Independent Enterprise
Thursday, May 16, 1940
Graveside Services For Gracchus Hall
Graveside services were held Monday afternoon in Riverside cemetery for Gracchus Hall, 61, who died suddenly of a stroke Sunday noon at the Payette general hospital where he had been a patient the past three years. Mr. Hall was shaving when stricken.
Deceased was born in Southampton, England, and migrated to Canada in 1911, coming to Payette the same year. He worked for several years on the ranch of Michael Harris, a distant relative. He was single and leaves no relatives in this country or Canada. Mr. Hall first suffered a stroke in 1931.
The Peterson-Foster funeral home had charge of arrangements and the Rev. E. R. Kaemmer officiated.
NOTE: (8-23-04) According to family members Gracchus Hall was born in Southport, Lancashire and not Southampton as listed in the obit. (Submitted by Cheryl Hanson)
