On his World War I draft registration he signed his name Riley Hall Matteson so that is being used here. He usually went by his middle name. Hall's cremated remains were not initially taken after death and were available at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In 2021 a relative received the ashes. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Hall was born in Missouri. In documents his birth year varies from 1873 -1875. His mother, Elizabeth Sarah Hall, was born in Pennsylvania in July 1835. In May 1855 she married Levi Day in Hancock County, Ohio. Levi died just months later in December 1855 at the age of 24. Elizabeth became a teacher and returned to live with her parents, Uriel and Rachel Hall. Hall's father, Perry Matteson, was born in New York in November 1826. Elizabeth and Perry were married about 1863. Their children included: Evanella "Nellie" (born in Ohio about 1866), Harry Haines (Missouri in 1867), Louella (Missouri in 1870), Riley "Hall" (Missouri about 1874), Horace Perry (Oregon about 1877), and Mary (Oregon in 1882). Elizabeth reported having 6 children with 4 being alive in 1900 and 1910. Sister Mary died in infancy in Oregon on 12/16/1883. Sister Nellie Matteson Castleman died in Oregon on 7/1/1892.
In the census of 1870 (before Hall was born) his parents and 3 older siblings were living in Sheridan, Daviess County, Missouri. Hall's father was a farmer. In the mid-1870s the Matteson family moved to Oregon where his father obtained homestead land. At the time of the 1880 census Hall was 5 years old and living with his parents and 4 siblings in the Mohawk Valley (near Eugene), Lane County, Oregon. His father was farming. Perry "proved up" his homestead in 1887. In 1898 Hall's father was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a limb of a tree he was cutting. Before 1895 Perry was judged to be insane and was admitted to the asylum in Salem, Oregon.
During the 1900 census Hall was 25 and single. He was living with his parents and his brother Horace in Lane County's Mohawk Valley. Hall was a day laborer who was employed 9 of 12 months that year. Sister Luella and her family were farming next door. Hall's father may have been released from the asylum or may have just been optimistically included with the family in the Lane County listing.
On 5/20/1903 while farming in Umatilla County in northeaster Oregon, Hall married Etta Fannie Seely in Walla Walla, Washington. This was said to be the first marriage for him. In August 1904 Hall and his wife were living in a logging camp in Lane County, Oregon.
About 1906 he married Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth Jeans who was previously married to James Hinton before divorcing him. She was born in 1866 in Lane County, Oregon. She had 3 children with 2 being alive in 1910. Her sons, Frank and Charles, were living with their father in Lane County after the divorce.
Hall's father died at the Oregon State Institution for the Insane on 12/2/1907. His body was shipped to Eugene for burial. This is the same institution where Hall died 33 years later. Hall was appointed to be the administrator of Perry's estate. By the time of the 1910 census Hall's mother was living in Idaho with her son Harry and his family.
In the 1910 census Hall and Fannie were living on West 11th in Eugene, Lane County. Hall was working as a laborer in the concrete industry. In 1914 he was sued by the First Congregational Church for failure to pay his full pledge for the construction of their church. He made a partial payment and indicated the rest of the pledge was obtained by undue pressure. There were two trials and in both cases the jury's verdicts were in Hall's favor. It was the first time a church in Eugene sued for payment of a pledge. His mother died of heart problems in Idaho on 2/6/1918. At the time of the World War I draft registration in 1918 Hall and Fannie were in Eugene and Hall was employed as a carpenter. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and gray & brown hair. He reported having a broken ankle. In the 1920 census Hall was living with Fannie in Eugene on West 11th Avenue. He was a laborer in a sawmill. His brother Harry died in Idaho on 10/22/1912. Hall's second wife, Fannie Jean Hinton Matteson died at their home in Eugene on 7/8/1924.
In 1938 Hall was living in Lane County, Oregon. On 11/19/1938 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was listed among the patients at the state hospital on the census of 1940. After being a patient at the institution for almost 2 years he died there on 10/4/1940. The cause of death was heart and kidney. He was about 65 years old. He had only two surviving siblings. Sister Louella Matteson Cox died on 1/1/1941, less than 2 months after Hall. Brother Horace was the last of his siblings to survive. He died in California on 8/6/1954.
Hall was born in Missouri. In documents his birth year varies from 1873 -1875. His mother, Elizabeth Sarah Hall, was born in Pennsylvania in July 1835. In May 1855 she married Levi Day in Hancock County, Ohio. Levi died just months later in December 1855 at the age of 24. Elizabeth became a teacher and returned to live with her parents, Uriel and Rachel Hall. Hall's father, Perry Matteson, was born in New York in November 1826. Elizabeth and Perry were married about 1863. Their children included: Evanella "Nellie" (born in Ohio about 1866), Harry Haines (Missouri in 1867), Louella (Missouri in 1870), Riley "Hall" (Missouri about 1874), Horace Perry (Oregon about 1877), and Mary (Oregon in 1882). Elizabeth reported having 6 children with 4 being alive in 1900 and 1910. Sister Mary died in infancy in Oregon on 12/16/1883. Sister Nellie Matteson Castleman died in Oregon on 7/1/1892.
In the census of 1870 (before Hall was born) his parents and 3 older siblings were living in Sheridan, Daviess County, Missouri. Hall's father was a farmer. In the mid-1870s the Matteson family moved to Oregon where his father obtained homestead land. At the time of the 1880 census Hall was 5 years old and living with his parents and 4 siblings in the Mohawk Valley (near Eugene), Lane County, Oregon. His father was farming. Perry "proved up" his homestead in 1887. In 1898 Hall's father was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a limb of a tree he was cutting. Before 1895 Perry was judged to be insane and was admitted to the asylum in Salem, Oregon.
During the 1900 census Hall was 25 and single. He was living with his parents and his brother Horace in Lane County's Mohawk Valley. Hall was a day laborer who was employed 9 of 12 months that year. Sister Luella and her family were farming next door. Hall's father may have been released from the asylum or may have just been optimistically included with the family in the Lane County listing.
On 5/20/1903 while farming in Umatilla County in northeaster Oregon, Hall married Etta Fannie Seely in Walla Walla, Washington. This was said to be the first marriage for him. In August 1904 Hall and his wife were living in a logging camp in Lane County, Oregon.
About 1906 he married Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth Jeans who was previously married to James Hinton before divorcing him. She was born in 1866 in Lane County, Oregon. She had 3 children with 2 being alive in 1910. Her sons, Frank and Charles, were living with their father in Lane County after the divorce.
Hall's father died at the Oregon State Institution for the Insane on 12/2/1907. His body was shipped to Eugene for burial. This is the same institution where Hall died 33 years later. Hall was appointed to be the administrator of Perry's estate. By the time of the 1910 census Hall's mother was living in Idaho with her son Harry and his family.
In the 1910 census Hall and Fannie were living on West 11th in Eugene, Lane County. Hall was working as a laborer in the concrete industry. In 1914 he was sued by the First Congregational Church for failure to pay his full pledge for the construction of their church. He made a partial payment and indicated the rest of the pledge was obtained by undue pressure. There were two trials and in both cases the jury's verdicts were in Hall's favor. It was the first time a church in Eugene sued for payment of a pledge. His mother died of heart problems in Idaho on 2/6/1918. At the time of the World War I draft registration in 1918 Hall and Fannie were in Eugene and Hall was employed as a carpenter. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and gray & brown hair. He reported having a broken ankle. In the 1920 census Hall was living with Fannie in Eugene on West 11th Avenue. He was a laborer in a sawmill. His brother Harry died in Idaho on 10/22/1912. Hall's second wife, Fannie Jean Hinton Matteson died at their home in Eugene on 7/8/1924.
In 1938 Hall was living in Lane County, Oregon. On 11/19/1938 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was listed among the patients at the state hospital on the census of 1940. After being a patient at the institution for almost 2 years he died there on 10/4/1940. The cause of death was heart and kidney. He was about 65 years old. He had only two surviving siblings. Sister Louella Matteson Cox died on 1/1/1941, less than 2 months after Hall. Brother Horace was the last of his siblings to survive. He died in California on 8/6/1954.
On his World War I draft registration he signed his name Riley Hall Matteson so that is being used here. He usually went by his middle name. Hall's cremated remains were not initially taken after death and were available at Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who is related. In 2021 a relative received the ashes. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/amh/osh/pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Hall was born in Missouri. In documents his birth year varies from 1873 -1875. His mother, Elizabeth Sarah Hall, was born in Pennsylvania in July 1835. In May 1855 she married Levi Day in Hancock County, Ohio. Levi died just months later in December 1855 at the age of 24. Elizabeth became a teacher and returned to live with her parents, Uriel and Rachel Hall. Hall's father, Perry Matteson, was born in New York in November 1826. Elizabeth and Perry were married about 1863. Their children included: Evanella "Nellie" (born in Ohio about 1866), Harry Haines (Missouri in 1867), Louella (Missouri in 1870), Riley "Hall" (Missouri about 1874), Horace Perry (Oregon about 1877), and Mary (Oregon in 1882). Elizabeth reported having 6 children with 4 being alive in 1900 and 1910. Sister Mary died in infancy in Oregon on 12/16/1883. Sister Nellie Matteson Castleman died in Oregon on 7/1/1892.
In the census of 1870 (before Hall was born) his parents and 3 older siblings were living in Sheridan, Daviess County, Missouri. Hall's father was a farmer. In the mid-1870s the Matteson family moved to Oregon where his father obtained homestead land. At the time of the 1880 census Hall was 5 years old and living with his parents and 4 siblings in the Mohawk Valley (near Eugene), Lane County, Oregon. His father was farming. Perry "proved up" his homestead in 1887. In 1898 Hall's father was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a limb of a tree he was cutting. Before 1895 Perry was judged to be insane and was admitted to the asylum in Salem, Oregon.
During the 1900 census Hall was 25 and single. He was living with his parents and his brother Horace in Lane County's Mohawk Valley. Hall was a day laborer who was employed 9 of 12 months that year. Sister Luella and her family were farming next door. Hall's father may have been released from the asylum or may have just been optimistically included with the family in the Lane County listing.
On 5/20/1903 while farming in Umatilla County in northeaster Oregon, Hall married Etta Fannie Seely in Walla Walla, Washington. This was said to be the first marriage for him. In August 1904 Hall and his wife were living in a logging camp in Lane County, Oregon.
About 1906 he married Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth Jeans who was previously married to James Hinton before divorcing him. She was born in 1866 in Lane County, Oregon. She had 3 children with 2 being alive in 1910. Her sons, Frank and Charles, were living with their father in Lane County after the divorce.
Hall's father died at the Oregon State Institution for the Insane on 12/2/1907. His body was shipped to Eugene for burial. This is the same institution where Hall died 33 years later. Hall was appointed to be the administrator of Perry's estate. By the time of the 1910 census Hall's mother was living in Idaho with her son Harry and his family.
In the 1910 census Hall and Fannie were living on West 11th in Eugene, Lane County. Hall was working as a laborer in the concrete industry. In 1914 he was sued by the First Congregational Church for failure to pay his full pledge for the construction of their church. He made a partial payment and indicated the rest of the pledge was obtained by undue pressure. There were two trials and in both cases the jury's verdicts were in Hall's favor. It was the first time a church in Eugene sued for payment of a pledge. His mother died of heart problems in Idaho on 2/6/1918. At the time of the World War I draft registration in 1918 Hall and Fannie were in Eugene and Hall was employed as a carpenter. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and gray & brown hair. He reported having a broken ankle. In the 1920 census Hall was living with Fannie in Eugene on West 11th Avenue. He was a laborer in a sawmill. His brother Harry died in Idaho on 10/22/1912. Hall's second wife, Fannie Jean Hinton Matteson died at their home in Eugene on 7/8/1924.
In 1938 Hall was living in Lane County, Oregon. On 11/19/1938 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was listed among the patients at the state hospital on the census of 1940. After being a patient at the institution for almost 2 years he died there on 10/4/1940. The cause of death was heart and kidney. He was about 65 years old. He had only two surviving siblings. Sister Louella Matteson Cox died on 1/1/1941, less than 2 months after Hall. Brother Horace was the last of his siblings to survive. He died in California on 8/6/1954.
Hall was born in Missouri. In documents his birth year varies from 1873 -1875. His mother, Elizabeth Sarah Hall, was born in Pennsylvania in July 1835. In May 1855 she married Levi Day in Hancock County, Ohio. Levi died just months later in December 1855 at the age of 24. Elizabeth became a teacher and returned to live with her parents, Uriel and Rachel Hall. Hall's father, Perry Matteson, was born in New York in November 1826. Elizabeth and Perry were married about 1863. Their children included: Evanella "Nellie" (born in Ohio about 1866), Harry Haines (Missouri in 1867), Louella (Missouri in 1870), Riley "Hall" (Missouri about 1874), Horace Perry (Oregon about 1877), and Mary (Oregon in 1882). Elizabeth reported having 6 children with 4 being alive in 1900 and 1910. Sister Mary died in infancy in Oregon on 12/16/1883. Sister Nellie Matteson Castleman died in Oregon on 7/1/1892.
In the census of 1870 (before Hall was born) his parents and 3 older siblings were living in Sheridan, Daviess County, Missouri. Hall's father was a farmer. In the mid-1870s the Matteson family moved to Oregon where his father obtained homestead land. At the time of the 1880 census Hall was 5 years old and living with his parents and 4 siblings in the Mohawk Valley (near Eugene), Lane County, Oregon. His father was farming. Perry "proved up" his homestead in 1887. In 1898 Hall's father was severely injured when he was struck on the head by a limb of a tree he was cutting. Before 1895 Perry was judged to be insane and was admitted to the asylum in Salem, Oregon.
During the 1900 census Hall was 25 and single. He was living with his parents and his brother Horace in Lane County's Mohawk Valley. Hall was a day laborer who was employed 9 of 12 months that year. Sister Luella and her family were farming next door. Hall's father may have been released from the asylum or may have just been optimistically included with the family in the Lane County listing.
On 5/20/1903 while farming in Umatilla County in northeaster Oregon, Hall married Etta Fannie Seely in Walla Walla, Washington. This was said to be the first marriage for him. In August 1904 Hall and his wife were living in a logging camp in Lane County, Oregon.
About 1906 he married Frances "Fannie" Elizabeth Jeans who was previously married to James Hinton before divorcing him. She was born in 1866 in Lane County, Oregon. She had 3 children with 2 being alive in 1910. Her sons, Frank and Charles, were living with their father in Lane County after the divorce.
Hall's father died at the Oregon State Institution for the Insane on 12/2/1907. His body was shipped to Eugene for burial. This is the same institution where Hall died 33 years later. Hall was appointed to be the administrator of Perry's estate. By the time of the 1910 census Hall's mother was living in Idaho with her son Harry and his family.
In the 1910 census Hall and Fannie were living on West 11th in Eugene, Lane County. Hall was working as a laborer in the concrete industry. In 1914 he was sued by the First Congregational Church for failure to pay his full pledge for the construction of their church. He made a partial payment and indicated the rest of the pledge was obtained by undue pressure. There were two trials and in both cases the jury's verdicts were in Hall's favor. It was the first time a church in Eugene sued for payment of a pledge. His mother died of heart problems in Idaho on 2/6/1918. At the time of the World War I draft registration in 1918 Hall and Fannie were in Eugene and Hall was employed as a carpenter. He was of medium height and build with blue eyes and gray & brown hair. He reported having a broken ankle. In the 1920 census Hall was living with Fannie in Eugene on West 11th Avenue. He was a laborer in a sawmill. His brother Harry died in Idaho on 10/22/1912. Hall's second wife, Fannie Jean Hinton Matteson died at their home in Eugene on 7/8/1924.
In 1938 Hall was living in Lane County, Oregon. On 11/19/1938 he was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. He was listed among the patients at the state hospital on the census of 1940. After being a patient at the institution for almost 2 years he died there on 10/4/1940. The cause of death was heart and kidney. He was about 65 years old. He had only two surviving siblings. Sister Louella Matteson Cox died on 1/1/1941, less than 2 months after Hall. Brother Horace was the last of his siblings to survive. He died in California on 8/6/1954.
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