Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Emma Struthers about 1884; children: 4, Norman, Mary L. (Miller) and Katherine E. (McIntyre) and Wilhemina (died as an infant); married Isabelle Buel Storey, dau. of Emrick and Phebe (Roberts) Buel, 7/5/1913, in Kalamazoo;
Number of Children: 4
Background
Education:
public schools of Ohio
Biographical Sketch:
Son of New England parents, William and Abagail (Hall) Hallett. His family moved to Ohio at the opening of the Civil War where his father enlisted in the 67th Ohio Vol. and fell at the battle of the Deep Bottoms in the 7 day fight. He took up newspaper work at an early age and after returning to Michigan in 1881 went west conducting a newspaper in Kansas for three years. He returned to Kalamazoo and established a printing business which included publishing the Advocate. He was one of the organizers of the Michigan Federartion of Typographical Unions. Member of the Moose Lodge
Notable Facts:
Died of heart disease. Death record gives father as William; second marriage record says parents are Ephraim and Libbie (Hall) Hallett..