Alfred A. Hall (December 31, 1848 – January 21, 1912) was a

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attorney,

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and judge who served as

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of the

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Biography

Alfred Allen Hall was born in Athens, Vermont, on December 31, 1848. He was educated at Townshend's Leland and Gray Seminary, studied law, and began a practice in

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in 1873. Among the prospective attorneys who studied in his office was Lee Stephen Tillotson. A

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, Hall served in local offices, including town meeting moderator, village president and

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member. From 1882 to 1884 he was Franklin County State's Attorney. Hall was a longtime member of the

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, enlisting as a private and attaining the rank of

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on the staff of

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. An active Mason, in 1887 Hall laid the

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at the dedication of the

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. In 1892 Hall was elected to the Vermont Senate. He served one term and was the Senate's President Pro Tem. Hall was named a judge of the Vermont Superior Court in 1906. He served until his death, and was succeeded by Frank L. Fish. Judge Hall died in St. Albans on January 21, 1912. He was buried at Saxtons River Cemetery in

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.Find A Grave page
Alfred Allen Hall, accessed May 13, 2012

References

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