Article in Troy Record (1971) on Daniel Hall and his sons Benjamin Homer Hall Lawyer and author, was born at Troy, NY, November 14, 1830, a son of Daniel Hall, lawyer (born at Winchester, VT, July 17, 1787; died at Troy, December 10, 1868), and Anjinette (Fitch) Hall (born in New York City, June 21, 1800; died at Troy, February 25, 1884). He was prepared for college at private schools and at Phillip’s Andover Academy, and was graduated from Harvard in 1851. On the completion of his college course he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1856, and engaged in the practice of law at Troy. He was City Clerk in 1858 and Chamberlain of Troy from 1874 to 1877 and again from 1884 to 1885. Mr. Hall was widely known as an author and historian. While at college he published a work entitled, “A Collection of College Words and Customs,” of which a second and enlarged edition appeared in 1856. In 1858 he published “A History of Eastern Vermont from its Settlement to the Close of the Eighteenth Century, with a Biographical Chapter and Appendices.” The Hall Building (now called Rice Building) in Troy, NY. Hall had it built in 1871. He was the author of a descriptive catalogue of books and pamphlets relating to Vermont. This work, which was published in 1860, was the third of the series known as the “Bibliography of the Unites States.” From April 1878 to August 1880, he was the editor of the “Troy Morning Whig.” On June 1, 1859, he married Margaret McCoun Lane, daughter of the late Jacob L. Lane, of Troy. Mr. Hall died April 6, 1893. Daniel Hall Daniel Hall, son of Lot and Mary (Homer) Hall. Born in Westminster, VT, July 17, 1787. Prepared for College with William Czar Bradley, Westminster. Studied law with Amasa Paine, Windsor, 1805, and William M. Bliss, Troy, NY, 1806-1809. Admitted to the bar in Troy, 1809. Lawyer in partnership with Amasa Paine, Troy, 1809-1814. Secretary of the Rensselaer and Saratoga Insurance Company and director of various banks. At the time of his death his was the oldest name born on the rolls of the Rensselaer County bar. Married Anjinette Fitch, April 19, 1819. Children: Mary Olivia; George Canning; Benjamin Homer; Fitz Edward; Reichard F.; James Stevenon. A.B., and Dartmouth, 1805. Died at Troy, NY, Dec. 10, 1868. FitezEdward Hall FitzEdward Hall (1825-1901), philologist, born at Troy, NY, on 21 March 1825, was eldest in the family of five sons and one daughter of Daniel Hall, lawyer, by his wife Anginetta Fitch. A younger brother, Benjamin Homer Hall, was a barrister and was city chamberlain of New York (1874-7 and 1884-5). After education at his native town, at Walpole, New Hampshire, and Poughkeepsie, Hall took the civil engineer’s degree at Troy Rensselaer polytechnic in 1842. He early showed a passion for English words and phrases, which grew with his maturer years. He entered Harvard in 1846, but before his ‘commencement’ he was sent early in 1846 to Calcutta in pursuit of a runaway brother. Wrecked off the Ganges in September, and compelled for the moment to stay in India, Hall took lessons in Hindustani and Sanskrit, and finally resolved to remain in order to master the languages. After three years in Calcutta (where he studied Hindustani, Persian, Bengalee, and Sanskrit) and five months at Ghazipur, Hall removed to Beanares in January 1850. At the government college there Hall was appointed tutor in February 1850 and professor of Sanskrit and English in 1853.
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