Peter Bale's biography Caledonia Township, Kent County, Michigan

SUBJECT: Peter A Bale's biography
Copyrighted by: Dennis Zank 1999
DATE: Jul 21, 1999
SURNAMES: BALE, RUSSEL
PETER A. BALE was born in Palmyra, Wayne Co., Pa., June 25, 1830; is son
of Henry and Lydia A. Bale, both natives of Sussex Co., N. J.. His father
was born Feb. 8, 1790; and his mother, Jan. 6, 1795. They removed in august,
1838, to Knox Co., Ohio, and in 1851 to Caledonia. Mr. Bale, sr., entered
160 acres of land in Bowne, and 80acres in Cascade, on which latter tract
he located. He died March 8, 1872; his wife died April 17, 1865. Mr. Bale,
of this sketch, is eldest son and fifth child of a family of nine childern.
He learned his father's trade of blacksmith when young, and enlisted Sept.
15, 1863, in Co. A, 1st. Reg. Mich. Engineers and Machanics. He performed
honorable service for his contry, and was discharged Aug. 25, 1865. He
was married May 4, 1856, to Melissa M., Daughter of James and Louisa Russel,
born in Williams Co., Ohio, Feb. 15, 1836. Two of three children are living--Mary
M. born Nov. 17, 1860; and Jane, Feb. 28, 1870. Mr. Bale is a Republican
and owns 40 acres of land on sec.22.


From Chapman's History of Kent County
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