Reuel L. Hall was born at Patten, Maine, Nov. 4, 1860.
He attended the schools and the academy of his native town, and before he attained his majority had acquired a pretty good idea of the lumber business as it was carried on in Maine. In Aroostook county there are many starch factories, and Mr. Hall also got an insight into the potato starch business before leaving Maine.
Coming to Minnesota in 1882, he first engaged in logging on the Medway river in the northern part of the state. There he became acquainted with Mr. Leland and interested him in the starch business. A large starch factory was built by them at Anoka, and later Mr. Hall built other factories at Monticello. North Branch and Harris. He also started a flourishing general store at North Branch. Failing health and the necessity for rest and an unfaithful employee, coupled with a disastrous fire, brought business reverses, and the factories passed out of Mr. Hall's hands, but he continues to reside at Anoka. A more detailed account of the inception of starch making in Minnesota through Mr. Hall's initiative appears elsewhere.
Mr. Hall was married Oct. 17. 1889 to Edith I. Stewart, a school teacher and graduate of the Normal School at Winona.
Children: Reuel R., Joseph G., Ralph S., and Lura Ruth.
source: History of Anoka County by Albert M. Goodrich – published 1905
He attended the schools and the academy of his native town, and before he attained his majority had acquired a pretty good idea of the lumber business as it was carried on in Maine. In Aroostook county there are many starch factories, and Mr. Hall also got an insight into the potato starch business before leaving Maine.
Coming to Minnesota in 1882, he first engaged in logging on the Medway river in the northern part of the state. There he became acquainted with Mr. Leland and interested him in the starch business. A large starch factory was built by them at Anoka, and later Mr. Hall built other factories at Monticello. North Branch and Harris. He also started a flourishing general store at North Branch. Failing health and the necessity for rest and an unfaithful employee, coupled with a disastrous fire, brought business reverses, and the factories passed out of Mr. Hall's hands, but he continues to reside at Anoka. A more detailed account of the inception of starch making in Minnesota through Mr. Hall's initiative appears elsewhere.
Mr. Hall was married Oct. 17. 1889 to Edith I. Stewart, a school teacher and graduate of the Normal School at Winona.
Children: Reuel R., Joseph G., Ralph S., and Lura Ruth.
source: History of Anoka County by Albert M. Goodrich – published 1905
Reuel L. Hall was born at Patten, Maine, Nov. 4, 1860.
He attended the schools and the academy of his native town, and before he attained his majority had acquired a pretty good idea of the lumber business as it was carried on in Maine. In Aroostook county there are many starch factories, and Mr. Hall also got an insight into the potato starch business before leaving Maine.
Coming to Minnesota in 1882, he first engaged in logging on the Medway river in the northern part of the state. There he became acquainted with Mr. Leland and interested him in the starch business. A large starch factory was built by them at Anoka, and later Mr. Hall built other factories at Monticello. North Branch and Harris. He also started a flourishing general store at North Branch. Failing health and the necessity for rest and an unfaithful employee, coupled with a disastrous fire, brought business reverses, and the factories passed out of Mr. Hall's hands, but he continues to reside at Anoka. A more detailed account of the inception of starch making in Minnesota through Mr. Hall's initiative appears elsewhere.
Mr. Hall was married Oct. 17. 1889 to Edith I. Stewart, a school teacher and graduate of the Normal School at Winona.
Children: Reuel R., Joseph G., Ralph S., and Lura Ruth.
source: History of Anoka County by Albert M. Goodrich – published 1905
He attended the schools and the academy of his native town, and before he attained his majority had acquired a pretty good idea of the lumber business as it was carried on in Maine. In Aroostook county there are many starch factories, and Mr. Hall also got an insight into the potato starch business before leaving Maine.
Coming to Minnesota in 1882, he first engaged in logging on the Medway river in the northern part of the state. There he became acquainted with Mr. Leland and interested him in the starch business. A large starch factory was built by them at Anoka, and later Mr. Hall built other factories at Monticello. North Branch and Harris. He also started a flourishing general store at North Branch. Failing health and the necessity for rest and an unfaithful employee, coupled with a disastrous fire, brought business reverses, and the factories passed out of Mr. Hall's hands, but he continues to reside at Anoka. A more detailed account of the inception of starch making in Minnesota through Mr. Hall's initiative appears elsewhere.
Mr. Hall was married Oct. 17. 1889 to Edith I. Stewart, a school teacher and graduate of the Normal School at Winona.
Children: Reuel R., Joseph G., Ralph S., and Lura Ruth.
source: History of Anoka County by Albert M. Goodrich – published 1905
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