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To the Honourable the Legislature of the Territory of Wisconsin-

The Memorial of Samuel Hall of the town of Lima County of Rock & Territory of Wisconsin-

Respectfully Sheweth-

That on or about the 20th day of March A.D. 1836 your memorialist intermarried with one Sarah Hotel of the town of Middleburg County of Elkhart State of Indiana that the said Sarah was then a widow and the mother of four children, the oldest of whom was 14 and the youngest-3 years of age; that they were removed by one Amy Ball a [Methodis?] Clergyman (whose given name your memorialist was not [subjected?] in said state of Indiana that your memorialist has since continued to live with the said Sarah, as her husband from that period until the 4th day of October last- That at the time of the [illumination?] of such marriage they were both residents of the State of Indiana.

That during said intermarriage the said Sarah has had one child not about 10-years of age and now living

That at the time of the intermarriage of your memorialist aforesaid with the said Sarah Hotel, the said Sarah was prepared of considerable property which she retained for her say have children-two of whom your memorialist has brought up in his own family at his own expense-