Judge Cyrus William Hall, Sr

Judge Cyrus William “Cy” Hall Sr. BIRTH 10 Sep 1821 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 15 Jan 1909 (aged 87) Elk, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Spring Hill Cemetery Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia

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Children Photo Cyrus William Hall 1858–1909

Photo Benjamin B. Hall 1861–1924

JUDGE CY HALL PASSES AWAY AT ADVANCED AGE

Practiced Law in This State and Virginia for Sixty Years

Judge Cyrus Hall, aged 90, last surviving member of the accession legislature of Virginia which met at Richmond in 1860, died yesterday morning at the home of his son, B. B. Hall, at Island Inn, on Elk river, 10 miles from this city. Death was due to the infirmities of old age. Judge Hall had been at the home of his son for three months prior to his death. His home was at Harrisville, Ritchie county.

For sixty years Judge Hall practiced law in the court of the state. He was regarded as one of the ablest attorneys in West Virginia and his services were constantly sought after. He was especially successful before the supreme court of the state, never having lost a case that he took to the higher court.

Judge Hall was born in Harrison county. At the age of 20 he went to Woodfield, Ohio, where he was admitted to the practice of law. He soon returned to West Virginia, making his home at Harrisville, Ritchie county. From 1856 to 1860 he was prosecuting attorney of Ritchie county, then a part of Virginia. He was a member of the last legislature to meet at Richmond before the birth of West Virginia. For a number of years after the admission of West Virginia to the union, he was judge of the county court of Wood county.

Judge Hall's wife died about 15 years ago. He leaves four children, Judge C. W. Hall, T. C. Hall and Mrs. H. T. Sheffey, of Charleston, and B. B. Hall, of Island Inn. The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sheffey on Brooks street, the Rev. R. T. Webb, of the M. E. church, South officiating. The burial will be at Spring Hill.
--Charleston Gazette [WV] Jan 16, 1909 Sat

History of Kanawha County (1911), pp. 703 and 704:

[HON. CYRUS WILLIAM HALL, formerly judge of the Kanawha county Criminal Court, was born near Harrisville, now in West Virginia, December 30, 1858, and died at his home in Charleston, November 30, 1909. His parents were Hon. Cyrus and Amelia (Scott) Hall.
Judge Cyrus Hall, who enjoyed the distinction of being the youngest judge ever on the bench in West Virginia, was born in Ritchie county, Va., was afforded exceptional educational advantages and graduated from an Ohio college before he was admitted to the bar in his native state. He was a man of great prominence both before and following the Civil War, serving in the office of prosecuting attorney, the first incumbent after the Virginians were separated and was" a member of the legislature that voted for the secession of Virginia from the Union. He was intensely loyal to the South and like other men of distinction in this section, suffered severely in fortune through the disturbances of war. At one time he advocated the principles of the Greenback party but later became an unflinching Democrat. Throughout life he adhered to the Methodist faith. His death occurred January 19, 1908, when he was eighty-one years old, he having survived his wife. They had the following children born to them: T. C. ; Benjamin B., who owns and operates the Island Inn; Loretta H., who is the wife of H. T. Sheffey, of Charleston; Campbell, and an infant daughter, now deceased ; and Cyrus William.
Cyrus William Hall was educated in the public schools of Parkersburg, Va. Later he studied law under his father's supervision and was admitted to the bar in 1882, becoming one of its brilliant members. In 1894 and 1895 he was assistant clerk of the West Virginia Senate, prior to which, from 1888 to 1892, he had served as justice of the peace. In 1897 he was elected judge of the Kanawha county Criminal Court and served with the greatest efficiency on the bench for the succeeding six years. He also attended to important business interests aside from his profession and still found time to show interest in social life and in fraternal organizations of which he was an honored member. At the time of his death, Judge Hall was past grand chancellor of the order of Knights of Pythias and for seven years had been an officer in the Supreme Lodge of that order in America, and for many years he represented his lodge in the conventions of the organization. He was one of the promoters in a public-spirited way of the Orphans' Home. His whole career both in political and civil life was marked by the acts of a man of sterling character.
In 1888 Judge Hall was married to Miss Myrtle Wood, who is the only child of Charles F. and Laura Frances (Thurman) Wood. She was born near Charleston, and was educated in this city, graduating from the High School. Judge and Mrs. Hall had two sons—Sheffey Wood and Cyrus William. The former, born September 27, 1880, was educated at Charleston, Dayton, St. Mary's, and the University of West Virginia, at Morgantown, and is now in the insurance business. The younger son whose birth took place April 9, 1900, is a student in the public schools of Charleston. Mrs. Hall and her sons are members of the First Presbyterian church.
Upon occasion of the death of Judge Hall, the newspapers of city and state paid glowing tributes to his worth in every relation of life, and the resolutions passed by bench and bar left no doubt as to the respect, esteem, admiration and affection in which he was held by his associates.]

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