Randolph Nathaniel Hall (1844-1901)
A drummer boy at Shiloh and Vicksburg and for years a well-known physician in Chicago, Dr. Randolph Hall was born at Eagleville, Ohio, April 2, 1844. After the removal of his family to Clay, Ia., in 1855, he attended school until the outbreak of the civil war.
In the summer of 1861 he enlisted as a drummer in Company C, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was present at the battle of Shiloh. The siege and capture of Vicksburg and the campaigns in Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama.
After being mustered out in 1866 Dr. Hall began the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk. Iowa, and was licensed to practice in that state in 1869. After practicing in various towns in the west, Dr. Hall came to Chicago in 1881 and entered Rush Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1882. Subsequently, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hall was on the organizers of the American Medical College, which was later absorbed by the Harvey Medical College. In this institution he held the chair of surgery. IN 1895 he organized the Illinois Medical College, of which he was the first president. Dr. Hall was attending surgeon at St., Elizabeth's Hospital, the Baptist Hospital and the Mary Thompson Hospital.
Dr. Hall was a member of the Chicago Medical Association, the Therapeutic Club and the Chicago Pathological Society, of which he was president in 1894.
Dr. Hall died January 1, 1901. He was survived by his widow, who was Miss Catherine L. Meacham of Clay, Ia., and a son, Glenn Hall, now of New York City.
History of Medicine and Surgery and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, 1922
Randolph and Catherine had two sons; Arthur and Glenn Plumb, and a daughter Floy.
A drummer boy at Shiloh and Vicksburg and for years a well-known physician in Chicago, Dr. Randolph Hall was born at Eagleville, Ohio, April 2, 1844. After the removal of his family to Clay, Ia., in 1855, he attended school until the outbreak of the civil war.
In the summer of 1861 he enlisted as a drummer in Company C, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was present at the battle of Shiloh. The siege and capture of Vicksburg and the campaigns in Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama.
After being mustered out in 1866 Dr. Hall began the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk. Iowa, and was licensed to practice in that state in 1869. After practicing in various towns in the west, Dr. Hall came to Chicago in 1881 and entered Rush Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1882. Subsequently, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hall was on the organizers of the American Medical College, which was later absorbed by the Harvey Medical College. In this institution he held the chair of surgery. IN 1895 he organized the Illinois Medical College, of which he was the first president. Dr. Hall was attending surgeon at St., Elizabeth's Hospital, the Baptist Hospital and the Mary Thompson Hospital.
Dr. Hall was a member of the Chicago Medical Association, the Therapeutic Club and the Chicago Pathological Society, of which he was president in 1894.
Dr. Hall died January 1, 1901. He was survived by his widow, who was Miss Catherine L. Meacham of Clay, Ia., and a son, Glenn Hall, now of New York City.
History of Medicine and Surgery and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, 1922
Randolph and Catherine had two sons; Arthur and Glenn Plumb, and a daughter Floy.
Randolph Nathaniel Hall (1844-1901)
A drummer boy at Shiloh and Vicksburg and for years a well-known physician in Chicago, Dr. Randolph Hall was born at Eagleville, Ohio, April 2, 1844. After the removal of his family to Clay, Ia., in 1855, he attended school until the outbreak of the civil war.
In the summer of 1861 he enlisted as a drummer in Company C, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was present at the battle of Shiloh. The siege and capture of Vicksburg and the campaigns in Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama.
After being mustered out in 1866 Dr. Hall began the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk. Iowa, and was licensed to practice in that state in 1869. After practicing in various towns in the west, Dr. Hall came to Chicago in 1881 and entered Rush Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1882. Subsequently, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hall was on the organizers of the American Medical College, which was later absorbed by the Harvey Medical College. In this institution he held the chair of surgery. IN 1895 he organized the Illinois Medical College, of which he was the first president. Dr. Hall was attending surgeon at St., Elizabeth's Hospital, the Baptist Hospital and the Mary Thompson Hospital.
Dr. Hall was a member of the Chicago Medical Association, the Therapeutic Club and the Chicago Pathological Society, of which he was president in 1894.
Dr. Hall died January 1, 1901. He was survived by his widow, who was Miss Catherine L. Meacham of Clay, Ia., and a son, Glenn Hall, now of New York City.
History of Medicine and Surgery and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, 1922
Randolph and Catherine had two sons; Arthur and Glenn Plumb, and a daughter Floy.
A drummer boy at Shiloh and Vicksburg and for years a well-known physician in Chicago, Dr. Randolph Hall was born at Eagleville, Ohio, April 2, 1844. After the removal of his family to Clay, Ia., in 1855, he attended school until the outbreak of the civil war.
In the summer of 1861 he enlisted as a drummer in Company C, Eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was present at the battle of Shiloh. The siege and capture of Vicksburg and the campaigns in Tennessee, Louisiana and Alabama.
After being mustered out in 1866 Dr. Hall began the study of medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Keokuk. Iowa, and was licensed to practice in that state in 1869. After practicing in various towns in the west, Dr. Hall came to Chicago in 1881 and entered Rush Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1882. Subsequently, he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Hall was on the organizers of the American Medical College, which was later absorbed by the Harvey Medical College. In this institution he held the chair of surgery. IN 1895 he organized the Illinois Medical College, of which he was the first president. Dr. Hall was attending surgeon at St., Elizabeth's Hospital, the Baptist Hospital and the Mary Thompson Hospital.
Dr. Hall was a member of the Chicago Medical Association, the Therapeutic Club and the Chicago Pathological Society, of which he was president in 1894.
Dr. Hall died January 1, 1901. He was survived by his widow, who was Miss Catherine L. Meacham of Clay, Ia., and a son, Glenn Hall, now of New York City.
History of Medicine and Surgery and Physicians and Surgeons of Chicago, 1922
Randolph and Catherine had two sons; Arthur and Glenn Plumb, and a daughter Floy.
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