Sophie Good Hall, nee Hammond La'oos (1902- 1970)
Sophie Hammond was the granddaughter of Dyea John Aandaaxiw. She was born at Hoonah, Alaska in 1902 and her parents died when she was little leaving her and her three siblings to be raised by her elderly grandmother. Sophie was raised in the Carcross-Tagish area and learned to read and write at the Carcross school. Reed Good and his brothers settled in Tagish in 1910 and 14-year-old Sophie married nearly 40-year-old Reed. Sophie and Reed had four children. Sophie may have considered that she married beneath her. When she was about 21-years-old she met Billy Hall, a Tlingit man of her own age from Teslin. Billy was raised by his father and they came to Reed Good's farm to work. Billie and Sophie had to leave the area because they were both Crows and not supposed to marry. Reed Good bore no grudge and gave the couple some mink to get them started. They moved to Little Atlin but had to move again to Tina Lake for a while. Angela Sidney gave the couple a trap line at Squanga Lake and they were fine until the depression hit and the fur prices fell. Billy had to kill off the mink and he started working for outfitters. They had twelve children and lost one to drowning, one to spinal meningitis, and one in the Second World War. In private they were held as examples of the bad luck that happens when members of the same clan marry. The building of the highway changed their lives. It used to be a two-day trip from Squanga to the trading post at Carcross or Teslin. Billy rented out boats to the newcomers. The men building the road in their area were black. Billy and Sophie died together in 1970.1)