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William R. Hale

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William R. Hale

Birth
St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Death
28 Jun 1920 (aged 70)
Saint James, Phelps County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Phelps County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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William R. Hale, farmer of Phelps County, .Io., was born in St. Louis County, Mo., on the 13th of August, 1849, being a son of M.C. and Sarah J. (Robertson) Hale, both of whom were born in Tennessee in 1820. and are now living in Phelps County, where they located in 1830. The father has held the office of justice of the peace for many years, and has also served as assessor of Phelps County. Six of his nine children are now living: Samuel G., William R., Alexander B., John A., Caroline (wife of John A. Perry) and
Lucy (wife of John Roster). The grandparents, Zachariah and Elizabeth (Hale) Hale, were born in Maryland and Tennessee in 1786 and 1791, and died in 1841 and 1854, respectively. Zachariah moved first to Tennessee, thence to Missouri in 1830, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. The great grandfather Robertson served in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Greene, and was with him on his retreat through North Carolina and
South Carolina, and took part in the battles of Cowpens and Yorktown, being present when Cornwallis surrendered. William R. Hale was five years old when brought to Phelps County, Mo., and here he was reared to manhood, marrying, in 1873, Miss Susan A. Yowell, who is one of five surviving members of a family of ten children born to the marriage of Lindsey L. Yowell and Sarah A. Wilson. Mrs. Hale's brothers and sisters are as follows: Napoleon B., Amanda J.
(Mrs. Paulsell), Lindsey L. and Charles E. Mr. Hale owns 200
acres of good farming land, with 110 acres under cultivation. He is a Mason, a Democrat, and he and wife are the parents of seven children: Minnie L., Ida M., Nicholas L., John A., William R., M. C. and Lindsay L. Source: Goodspeed's 1889 History of Phelps Co., MO.
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William R. Hale, farmer of Phelps County, .Io., was born in St. Louis County, Mo., on the 13th of August, 1849, being a son of M.C. and Sarah J. (Robertson) Hale, both of whom were born in Tennessee in 1820. and are now living in Phelps County, where they located in 1830. The father has held the office of justice of the peace for many years, and has also served as assessor of Phelps County. Six of his nine children are now living: Samuel G., William R., Alexander B., John A., Caroline (wife of John A. Perry) and
Lucy (wife of John Roster). The grandparents, Zachariah and Elizabeth (Hale) Hale, were born in Maryland and Tennessee in 1786 and 1791, and died in 1841 and 1854, respectively. Zachariah moved first to Tennessee, thence to Missouri in 1830, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. The great grandfather Robertson served in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Greene, and was with him on his retreat through North Carolina and
South Carolina, and took part in the battles of Cowpens and Yorktown, being present when Cornwallis surrendered. William R. Hale was five years old when brought to Phelps County, Mo., and here he was reared to manhood, marrying, in 1873, Miss Susan A. Yowell, who is one of five surviving members of a family of ten children born to the marriage of Lindsey L. Yowell and Sarah A. Wilson. Mrs. Hale's brothers and sisters are as follows: Napoleon B., Amanda J.
(Mrs. Paulsell), Lindsey L. and Charles E. Mr. Hale owns 200
acres of good farming land, with 110 acres under cultivation. He is a Mason, a Democrat, and he and wife are the parents of seven children: Minnie L., Ida M., Nicholas L., John A., William R., M. C. and Lindsay L. Source: Goodspeed's 1889 History of Phelps Co., MO.


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