Oliver Leigh Hall

Background

Hall, Oliver Leigh was born on May 6, 1870 in Rockland, Maine, United States. Son of Oliver Gray and Sarah Frances (White) Hall.

Education

Student Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Maine, 1887-1889, Colby College, 1890-1892. A.M., Colby College, 1914, University of Maine, 1927.

Career

Editor of Waterville (Maine) Sentinel, 1892-1894. City editor of Rockland (Maine) Daily Star, 1895-1897, editor, 1897-1900. City editor Bangor (Maine) Evening Commercial, 1905-1911, editor, 1911-1937 and since 1942.

Executive secretary to Governor of Maine, 1937-1938. State librarian, Maine, 1938-1941.

Membership

Served as senior Lieutenant United States Navy Reserve, 1927-1934. Member Reserve Officers Association of Bangor, Patrons of Husbandry (Hampden), Society of Mayflower Descendants, Zeta Psi. Mason.; Clubs:.

Connections

Married Marie Agnes Bunker, June 3, 1896. Children: Oliver Gray, Miriam Adelaide, Leonora Edith (Mistress Herschel L. Good).

Father:

Oliver Gray Hall

Mother:

Sarah Frances (White) Hall

Spouse:

Marie Agnes Bunker

child:

Leonora Edith Hall (Mistress Herschel L. Good)

child:

Miriam Adelaide Hall

child:

Oliver Gray Hall