BIO:  HALE, Lewis B., s/o Lewis C. & Arminda (Hale) Hale

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

HALE,   VANETTA,  ETHRIDGE,   LACY,   ERNEST,   PIETY,   YEAGER

"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF
INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS.
& CO.,  PUBLISHERS. 1884.

SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA
FAIRBANKS TWP.
PAGE 817
LEWIS B. HALE, is a native of Delaware County, Iowa, where
he was born September 3, 1849.  his parents, Lewis C. and
Arminda (Hale) Hale, moved to Iowa, in an early day and
during the excitement of the discovery of gold on the Pacific
slope, the father went there but never returned, his death
occurring November 7,1850.  His widow survived him until
March 4, 1867;  they were natives of Kentucky, and were
intelligent and highly respectable people, and to them was
born the following family of children, viz.:  John M., Sarah
M., Mary E., Hulda A., Laura G., Amanda J., Louisa K.
and Lewis B., Sarah M. (married George H. Vanetta),
Laura G., Elijah L., Downey, Amanda J., John L., Nichols
and Louisa K.  Frank Willett, John M. (died February 5,
1839), and Hulda A., December 14, 1850.  Lewis B. Hale
made his home with his mother until ten years of age, when
he went to live with an uncle, with whom he remained some
seven years, receiving during this time the benefits of a
common school education.  From this on he did for himself,
and was variously employed.  He was united in marriage
with Miss Nancy E. Ethridge, daughter of James and Milla
Ann (Lacy) Ethridge, January 27, 1875.  This lady died
July 15, 1876.  Mr. Hale was married to Mrs. Mary J.
Ernest, daughter of Vincent and Sarah (Piety) Yeager,
August 11, 1878.  Mr. Hale is a practical and successful
farmer and stock-raiser, ownig 123 acres of well-improved
land.  He is a Republican in politics, but liberal in his views,
voting for men and measures and not for party.  He is a useful
member of society, and one of the county's best citizens.

NOTE:  There seems to be a duplication of the names of
the children born to Lewis C. and Arminda Hale.
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