LOTT HALL

GEDCOM Note

Born Lot Hall Sidelinger but later dropped the Sidelinger to become Lott Hall.

There is a question as to who Lott's mother was. Family lore says was it was a Galleagher, Gallagher or Galligher Nancy Chapman was too young at his birth. It is likely that Lot Hall Sidelinger was married before Nancy Chapman and had Lott II at age 29.

His Civil War papers says he was born in New Brunswick, NY. This could actually be New Brunswick, Canada.

New York Civil War Muster Roll document states he was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick.

Dropped the name Sidelinger about 1864. Became Lott Hall. He lied about his age, said he was 18, to volunteer in the Union army during the Civil War as a bugular, on March 15, 1865. He was only 14. He was discharged on May 3, 1865. He reenlisted until June 4, 1869 where he was discharged again in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

On his civil war papers he signed his name both Lott Hall and Lott Hall Galleagher

Lott Hall Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age 15 March 1865 Flushing, NY Priv 18

Served New York Enlisted A Co. 191st Inf Reg. NY Mustered Out at Hart's Island, New York Harbor on 03 May 1865 Source: New York: Report of the Adjutant-General Published by on 1894-1906

Name: Lott Hall , Enlistment Date: 15 Mar 1865 Enlistment Place: Flushing, New York Side Served: Union State Served: New York Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 15 March 1865 at the age of 18. Enlisted in Company A, 191st Infantry Regiment New York on 15 Mar 1865. Mustered Out Company A, 191st Infantry Regiment New York on 3 May 1865 at Hart's Island, NY Harbor, NY.

New York 191st Infantry Regiment was organized on 01 April 1865 then mustered out a month later at the end of the war on 03 May 1865 and fought no battles and had no fatalities or wounded. January 12, 1865, Col. Leopold von Gilsa received authority to recruit this regiment in the county of New York.

Two companies were recruited at New York city, Tarrytown, Yonkers, Flushing and in Richmond county, and mustered in the service of the United States at Hart's Island for one, two and three years March 30 and April 28, 1865, and there mustered out and honorably discharged May 3, 1865.

He owned property in NY which was sold after his death. 809 Elten Ave., between 158th and 159th St. in New York City.

He travelled to Kansas around 1877. He purchased the family farm in 1892

John Andree wrote an article which named the early settlers in Garfield Township, including E. Folkerts, H. Folkertss, Gus Grunwald, P. Brady, L. Hall,...etc. "These neighbors all lived in sod houses or dugouts."

[The decades after the Civil War were the most intensive period of settlement in the history of Kansas. Between 1860 and 1890 the population of Kansas increased from about 100,000 to 1.4 million. The population growth between 1870 and 1890 exceeded population growth in the following 80 years.

In the late 1870s and the 1880s many farmers migrated to central and western Kansas. Many of them took land for homesteads from the government or purchased land from the federally subsidized railroads. Unused to conditions on the plains, especially the lack of water and timber, farmers found life difficult. Settlers also had to contend with occasional droughts, blizzards, and plagues of grasshoppers, called locusts. In the face of these difficulties thousands of settlers abandoned their farms after only a few years and moved to other parts of the country.

Those that remained, however, adapted to the plains environment. They adopted drought-resistant crops and new agricultural techniques, such as moisture-conserving tilling. They used sod for building houses, and buffalo and cow manure for fuel. Windmills brought water up from deep wells, and in the 1880s farmers began using irrigation in western Kansas. In increasing numbers the plains farmers cultivated drought-resistant strains of wheat developed from Turkey Red, a wheat that immigrants from southern Russia had introduced in Kansas in 1874. The climatic conditions of central and western Kansas suited these wheat strains, and wheat production increased. By the early 20th century wheat had replaced corn as the state's most important crop.]

Per 1870 Census (This may have been a different Lott Hall, his whereabouts in 1870 are unknown). Name: Lott Hall Estimated Birth Year: abt 1849 Age in 1870: 21 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Easton Bushkill Ward, Northampton, Pennsylvania

Kansas State Census Collection Name: Lot Hall Census Date: 1 Mar 1895 Residence County: Rush Residence State: Kansas Locality: Garfield Birth Location: New York Gender: Male Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Age 41 Race: White Wife Lizzie Age 34 Born Scotland Daughter Victoria age 8 born Kansas Daughter Maggie age 6 born Kansas Son Lot age 2 born Kansas Son Cornelious age 1 born Kansas

La Crosse Clarion (La Crosse, Kansas) Page 8; Friday, 03 Apr 1896 Notice of Appointment In the matter of the estate of Lott Hall deceased Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of March A.D. 1896, the undersigned was, by the Probate Court of Rush county, Kansas, duly appointed and qualified as administratrix of the estate of said Lott Hall, deceased, All persons interested in said estate will take notice and govern themselves accordingly, Lizzie I. Hall, Administratrix.

La Crosse Clarion (La Crosse, Kansas) Page 8; Friday, 03 Apr 1896 Notice of Appointment - Guardian State of Kansas Rush County In the matter of the estate of Lott Hall, late of Rush County, Kansas. Notice of Appointment Notice is hearby given that on the 2nd day of April A. D. 1896, the undersigned was, by the Probate Court of Rush County, Kansas duly appointed and qualified as the Guardian of Victoria M. Hall et al, minor heirs of Lott Hall late of Rush county, deceased. All parties interested will take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Lizzie I. Hall.,