Hiram Yerling Hall

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  Noted events in his life were:

1. Evidence: Abraham Franklin Hall, b. 1859, father Hiram Y. Hall, mother Hannah Bracht, father's birthplace Philadelphia, mother's birthplace Bainbridge, Lancaster County, 1859, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ³

2. Newspaper: Philadelphia Times, 1 Jul 1889, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁴ Defrauding the Government.
Special Telegram to THE TIMES.
HARRISBURG, June 30. - Hannah B. Hall was arrested yesterday at Bainbriage, Lancaster county, charged with defrauding the United States Government out of $2,587. She will be tried to-morrow at Philadelphia. The woman claimed to be the wife of Hiram Y. Hall, soldier, who died in a Brooklyn hospital In 1864. On the strength of her claim sho drew the amount stated from 1871 to 1876. The government officials say that they have evidence showing that the dead soldier had never been married.

3. Newspaper: The Patriot-News, 1 Jul 1889, Harrisburg, Dauphin, PA. ⁵ THE GOVERNMENT DEFRAUDED
MRS. HANNAH HALL RECEIVED A BIG SUM OF PENSION MONEY.
THE SUIT AGAINST HER.
The United States will Try the Case in Court
It Will There Attempt fo Prove that She is not the Wife of the Dead Man. On Saturday.
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Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Anderson, of this city, served papers on Hannah B. Hall, of Bainbridge, in a suit brought by the government to recover $2,537.41. It is that amount which it is alleged the defendant fraudulently received from the government in pensions. She claimed to be the widow of Hiram Y. Hall, late of company F. Fifth regiment United States artillery, who died in the Brooklyn hospital, N. Y., in 1864, of typhoid fever, which was contracted in the army. The alleged widow had one child and applied for a pension. On December 21, 1871, she received her first money and the payments were continued to her quarterly in sums varying from $21 to $30 until September, 1880, when she had received $2,537.41 and when the payments were stopped. Information was received at the pension department that Hannah Hall was not the widow of Hiram Y. Hfall and the matter was thoroughly investigated. It is upon the result of this investigation that the suit is brought. The pension officers claim to be in possession of facts which will show that Hiram Y. Hall was never married and never had a child. The case will come up to-day in the United States court in Philadelphia.

4. Newspaper: Lancaster Intelligencer: Hannah Lied About Husband, 3 Jul 1889, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. ⁶ On Saturday Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Anderson, of Harrisburg, served papers on Hannah B. Hall, of Bainbridge, this county, in a suit brought by the government to recover $2,537.41, which it is alleged the defendant fraudulently received from the government in pensions. She claimed to be the widow of Hiram Y. Hall, late of Company F, Fifth regiment United States artillery, who died in the Brooklyn hospital, N. Y., in 1864, of typhoid fever, which was contracted in the army. The alleged widow had one child and applied for a pension. On December 21, 1871, she received her first money and the payments were continued to her quarterly in sums varying from $24 to $30 until September, 1886, when she had received $2,537.41 and when the payments were stopped. Information was received at the pension department that Hannah Hall was not the widow of Hiram Y. Hall and the matter was thoroughly investigated. The pension officers claim to be in possession of facts which will show that Hiram Y. Hall was never married and never had a child. The case will come up to-day in the United States court in Philadelphia.

5. Newspaper: The Lititz Express - Hannah Hall Defrauded The Goverment, 6 Jul 1889, Lititz, Lancaster, PA. ⁷ Defrauded the Government, On Saturday Deputy United States Marshal Samuel Anderson, of Harrisburg, served papers on Hannah B. Hall, of Bainbridge, this county, in a suit brought by the government to recover; $2537.41, which it is alleged the defendant fraudulently received from the government in pensions. She claimed to be the widow of Hiram Y. Hall late of Company F, Fifth regiment United 8tates artillery, who died in the Brooklyn hospital, N. Y., in 1864, of typhoid fever, which was contracted in the army. The alleged widow had one child and applied for a pension. On December 21, 1871, she received her first money and the payments were continued to her quarterly in sums varying from $24 to $30 until September, 1886, when she had received $2537-41 and when the payments were stopped. Information was received at the pension department that Hannah Hall was not the widow of Hiram Y. Hall and the matter was thoroughly investigated. The pension officers claim to be in possession of facts which will show that Hiram Y. Hall was never married and never had a child. The case will come up to day in the United States court in Philadelphia.

Hiram married Hannah Elizabeth Bracht, daughter of Abraham N. Bracht and Catherine Elizabeth Wolf, on 3 Dec 1850 in Bainbridge, Lancaster, PA.¹ (Hannah Elizabeth Bracht was born on 13 Jul 1828 in Bainbridge, Lancaster, PA,⁸ died on 20 May 1894 in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, PA ⁸ and was buried in Bainbridge: Bainbridge Cemetery, Lancaster, PA ⁸.)