1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

830 DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY
Harry A. Hall is identified with the constructive and productive
side of Duluth's business affairs, and for many years has been in the
painting and decorating business, both as a journeyman and as a contractor,
and is head of a complete and high class establishment of that
kind.
He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1867. His
father, J. W. Hall, is still living at the age of eighty-five, a resident of
Portland, Oregon. During the Civil war he enlisted in the Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Infantry and saw an active and arduous service throughout
that struggle until it closed in victory. He was with his regiment
in the thickest of the fighting at Antietam and also in many other
engagements. Following the war he returned home, but his later years
have been spent on the Pacific Coast.
Oldest of four sons, three of whom are living. Harry A. Hall acquired
his early education in the public schools of Williamsport, Pennsylvania,
and at the early age of sixteen began learning the decorating trade. He
followed that business for several years in Pennsylvania, and then came
to Duluth, where he continued his work as a journeyman until 1899,
when he set up in business for himself, taking contracts and gradually
building up an establishment which now represents one of the leading
paint and varnish and wallpaper stores in the city, at 322 East Superior
street. Mr. Hall and his service have been in demand for decorating
many of the finer residences of the city.
He is a past master of Ionic Lodge No. 186 of the Masonic Order,
is a member of the Rotary Club and the Commercial Club, votes as a
Republican and belongs to the First Methodist Episcopal Church. August
11, 1890, he married Miss Olive M. Stoner, of Williamsport, Pennsyl-
vania, where she was reared and educated. They have four living children
: Ellen, Louise, Catherine and Ralph.
Capt. Thomas Wivell is a practical mining man with a scope of
experience that extends from northern Michigan to California. He has
been captain in charge of the Meadow Mine at Aurora since 1916.
He was born at Ishpeming, Michigan, April 8, 1885, son of Capt.
William and Millesena (McDowell) Wivell. ,the former a native of
Devonshire, England, and the latter of Canada. Capt. William Wivell,
who was born in 1849, was brought in 1855 to the United States by his
parents, who settled in Hancock County, Michigan. He grew up in a
district where mining was the predominant industry, became a miner,
and for many years was a mining captain and employed in other capacities.
In 1905 he moved with his family to the Range district of northern
Minnesota and was connected with the Crosby Mine at Nashwauk. He
died at Nashwauk in February, 1914, and his widow is still living there.
While at Nashwauk he was honored with the office of village trustee and
village treasurer. Of the ten children of Capt. William Wivell and
wife there are eight sons, and all now old enough, have identified themselves
with the mining industry and vocation.
Thomas Wivell attended school at Ishpeming, Michigan, and also at
Coulterville. California. The family lived in California from 1897 to
1903, Capt. William Wivell being a gold miner there. Thomas Wivell
also had some experience in the gold mines of California, was a mine
worker in Michigan, but most of his work has been done in the Range
country. He was promoted to the responsibilities of shift boss in 1912
and in 1916 was given charge of the Meadow Mine.
He married in 1912 Katharine J. Thomas, daughter of Captain Frank
Thomas. They have one son, W^illiam. Mr. Wivell is affiliated with