Biography
He was born on January 3, 1860 to Henry Clay Hall, Sr. and Amanda Harwood Ferry in New York City. Hall attended Amherst College and graduated in 1881, and received an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1883. He was admitted to the New York City Bar Association in 1883. After briefly practicing in New York, he moved to Paris, where he worked with his brother in law, Edmond Kelly, and in 1888, became counsel to the American Legation in Paris.
Hall returned to the United States in 1892 for health reasons. Hall planned to journey to California for his health but stopped off to visit a brother in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and found he liked the place so much that he settled there.
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