Mary Bukey "Polly" Greathouse 1
- Born: 8 Mar 1799, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky 1
- Marriage: Shadrack Hall on 1 Sep 1813 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky
- Died: 21 Dec 1844, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana at age 45
 Notes:
Greathoue Bible gives first name of Mary only, no middle names.
Source: Family Tree Maker Vol 7 #1655 by Kevin Klueh
shows married Sept 20 1821.
Source: Mary Buchanon says Mary and Shadrack Hall had at least fifteen children. This is the number we show. She also said that the first three listed: Mary Ann, America, and Eliza were sisters to Shadrack and not his daughters.
(Note: fdn. It seems logical that if Mary and Shadrack were married in 1813, these three daughters born in 1815, 1816, and 1818 would be his daughters.)
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JOHN WESLEY HALL
By Wm H Newman; M J Clements; G W Cambron, 1886
A farmer and stockman of Spring Grove, is the son of Shadrack and Mary (Greathouse) Hall. Shadrack was a tanner born in Virginia, January 19, 1789; married in Nelson County when quite young and died in Rockport, Ind., in 1853. His wife, Mary, was born in Nelson County March 8, 1799, and died in Rockport, Ind., in 1844. They had five children, James W., a doctor, who died in California, Bukey W., a farmer in Oregon, our subject, and Isaac the old bachelor, farming in California. Subject's paternal grandfather was Shadrack Hall, a farmer and preacher, born in Scotland. His maternal grandfather, Harmon G. Greathouse, born in Wheeling, virginia, and who married Massey Ann Bukey of the same place, lived to be one hundred and four years old.
Subject was born in Nelson County, Kentucky, June 28, 1819. His education he gained by hard study at night, having never gone to school a day in his life. Our subject was a noted river pilot and flat-boatman; following this from 1840 to 1860, save the short time he kept a store in Cairo, Ill., which store was burned down by an Irishman eighteen days after commencing business.
In December, 1860, Mr. Hall was married to Miss Fannie P. Owen, daughter of Austin and Catherine (Runamus) Owen of this county. Mrs. Hall was born two miles from where she now lives in 1835. Their children are Robert F., now collecting taxes, and John A., assisting his father on the farm.
Subject in politics was a Whig, but is now a Democrat. He has a farm of 160 acres naer Spring Grove and owns a nice farm of 160 acres in Kansas. He is one of the best stock men in the country. His house is a neat frame well arranged with nine rooms and three porches. For ten years he has been a member of the M. E. Church and for the same length of time a Mason, having held the office of Secretary and Treasurer in the latter. Mr. Hall's life has been an eventful one and his travels extensive. he has been through the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, California and Illinois. Mr. Hall is a hospitable man fond of company and a good joke.
contributed by Tina Hall
Polly married Shadrack Hall, son of Randolph Hall and Sarah (Sally) Woodson, on 1 Sep 1813 in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky. (Shadrack Hall was born on 19 Jan 1789 in Wheeling, West Virginia and died on 16 Feb 1856 in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana.)
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