Renselear R. Hall

Other Events:

• MILITARY: First Lieutenant, Air Force, killed in air crash over France.

Notes:

Died:
Died in air crash, WWI.

First Lt., U.S. Army Air Service Signal Corps

HALL, RENSELEAR
1LT AIR SRVC, USA, 2ND AV, INSTR CTR, WW
DATE OF DEATH: 09/16/1918
BURIED AT: SECTION SH SO SITE LOT 4250
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Charles married Effie Eliza Peebles on 4 Feb 1895 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. Effie (daughter of Ransellor R. Peebles and Ellen Jolley) was born on 9 Nov 1875 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; died on 17 Jan 1972 in St. John's Hospital, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Parents: Birth record names parents as Remeselen [sic, transcription error in index) Peebles and "Elenore."
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Ward 3, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; 1. Zook, Frank, head, male, white, 50, first marriage, married 24 years, Virginia, Virginia, Virginia, merchant, lumber, can read and write, renting house 2-3. Zook's wife and daughter 4-6 lodgers 7. Hall, Chas W., lodger, male, white, 35, first marriage, married 15 years, Ohio, New York, Ohio, salesman, department store, can read and write 8. _____, Effie E., lodger, female, white, 34, first marriage, 15 years, 1 child 1 living, Ohio, Ohio, New York, Ireland, stenographer, department store 9. _____, Russell R., lodger, male, white, 14, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, can read and write, attending school 10-16 lodgers 17-19 servants
• NEWS: 9 Nov 1919, Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Second Lieutenant Sidney J. Smith of the air service presenting a box of flowers to Mrs. Effie E. Hall, whose son, First Lieutenant Rensalear R. Hall of the united States Air Service, was the first Cleveland man killed in France, Sept. 16, 1918. Mrs. Hall is president of the Cleveland War Mothers, which no numbers 1,650 members. The War Mothers on Armistice Day will lay a wreath on the Altar of Sacrifice in memory of the boys who gave their lives over there."
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, 1227 Giel Ave., Lakewood (Ward 3), Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; 1. Hall, Charles W., head, renting, male, white, 45, marriages, can read and write, Ohio, New York, Ohio, salesman, furniture 2. _____, Effie, wife, female, white, 44, married, can read and write, Ohio, New York, New York 3. Moop, Norville, relation "none," male, white, 25, single, can read and write, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, production engineer, sewing machine
• Census: 9 Apr 1930, 1151 Rittenhouse St., Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 1. Hall, Charles W., head, owns, value $13,500, has radio set, not a farm, mail, white, 55, married, age at first marriage 21, can read and write, Ohio, New York, Ohio, manager, office, not a veteran 2. _____, Effie E., wife, female white, 54, married first married age 20, can read and write, Ohio, New York, Ohio
• Census: 3 May 1940, Hinkley township, Hinkley, Medina County, Ohio, USA; 1. Hall, Charles W., renting, $20, not a farm, head, male, white, 65, married, completed 2 years college, Ohio, 1935 living in Lakewood in Cuyahoga County, retired, has other source of income 2. _____, Effie, wife, female, white, 64, married, attended 4 years high school, Ohio, 1935 same as husband

Notes:

Birth:
Birthplace cited in this census is probably not correct.

Ransellor married Ellen Jolley on 14 Sep 1868 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA, and was divorced between 1890-1892 in Ohio, USA. Ellen (daughter of Joseph Joshua Jolley and Mary Webster) was born on 8 Oct 1844 in Clonegal, County Carolow, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Parents: Joseph J. Jolley's Civil War pension names her as "Ellen Peebles," residing in Cleveland, Ohio.
• RESEARCH: We don't know how Ellen met Ransellor Peebles, but it was probably in Missouri, as a Ransellor Peebles of Medina County, Ohio, filed a land patent in Madison County, Missouri, in 1859. The name "Ransellor" appears elsewhere in the family, but those children may have been named for him. It is clear that Ellen Peebles is Ellen Jolley. Her father's Civil War pension file mentions his daughter Ellen Peebles of Cleveland, Ohio.
• Census: 1860, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA; 1. Jolley, Joseph, 38, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $350, Ireland 2. _____, Mary, 27, female, Ireland 3. _____, Ellen, 14, female, Ireland 4. _____, Robt, 12, male, Ireland, attending school 5. _____, Joseph, Jr., 10, male, Ireland, attending school 6. _____, Mary, 6, female, Illinois 7. _____, John, 4, male, Illinois 8. _____, Jane, 2, male, Illinois 9. _____, Cyrus, 1, male, Illinois
• Census: 1870, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; 1. Peebles, Ransler, 38, male, white, dentist, real estate $3,000, [no personal $], Ohio, single male citizen over 21 2. _____, Ellen, 27, female, white, keeping house, Illinois 3. _____, Clara, 9, female, white, Ohio, attending school 4. Morley, Ada, 38, female, white, Massachussetts
• Census: 1880, 20 Courtland St., Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; 1. Peebles, Ransler, white, male, 48, married, dentist, New York, Ireland, New York 2. _____, Ellen, white, female, 28, wife, keeping house, Scotland, Ireland, Ireland 3. _____, Cora L., white, female, 10, daughter, at school, attending school, Ohio, New York, Scotland 4. _____, Effie L., white, female, 5, daughter, Ohio, New York, Scotland 5. McLeod, Clara, white, female, 20, boarder, seamstress, Ohio, Scotland, Ireland
• Newspaper Article: 11 Jan 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Newspaper article, The Evening Repository(Canton, Oh.)

  "Criminally Assalted [sic] by a Burglar. Cleveland, Jan. 11.--The residence of Dr. Peebles, a prominent West Side dentist, was entered by a burglar Wednesday night, who criminally assaulted the doctor's adopted daughter. The burglar was evidently well acquainted with the place and not bent wholly upon robbery. He ascended the stairs to the young woman's room and awakening her threatening to kill her if she raised an alarm. She describes her assailant as short and thick-set, with a smooth face. The villain seized the girl's pocket-book as he fled, and trinkets in it were found scattered in the street. There were jewels of considerable value and other plunder that he might easily have taken if robbery had been the sole motive."

• Newspaper Article: 12 Jan 1889, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA; Newspaper article, Cleveland Plain Dealer

  A Very Queer Tale: How a Bold Robber Assaulted and Robbed a Lady And Took Trinkets Which He Threw Away--Dr. Peebles' Timely Arrival--The Police Called in, but are Shut Off Before Being Given a Full Chance to Investigate. A peculiar story of a burglary and a criminal assault on a young lady, a ward and inmate of the home of Dr. R. R. Peebles, a West Side dentist who lives at No. 31 Coutland street, is told by the Leader of yesterday. Dr. Peebles went from home Friday to be absent a few days leaving his wife and daughter and ward alone in the house. Mother and daughter occupied a room on the ground floor while the other young lady slept in her own room on the second floor. Between 3 and 4 o'clock Monday morning the young lady was awakened by a noise in the room and opened eyes her [sic] to see a man turning off the gas. Her awakening was noticed and the burglar sprang to her bedside, covered her mouth and demanded her money, telling her to keep quiet or he would kill her. He accused the purse which was under her pillow and then without releasing her deliberately assaulted her. About this time Mrs. Peebles was awakened by a fit of coughing which alarmed the fellow and he rushed through the hall, down the stairs, stumbling as he went and escaped through the parlor window by which he entered. The young lady found her way down stairs and told her story. Her purse was missing and later, when Dr. Peebles returned, he found on the sidewalk several trinkets that had been thrown away by the villain. The victim was much prostrated for a time but has since recovered. There are many curious and almost incredible things in connection with the alleged robbery and assault. The burglar, according to the story, was so well acquainted with the house that he could find his way around without noise and in the dark. It is stated that he raised the parlor window, which was unfastened, and piloted his way through the parlor and sitting room, avoiding center tables and other furniture, and which is most peculiar, went directly to the stairs leading to the upper floor without touching the many valuables lying about the house and in the sleeping apartments on the ground floor. There were two unoccupied rooms on the upper floor, which contained jewelry and other valuables, which the burglar, if he was a burglar, could not have failed to see, but these rooms he did not touch going directly to the sleeping room of Dr. Peebles' adopted daughter, whose name is Clara McClade and who is 28 years old. The story goes on to tell that Miss McClade awoke just as the burglar was turning down the gas, a thing which a common housebreaker would not do, and instead of screaming at once she gazed at him until he noticed that she was awake and then after turning out the light he demanded her money, while there were plenty of valuables lying about loose. Miss McClade says that she gave him her purse from under the pillow and he put it in his pocket and then assaulted her. Later he became frightened and ran down the stairs and escaped out of the house the way that he claimed. But the queerest part of the whole tale is that this uncommon villain?while he was escaping, after doing such a dastardly deeds?stopped to examine the little purse which he had succeeded in stealing, and right in front of the house he threw away several small articles of jewelry, retaining only the $3 or $4 in the purse. Miss McClade declared that after the assault she dragged her way down the stairs where the story was told to Mrs. Peebles. Dr. Peebles, who had not been at home for some days, married at this opportune moment and the story was told to him. After a search was made of the house Dr. Peebles went out on the street in front of the house and queerly enough, found the small pieces of jewelry which had been thrown away by this mysterious burglar. All clues need here. The story is such a peculiar one and has so many curious points that Plain Dealer reporters were sent to the scene to do some investigating. The man who was detailed to interview Mrs. Peebles found that there was a mistake as to the date, as the alleged burglary and assault took place not last Monday as stated by dec. 31. At first she refused to say anything of the affair, referring the reporter to the doctor, and when asked said that Miss McClade was at work in the doctor's office. After many questions had been put to her Mrs. Peebles said that the first that she knew that there was a man in the house was when she awoke towards 3 o'clock in the morning and heard someone going down the stairs. Then the person stumbled and almost fell, and opening the parlor door raised the front window, jumped out and fled. Just as the man escaped the adopted daughter ran down the rear stairs and into the sitting room and aroused the house. A very few moments after Dr. Peebles arrived home. "I am of the opinion," said Mrs. Peebles, "that the man, whoever he was, knew the ins and outs of the house. He knew that the front window through which he escaped was unfastened." "Was Clara frightened when you first saw her?" asked the reporter. "Indeed she was; she was so terrified that she could hardly speak." Mrs. Peebles then said that Clara seldom had any gentlemen callers and no one that she knows of goes regularly to see her. Another reporter saw Dr. Peebles and Miss McClade. Dr. Peebles is a tall, thin, bearded man. He said that they story was true and did not want to go into details or have Miss McClade questioned. The lady in the case was a stout, dark girl, didn't seem very nervous or inclined to talk and is fairly good looking. Had she had the presence of mind to make a fight against the bold, bad man of the night, it would, in all probability, have been quite a strong one. Still another reporter learned after considerable investigation, as there seemed to be a tendency to suppress the facts, that Dr. Peebles about half an hour after he had arrived home went to the house of a member of the police force and went back to his home with him. :There the girl," says an officer, "was questioned closely about the matter and after considerable pressing she acknowledged that she recognized the alleged burglar as a young man of the neighborhood who had been calling on her. The young man in question is not under suspicion as he is of good reputation and was not near the house at the time of the occurrence. She was asked why she did not attempt to arounse the house by screaming when she saw a man in the room, and Clara became greatly flurried and made no answer. "Then the doctor I was told," continued the officer, "broke in with the remark that Clara was of an excitable nature and would even fall into a fit when she saw a runaway and probably could not scream." This did not satisfy the officer of the law and his questions became more personal when Dr. Peebles told him to discontinue the investigation until he got further orders from him. Before leaving the house he was made to promise not to make a report of the affair so that it could be kept quiet. Miss McClade says that when she first opened her eyes, when the burglar was turning down the gas, she thought it was Dr. peebles returned home. Evidently this idea ran in her head, though she described the man who robbed her as the opposite of the doctor, who is tall, thin and bearded. The marauder, according to Miss McClad'es tale, was short, thick and smooth faced. The young man whom Miss McClade accused to the police wears a mustache. The tale is a queer and very incoherent one as it stands. Why Dr. Peebles, in his character of guardian, should not seek to bring the highly colored villain to justice is one of its most peculiar points. As it stands and in the light of their investigations the police authorities consider the alleged burglary and assault as not fitting in with the stories laid before them.

Notes:

Birth:
Baptism March 1845, no day specified. Born to Joseph and Mary Jolly of Clonegal.

Other Events:

• RESEARCH: A Robert Jolley appears in the tithe applotment books for County Carolow, Moyacomb parish, Clonegall townland. Joseph Joshua Jolley named his eldest son Robert.
• RESEARCH: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L2ML-HB3/margaret-joley-1818-1895 FamilySearch entry for Margaret Joley, b. 1818 Clonegal, County Carlow, Ireland. Emigrated to Australia and in New South Wales, Australia, on 14 April 1845, she married Robert Sexton (1814-1870. The record states that her parents were Robert Jolly and Ellen (--?--). Our Joseph Joshua Jolley named his first two children Ellen and Robert. ------------------- https://www.ireland.anglican.org/cmsfiles/pdf/AboutUs/library/AngRecord/Clonegal_Ferns.pdf Anglican records from County Carlow indicate a Robert Jolly who died in Clonegal 23 November 1857 at age 80, suggesting birth in 1777; also an Ellen Jolly who died in Clonegal on 3 August 1869, age 94, suggesting birth in 1775.She would have been of childbearing age in 1818 for Margaret Joley who immigrated to Australia--and also for Joseph Joshua Jolly born in 1817.
• RESEARCH: Other Jollys listed in Clonegal, St. Fiaac's Church: John Jolly, baptized June 1804 to parents Samuel and Jane, Clonegal Ann Jolly, baptized 16 Oct 1808 to parents Samuel and Jane, Clonegal Samuel Jolly, buried 2 Sept 1821, Clonegal Eleanor Jolly, born 8 October 1844, baptized 24 Nov 1844, Clonegal, to parents Joseph and Mary Ellen Jolly, b. 8 Oct 1844, baptized March 1845, Clonegal, to parents Joseph and Mary. Joshua Jolly, b. 7 June 1846, baptized 13 June 1846, Clonegal, to parents Joseph and Mary [Twin of above?] Robert Jolly, b. 7 June 1846, baptized 14 June 1846, Clonegal, to parents Joseph and Mary Joseph Jolly, b. 12 April 1848, Clonegal, to parents Joseph and Mary Websters at St. Fiaac's, and Clonegal: John Webster, b. 20 Dec 1842, baptized 19 March 1843, Clonegal, to parents Edward and Eliza. Eliza Webster, b. 6 April 1841, baptized 8 August 1841, Clonegal, to parents Edward and Eliza.
• Census: 3 Aug 1850, Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 1. Queen, James, 34, male, landlord ["hotel" penned in margin], Ohio

  [7 Queen family members listed, followed by 17 additional servants and lodgers]

  10. Jolly, Joseph, 30, male, servant, Ireland
• Immigration: 1851; His family probably joined him around this time. His son Robert T. Jolley stated in his 1920 census that he immigrated from Ireland in 1851. This may be close to right as his father was enumerated alone the previous year, the family was with him in 1855, and daughter Mary was born about 1854.
• Census: 1855, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA; 2 males under 10 2 males 10-20 1 male 20-30 2 females under 10 1 female 20-30 [value of livestock?] $200 [males eligible for militia?] 3
• Census: 1860, Montgomery County, Illinois, USA; 1. Jolley, Joseph, 38, male, farmer, [no real estate value], personal $350, Ireland 2. _____, Mary, 27, female, Ireland 3. _____, Ellen, 14, female, Ireland 4. _____, Robt, 12, male, Ireland, attending school 5. _____, Joseph, Jr., 10, male, Ireland, attending school 6. _____, Mary, 6, female, Illinois 7. _____, John, 4, male, Illinois 8. _____, Jane, 2, male, Illinois 9. _____, Cyrus, 1, male, Illinois
• Milit-Beg: 21 Aug 1862; Enlisted in Co. D, 126th Illinois Infantry, as a private.
• Milit-End: 12 Jul 1865, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
• Move: Between 1865-1868; The youngest, Ulysses, was born abt 1865 in Illinois. Robert T. Jolley married in Laclede Co in 1868. The family was enumerated in Laclede in 1870. According to the 1870 Laclede Co census Joseph Jolley owned real estate valued at $960--the BLM has no record of a homestead, though that seems a likely motivation for the move from Illinois.
• Census: 1870, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Jolly [Jolley], Joseph J., 52, male, white, farmer, real estate $960, personal $520, Ireland, parents of foreign birth, male citizen over 21 2. _____, Mary, 46, female, white, keeping house, Ireland, parents of foreign birth 3. _____, Mary A., 16, female, white, Illinois, mother and father of foreign birth, cannot write 4. _____, John C., 13, male, white, Illinois, mother and father of foreign birth 5. _____, Lutchia J., 11, female, white, Illinois, mother and father of foreign birth, cannot write 6. _____, Cyrius J., 9, male, white, Illinois, father and mother of foreign birth 7. _____, Francis R., 7, female, white, Illinois, mother and father of foreign birth 8. _____, Ulysses G., 5, male, white, Illinois, mother and father of foreign birth
• Census: 1880, Franklin township, Laclede County, Missouri, USA; 1. Jolly [Jolley], Joseph J., white, male, [46? 66?], married, farmer, Illinois, Ireland, Ireland 2. _____, Adeline Elizabeth, white, female, 55, wife, married, keeping house, Georgia, Georgia, Georgia 3. Chambers, Magy, white, female, 8, orphan, Missouri
• Biography: 1986; Written by Clara Farmer, a granddaughter of Joseph Webster Jolley and great granddaughter of Joseph Joshua Jolley, in 1986, when she was 90. Clearly flawed but still useful and interesting.

  "Joseph Joshua Jolley left Dublin, Ireland in 1855 to seek his fortune in America. He left behind his wife, Mary, and three children: Robert, Nellie [Ellen], and Joe, who would follow him a year and a half later. Settling in a small town in Illinois, near Chicago, he built the first log cabin in that State. He worked long hard hours and finally got the money to send for his family. Mail and transportation were slow and after several months of waiting, he gave up hopes of his family joining him. Through his work on the School Board he met a young woman, Bessie Johnson, who had moved soon after their meeting to New York. Grandpa wrote and asked Bessie to marry him. When Bessie got his letter, she was thrilled and took the next stage back to Illinois to marry Joseph. On the stage, Bessie met and became friendly with a young woman who was coming from Ireland with her three children to be with her husband. Traveling as they did for several weeks the two women became close friends. They soon learned they were meeting the same man! Bessie returned to New York. Joseph became a naturalized citizen about 1860 and served in the Civil War. He served with his son, Robert until 1866. Returning to civilian life, he became the treasurer of the school board and "borrowed" money for a new house, from the school funds. The shortage was discovered, before he could "repay" the money and spent a year in jail. He then became a Bible salesman. Returning drunk one night from a long sales trip, he fell from the wagon and broke his neck. So ended the long and colorful life of Joseph Joshua Jolley. By Clara Farmer, his granddaughter. Written in 1986 when she was 90."

• Email: 28 Jun 2016; From the Illinois State archives in Springfield (uis_irad@hotmail.com), regarding the location of files about Joseph abusing school funds and doing some jail time for it:

  "Dear Ms. Gilmore, We received your email request regarding the Montgomery County Court Records for a Joseph Webster Jolly. We do not typically communicate via email and do request a mailing address so if need be, we can send you further information. I did however want to ask if you knew a more specific date than just 1860 for the possible court case. Our Montgomery County Court Record Files are not indexed and the only form of organization is by Court terms (i.e. September 1860). If there is any further information you can provide for us regarding this court case we would greatly appreciate it. We did however, search our Montgomery County Court Record Books but were unable to locate anyone with the last name of "Jolly" in those records for the time period of 1860. Thank you, Eowyn M UIS IRAD Intern"

Notes:

Birth:
Birth and death dates from cemetery stone.

Birthplace from his 1850 census. Also granddaughter Ella's 1930 census named her father's birthplace as "Free Ireland. Her father was Robert T. Jolly, born prior to immigration. Another of Robert T. Jolly's children, Nancy, stated in 1930 her father's birthplace of "Northern Ireland." Mary Effie Jolly, daughter of Joseph Webster Jolly stated her father's birth place as ""Irish free state."

While these granddaughters are addressing only the place of birth of their own two fathers, not the grandfather, they are still helpful clues to the family's whereabouts.

Joseph married Mary Webster about 1845 in Ireland. Mary was born on 4 May 1824 in Ireland; died on 4 Mar 1874 in Laclede County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Date of marriage estimated from birth of eldest daughter about 1845.