Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Kale, Thomas B. 1843 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

THOMAS B. KALE.

Thomas B. Kale is one of the venerable residents of Eddyville, having passed his
seventieth birthday. Throughout his active life he followed the trade of
stonecutter and by industry, honesty and energy has acquired a competence. There
is also honor due him as a veteran of the Civil war, for he was one of those who
willingly stepped forward when the services of hundreds of thousands were needed
in order to preserve the Union. He was born in Ohio, July 12, 1843, and is a son
of David and Elizabeth (True) Kale, natives of the Buckeye state, where the
father died in 1846. The mother migrated to Wapello county, Iowa, in 1853, and
passed away on July 17, 1913, in her ninetieth year. In their family were three
children: Mary, deceased; Thomas B., of this review; and Matilda J., who married
Martin Criswell of Eddyville.

His father having died when he was a boy of but three years, Thomas B. Kale was
early called upon to make his own living. His education was meagre, but he made
the best use of such opportunities as were offered him. At the early age of ten
he began to learn the stonecutter's trade, and he has ever since remained true
to that occupation. In 1862, when the call went forth for troops, he enlisted
with Company F of the Eighteenth Iowa Infantry and served until the close of the
conflict, participating in several of the most sanguinary battles. He was shot
twice in the left side and was taken prisoner in Arkansas, but on the third day
managed to escape. He was honorably discharged at Springfield, Missouri, and
then returned to Wapello county, where he continued at his trade. For many years
he followed that occupation and as more experience came to him his services were
in much demand. In all his transactions he proved himself punctual, reliable,
honest and trustworthy. On March 8, 1868, Mr. Kale married Miss Mary Luces, who
was born in Kentucky and is a daughter of Bryant and Elizabeth (Prather) Luces,
natives of the Blue Grass state. In the early years of their lives they removed
to Illinois, where the father died, and the mother subsequently came to Iowa and
passed away in Ottumwa. In their family were four children, all of whom are
living. Mr. and Mrs. Kale have the same number in their family: Della J., who
married Joseph Harris, of Buxton, Iowa; Lula, the widow of Mandus Sager;
Elizabeth, who married John A. Reed of Sheridan; and Hattie May, the wife of
William Homer of Davenport, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Kale have twenty-one
grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.

Politically Mr. Kale is a republican and has always upheld that party, which
stood stanchly for the power of the federal government during the time of civil
strife. He is a public-spirited citizen, who is ever ready to support those
measures which are undertaken in order to improve the city and county, and in a
quiet way he has contributed his share to making Eddyville what it is today. He
has many friends there and is regarded by all who know him as a useful and
worthy citizen.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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