JAMES HENRY BROWN was born on September 15, 1842 in Morgan County, Indiana. He was the son of Oliver H. and Betsy (Carter) Brown of Kentucky. Mr. Brown served from 1861 to 1864 in the battles of Wild Cat, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, and Atlanta during "Sherman's March." After the war he farmed until opening a store in Hall in 1871. He and his wife Emeline Pruitt had six children. In 1866 he was elected township trustee and was Postmaster in Hall from 1876.

REVEREND JESSE BROOKS JOHNSON was born January 20, 1837 in Morgan County, Indiana. He was the youngest of eight children born to Brooks and Anna (Green) Johnson from North Carolina. Rev. Johnson became pastor of Mount Pleasant Church in Hall the following year.

HOWARD C. JONES, Doctor of Medicine, was born in Hendricks County, Indiana on May 4, 1853. He was the only child of William Jones and Mary Ann (Poe) Jones, both of whom were from Kentucky. In 1874 he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated in 1877, first in a class of 34. December 1877 saw the marriage of he and Julia A. Pearson. Two months later he moved to Hall and opened practice as a doctor.

ROBERT W. McNAUGHT was born in Morgan County, Indiana on November 28, 1837. His father Robert W. was from Scotland and his mother Martha from Pennsylvania. He attended Indiana University and then married Mary C. Garrison.They had eight children. During the Civil War he was a member of the 7th Indiana Volunteer Regiment, Company H. Mr. McNaught served as Justice of the Peace in 1865 and 1869. He moved to Hall in 1871 and was a harness maker and later a journeyman.

GRAFTON W. SEATON, Doctor of Medicine, was born in Morgan County, Indiana, March 5, 1846. Allen R. Seaton of Virginia and Sarah (Drake) Seaton of Kentucky were his parents. Their ancestry was reportedly traceable back to the Scots and Britons. He attended Rush College in Chicago, Illinois and Louisville Medical College in Kentucky. After graduating in 1870 he joined his brother Charles in the practice of medicine

JOHN B. STALEY was born February 21, 1821 in Randolph County, North Carolina to Eli and Mary (Rhodes) Staley, both native of that state. In 1840 he married Sarah Brown of Virginia and together they had 12 children. Mr and Mrs. Staley retired to Hall after a life of farming.

WALTER STOUT was born in Randolph County, North Carolina, October 11, 1828 to Allen and Sarah (Brewer) Stout. He worked as a mason for 14 years and married Candace Williams in 1848. They had eight children. Candace died in 1864 at the age of 38 and he remarried to Mrs. Dartula Wolf in 1868. They had four children together. Mr. Stout was a merchant in Hall in 1852, a deputy sheriff from 1856 to 1858 and moved to Wilbur in 1870.

THOMAS J. WILHITE was born March 25, 1840 of Joshua and Virginia A. (Brown) Wilhite of Virginia. After living in Indiana for a time the senior Wilhites moved to Kansas. Thomas remained in Indiana. In 1861 he enlisted in the 21st Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company B. While on furlough he married Candace Phillips, who became the mother of his seven children. After engagement at Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Spanish Fort, and Mobile he returned to Indiana. Mr. Wilhite was elected Justice of the Peace in 1873 and opened a harness business in Hall in 1881.

WILLIAM WILLIAMS, son of John and Elizabeth (Pruitt) Williams, was born June 20, 1832. Martha A. Wilhite became his bride in 1854 and they were blessed with five children. In 1861 he enlisted in the 14th Missouri State Guard, Company B. and returned home with a broken hip. Mr. Williams is reported to have been associated with the James and Younger Outlaws and was "feared but respected."

JEFFERSON WOODEN was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, May 27, 1827. Mary E. Wilson became his wife in 1844 and mother to their four children. Mr. Wooden was County Assessor in 1872.

JOHN WOODEN was born in Hall, Indiana on October 14, 1910.  He gained local fame as a Martinsville High School basketball champion in 1926, 1927 and 1928. During the 1960s and 1970s he became nationally famous as the coach of University of California at Los Angeles's basketball team.  Under his leadership the team won National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship in 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1975.  He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1972.