William HALLS

                       AT THE AGE OF 15 HE HEARD THAT SOME LATTER-DAY SAINTS WERE GOING TO PREACH.
    HE FELT PROMPTED TO GO. HE WENT AND WAS CONVERTED. HE PRAYED AND ASKED IF THE
    CHURCH WAS TRUE. A PARSONAGE APPEARED TO HIM AND TOLD THAT THE LDS CHURCH WAS
    THE ONLY TRUE CHURCH. EVEN WITH THIS EXPERIENCE HE DID NOT GET BAPTISED. HE HAD
    A GREAT FEAR OF DEATH. WHEN HE HEARD THAT MISSIONARIES WERE IN THE AREA ABOUT A
    YEAR AND A HALF LATER, HE IMMEADIATELY WENT TO THEM AND WAS BAPTISED. ALL FEAR
    OF DEATH LEFT HIM. THROUGH HIS TESTOMONY HIS MOTHER, FATHER AND SISTER WERE
    BAPTISED.ALSO WERE HIS 3 BROTHERS. HE HAD THE PRIVLEDGE OF BAPTISING HIS
    FATHER. IN 1854 HE WAS CALLED ON A MISSION AND SERVED FOR 4 YEARS. HE WAS THEN
    CALLED TO PRESIDE OVER THE LINCOLNSHIRE MISSION. IT WAS VERY MUCH IN DEBT AND
    HIS 2 ASSISSTANTS WERE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE. FEELING VERY DOWN HE HAD A DREAM IN
    WHICH HE WAS BACK IN SLC WITH PRES YOUNG IN HIS OFFICE.HE SAID PRES YOUNG HOW
    CAN YOU CARRY THE BURDENS OF THE WHOLE CHURCH. PRES YOUNG SAID WHY BROTHER
    HALLS THIS IS THE LORDS CHURCH AND HE IS CARRYING IT ON.I HAVE BUT TO DO MY
    DUTY AND LEAVE THE RESULT WITH HIM. HE FIRST MARRIED LOUISA ENDERBY IN 1861 BY
    JOSEPH F SMITH. HE HAD THREE WIVES. WE ARE RELATED THROUGH HIS WIFE JOHANNE
    MARIE FRANDSEN. HE WAS ORDAINED A HIGH PRIEST BY THE APOSTLE F.D.RICHARDS.