Merced-Tuolumne-Santa Cruz County CA Archives Biographies.....Hales, Elisha 1867 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

ELISHA HALES

   Prominent among the early settlers of Gustine, Merced County is Elisha Hales,
one of its most respected and valued citizens. Coming to Gustine many years ago
he bought forty acres of land just outside the town limits, where he established
a dairy and in connection raised alfalfa. When the town of Gustine was laid out
he was one of the first to build a residence and he has been an active and
influential force in the advancement of this section ever since. He was born
April 12, 1867, at Soulsbyville, Tuolumne County, a son of Jack and May
(Trengrove) Hales, both natives of Cornwall, England. His rather came to
California during the gold excitement of 1849 and engaged in mining in Tuolumne
County. There were eight children in the family: Mary Jane, wife of Alex Davis
of Soulsbyville; William John, deceased; Richard; Bessie, deceased; Thomas;
Elisha, our subject; Emily and Jose, both deceased. Both parents passed away at
the age of fifty years in Tuolumne County.

   Elisha Hales was educated in the Tuolumne County schools and in young manhood
tried mining: later he teamed between Sonora and Oakdale for about six years;
then for a number of years he worked in quartz mines. He removed to Boulder
Creek and engaged in teaming in the Santa Cruz mountains for eight years, when
he located in Merced County in 1907, bought lots in the Townsite of Gustine and
ran the first grocery store. Selling out in 1909, he then bought the ranch where
he now lives.

   At Santa Cruz, November 26, 1892, Mr. Hales was married to Miss Edith
Maddocks, native of San Mateo County, daughter of the pioneers Frank and Sarah
(Rodgers) Maddocks; her father was a timberman. There were five children in this
family: Roy; Edith, wife of our subject; Austin, deceased; Worth; and Ethel. Mr.
and Mrs. Hales are the parents of two children: Dalton E. and Irma. Mr. Hales
still owns ten acres of the original forty acres which lies on the west of the
city of Gustine. Since 1919 he has served as deputy assessor of Merced County of
the 4th Supervisoral district. He is a Republican in politics and is a member of
Romero Lodge No. 413 I. O. O. F. of Gustine. Mrs. Hales belongs to the Pride of
Romero Rebekahs of Gustine.


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From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925

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