Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Hale, D. F. 1809 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  D. F. HALE, farmer, P. O. Eaton, is an old pioneer of Crawford County, born in
Genesee County, N. Y., July 19, 1809. When four years old, in 1813, he was taken
by his parents to Jackson County, Ind., and there they settled on wild beech
wood land, and remained there until 1821, at which time they came to Crawford
County, and landed, November 2, near Palestine. At that time, there were but
three or four good buildings there, and about nine or ten cabins, which
constituted the town. They wintered about one-half of a mile from Palestine, and
in the spring of 1822, removed to Palestine. After two years of successful
farming near town, with which they were furnished seed and land and gave half of
their productions, they removed onto a piece of wild raw prairie land owned by
subject's uncle; built a cabin and farmed there until 1830. In December, 1829,
he was married to Catharine Walters. She was born in Dearborn County, Ind.,
November 17, 1811. After which, subject built a house on a piece of the land
given him by his father, and removed thereon in the spring of 1830. He procured
an ox team and went to plowing; after successfully engaging in his pursuits of
farming until 1834, he sold out and removed to Robinson Township and purchased a
piece of land 160 acres, of which forty acres was in cultivation. In 1839, he
sold out again and purchased 200 acres of raw land now in Oblong Township. He
went to clearing it up and removed thereon and remained there about six years,
when he sold out and purchased eighty acres, on which place he now resides. In
Crawford County, Ill., December 3, 1829, he married Catharine Walters, a native
of Pennsylvania, and daughter of Isaac Walters. His children are, namely, Mary
E. and Isaac Newton, are dead; George P., living; Ethan Allen, deceased; Samuel
L., deceased; Sarah E., living; Jacob W., deceased, killed in the battle at Port
Gibson, Miss.; Lydia M., deceased; Winfield Scott, deceased; Alva D., living;
John W., living; William B., living. He has always been a Republican, and has
served as Justice of the Peace at different times in Oblong Township, amounting
in all to six years.

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Extracted From:

HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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