Biography
Hall was born in Bennington, Vermont. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1819 and commenced practice in Bennington. He married Dolly Tuttle Davis on October 27, 1818, and they had seven children; son, M. Carter Hall; daughter, Eliza Davis Hall; son, Henry Davis Hall; son, Hiland Hubbard Hall; son, Nathaniel Blatchley Hall; daughter, Laura Van Der Spiegle Hall; son, John Van Der Spiegle Hall; son, Charles Hall.
Laura Van Der Spiegle Hall was the wife of businessman and lawyer Trenor W. Park. Their daughter Eliza was the wife of Governor John G. McCullough.
Hiland Hall originally owned the land where the Park-McCullough Historic House now stands, and sold it to Trenor Park in the 1860s so Park could have a home constructed on it. The Park-McCullough House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
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