Ransom Elisha Hall

• Born: 1806, Coxsackie NY
• Marriage: Sarah Allen on 20 Jan 1830 in Geneva NY
• Died: 9 Mar 1897, Chicago IL

  General notes:

Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• He worked from circa 1829 to 1832 as a silversmith and jeweler in Geneva NY

• Watch paper, c 1832
  American Antiquarian Society
  

• He worked from circa 1833 to 1835 as a silversmith and jeweler in Cleveland OH

• He was a partner from 1835 to 1837 with William Henry Snow in Cleveland OH as HALL & SNOW.

• Advertised in the Cleveland Herald (Cleveland OH), 6 Feb 1837, announcing "The co-partnership heretofore existing between the subscribers under the firm of Hall and Snow is this day dissolved by mutual consent. The business of the firm will be carried on by W. H. Snow and Co. who has a large selection of Watches, Jewelry, and Fancy Goods on hand."

• He worked c 1840 as a silversmith and jeweler in Detroit MI

• Master to Henry Hall Ostrander abt 1845 in Marshal MI.

• He worked c 1845 as a jeweler and watchmaker in Marshal MI

• He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Marshal MI, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Marshal MI, listed as a silversmith.

• He was a partner from 1865 to 1886 with Ransom Allen Hall in Coldwater MI as R. E. HALL & SON.

• He appeared on the 1870 census taken at Coldwater MI, listed as a jeweler.

• He appeared on the 1880 census taken at Coldwater MI, listed as a jeweler.

• Obituary printed in the Chicago Tribune (Chicago IL) on 10 Mar 1897
  Ransom E. Hall Breathes His Last
  Thought to Have Worked More Years as a Jeweler than Any Other Man In This Country.
  
  Ransom E. Hall, who is believed to have served more years at the bench as a jeweler and silversmith than any other man in the United. States, died yesterday of old age at the residence of his son. R. A. Hall, No. 52 College place. At the time of his death Mr. Hall was a month and eighteen days over 91 years of age. Sixty-seven years were passed as an active, working jeweler, mostly in Marshall and Coldwater, Mich. and Cleveland, O. For the last two years the aged jeweler had made his home with his son.

Ransom married Sarah Allen on 20 Jan 1830 in Geneva NY. (Sarah Allen was born in 1810 and died on 17 Aug 1875.)