Elizabeth A. Hall
b. circa 1869
- Father: William Bonnell Hall b. 9 September 1834, d. 14 January 1906
- Mother: Susan Juliet Anderson b. 17 July 1843, d. 10 March 1904
- Elizabeth A. Hall was born circa 1869 in Alabama.
- William Bonnell Hall and Susan Juliet Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Lowndesboro PO, Lowndes County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elizabeth A. Hall, William Bonnell Hall and Dora Ann Bonnell. Also in the household was cousin Ichabod Bell, who is still living with the family in 1880.
- William Bonnell Hall and Susan Juliet Anderson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Lowndesboro, Lowndes County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Elizabeth A. Hall, Arthur Bell Hall, William Bonnell Hall and Dorian Hall. Also in the household were cousin Ichabod Bell (age 66) and teacher Elizabeth Spruill, as well as several farm workers.
- She married W. H. MacKellar.
- The following appeared in the Sewanee Alumni News: (May 1946): Dr. William Bonnell Hall, ’85, one of Sewanee’s distinguished alumni, died at his home in Selma, Alabama, on February 20, at the age of 80. “Dr. Billy” came out of retirement in 1909 to head the University, following the death of Vice-Chancellor Edward Wiggins. He remained on the Mountain until Bishop Knight became Vice3-Chancellor in 1914.
Holder of the degrees of B.S., C.E., and M.A. from the University of the South, he served Sewanee in many positions, including those of medical officer, professor of physicis and botany, and dean of the college. He received his M.D. degree at the University of Virginia. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
Dr. Hall was a native of Lowndes County, where his family had settled before Alabama became a state. At one time he was mayor of Selma and president of Selma Times-Journal Corporation.
His widow, Mrs. Hall, was the former Irene Ellerbe, a granddaughter of Bishop Cobb of alabama. His daughter, Miss Landon Hall, is a teacher at Parish High School. Dr. Hall was the brother of Mrs. W. H. MacKellar of Sewanee.
- Last Edited: 12 Sep 2015