Alvin Hall worked as a coal loader for Elkhorn Collieries Corporation u ntil he was pinned under a slate fall on 2 November 1939. The accident o ccurred in a mine at Farraday, Letcher County, KY. His Workmen's Comp ensation Board claim indicated that, at the time of the accident, he wa s paid on a tonnage basis, and he had earned approximately $90 every tw o weeks for his labors prior to the accident.

As a result of that accident, which severely broke his foot, ankle, an d spine, he was awarded a worker's compensation settlement in the sum o f $1,200 for his total disability.

He was a member of the United Mine Workers Union, District 30, Local No . 5810.

In the years following his disabling mine accident, he worked a farm, f irst at the family home at the head of Thornton Creek, and then at his l ast residence on Craft's Colly. In December 1942 (during the Second Wo rld War), he and Mary were presented a Certificate of Achievement in th e "Live-At-Home Program" of the University of Kentucky Agricultural Ext ension Service, for producing 75% of the food needed by the family duri ng 1942.

• Married: 5 SEP 1905 in Letcher County, KY
• Note: The marriage is recorded in Marriage Bond Book #13, p. 556, Letcher Cou nty, KY.

1. Joseph Elzie Hall b: 18 JUN 1906 in Letcher County, KY
2. James Floyd Hall b: 31 JUL 1908 in Letcher County, KY
3. Lula Beatrice "Bea" Hall b: 29 AUG 1910 in Letcher County, KY
4. Harve Leonard Hall b: 22 NOV 1913 in Letcher County, KY
5. Sarah Evelyn Hall b: 22 MAY 1915 in Letcher County, KY
6. Opal Clarice Hall b: 15 DEC 1919 in Letcher County, KY
7. Edwin Hearld Hall b: 16 JAN 1922 in Letcher County, KY
8. Living Hall
9. Living Hall

1. Abbrev: Kentucky Vital Records Index
   Title: Office of Vital Statistics Kentucky, comp., KENTUCKY VITAL RECORDS I NDEX ,. (:,)
   Page: Vol. 67, Cert. #33267, Deathvol. 074
2. Abbrev: SSDI
   Title: Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security A dministration
   Note: 403-07-9477