Francis Ruben Hall was born January 31, 1917, at Sharon, Kansas, one
  of eight children of Clint and Grace Hall. His mother, Grace Romig, was
  born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas in 1889, a daughter of Francis Romig, an
  early day blacksmith.
     Francis attended schools in rural Barber County, Sharon, and Attica
  and worked for ranchers Rink McCullough, Gordy Smith, Ves Cook, and Tom
  Warwick. While employed in that area, he met Jessie Donovan who taught
  Canema School.
     Jessie Editha Donovan was born November 10, 1915, at Medicine Lodge
  to Aubra and Minnie Donovan. She attended all grades and graduated from
  Medicine Lodge High School in 1933. After obtaining a teacher's certif-
  icate from college at Alva, Oklahoma, and Hays, Kansas, she taught
  seven years in rural Barber County schools.
     Francis Hall enlisted in the U.S. Air Force August 7, 1941. He grad-
  uated from Air Force mechanics school at Chanute Field and was based in
  Columbia, South Caroline, where he and Jessie Donovan married May 18, 
  1942. He remained in the states for training and maneuvers until January, 
  1944. During that period, their daughter, Gaylia Denise Hall, was born 
  at Harper, Kansas, June 20, 1943. He was shipped to France and England 
  for participation in World War ii with the 344th Bomb Group and spent 21 
  months there.
     At war's end he returned to Kansas, and they moved to Coffeyville, 
  Kansas, where he obtained an A&E Aircraft Maintenance License from the
  FAA. They moved to Burbank, California, and worked a short time for the
  Flying Tiger Airline before reentering the U.S. Air Force to complete a
  twenty year career there. While stationed at Fairfield Suisun, Dennis
  Donovan Hall, was born at Presidio, San Franciso, California, March 9,
  1949. Other bases where they lived were McCord, Tacoma, Washington; Kelly,
  San Antonio, Texas; and Davis-Monthan, Tucson, Arizona. He retired from
  the Air Force at his last base, Carswell, Fort Worth, Texas, in June, 1963.
     He was employed at several airports in the Fort Worth area before 
  joining Central Airlines there. A merger with Frontier Airlines moved
  personnel to Denver, Colorado. In 1971 he was transferred to Phoenix,
  Arizona. They purchased a home in Mesa, Arizona, and plan to retire there.
     Jessie kept busy maintaining a home for and moving the family to the
  many localities her husband's work required. She continued her affiliation
  with the Methodist Church, taught Sunday School, den mothered Cub Scout
  and Girl Schout groups. Her hobby is writing character sketches, vignettes,
  and short stories.
     Gaylia Hall has an advertising agency in Fort Worth, Texas, whose major
  client is a manufacturer of western wear; others include a bank, restaurant,
  and freelance work. Both she and Dennis Hall attended schools in Arizona
  and Texas and graduated from L.D. Bell High School in Hurst, Texas. She
  completed a degree from the University of Texas at Arlington in commercial
  art. Dennis enlisted in the Air Force, served one year in Viet Nam at
  Danang, and  completed a four year enlistment with discharge as Staff
  Sergeant. He attended Cochise College, Douglas, Arizona, where he received
  an A&P mechanics license, and Arizona State University at Tempe, where he
  graduated with a business administration degree. He is employed in Iran
  by Bell Helicopter.
                 
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 212 
     Submitted by: Jessie Donovan Hall