27, 1783 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John and Sarah (Ewing) Hall.
Attended Princeton; studied law, Philadelphia.
Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1805, Supreme Court of the United States Court Barometer Company-defender of Alexander C. Hansen, Junior of Baltimore who was attacked by anti-British mob for publishing Federal.
Member American Philosophical Society, 1814.
Married Fanny M. Chew.