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A.
W. Hall Of
the able and enterprising business men of Colfax, none stands higher in the
esteem of his contemporaries, or has shown more of business sagacity and
capability in the management of affairs than has A. W. Hall, the record of
whose success is briefly told below. A.
W. Hall was born at Junction, Louisa County, Iowa, on November 22, 1854, the son
of James G. and Celeste A. (Miller) Hall. James
G. Hall came to Louisa County, Iowa, in 1832, and the next year brought his wife
and family from Crawfordsville, Indiana, and spent the remainder of his life on
a Louisa County farm. His son, A.
W., spent his boyhood in the usual pursuits of farm life, and in 1883 came to
Colfax, where he has since resided. For
nearly twenty years, until 1902, he was engaged in a general store which did a
thriving business, his partner being his brother, W. F. Hall, and the firm being
known as Hall Brothers. Here Mr.
Hall gained that business experience which has stood him in such good account in
his later ventures. In 1901 he
became, at the organization of the Fry Bottling Works, a partner in the company,
is now the secretary and treasurer, and has since that time devoted his whole
time to the company's affairs. This
company deals in the celebrated Colfax mineral waters, which it bottles and
ships all over the United States, their product bearing the brand "Fry's
Pure Colfax Water," which is a guarantee of its purity and reliability.
The sales of the company are each year steadily growing, and much credit
is due to the enterprise of Mr. Hall and his associates, who have founded and
built up this new business in Colfax. Mr.
Hall's attention, directed to his share of the management of the plant and
affairs, has contributed a large part to the success of the venture, for he is a
thorough and competent man of affairs, with a brain which can not only conceive
ideas, but which can execute the ideas conceived and carry them out fruition. Mr.
Hall married Ella Young, a native of Washington, Iowa.
To this marriage five children have been born: Fred; J. N., a graduate of
Grinnell College, now of Boston, Massachusetts; Harvey W., of Grinnell College;
Dorothy Elizabeth and Marjory Celestia, now in school.
Mr. Hall is much devoted to his wife and children, and has given to the
latter the best advantage which he could afford. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 604. |
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