Biographical Note

Gordon was born on April 8, 1784 in Tolland, Massachusetts. His parents were Nathan and Elizabeth Hall. Gordon went to Williams College between 1805 and 1808. After graduation, he worked as a minister in Woodbury, Connecticut from 1809-1810. He also spent some time working in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Hall would enroll in Andover Theological Seminary in 1810 and eventually be ordained on February 6th, 1812. That same month, the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions sent Hall and four others to India. Upon arrival, Hall went to Bombay with fellow missionary Samuel Nott. He would eventually marry Margaret Lewis in December of 1816. They would have four children together, though only one would survive into adulthood. In 1826, while touring areas of the country with outbreaks of cholera, he contracted the disease and died.

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