Biographical Sketch of Samuel R. Hale, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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Samuel R. Hale, a farmer of Piney Township, Pulaski County, MO., was
born in Tennessee in 1847, and is the son of W. G. and Susanna
(Brookshire) Hale, who were born in Tennessee in 1824 and 1823, re-
spectively.  The father is of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation,
and is now a resident of Kentucky.  From 1851 to 1868 he resided in
Missouri, but since the latter date has been a resident of the "Blue
Grass" State.  Samuel R. Hale is the eldest of six children, and was
but four years old when he was brought to Missouri.  He has lived in
Pulaski County since 1852, and up to the time of attaining his major-
ity remained with his parents and attended school.  In 1869 he was
married to Mrs. Mary Ann (Deer) Bradford, widow of I. N. Bradford.
She died on May 11, 1879, having borne four children, two of whom are
living.  In January, 1879, Mr. Hale married his second wife, Prudence
Huckins, who was born in Ripley County, Ind., in 1860.  She is the
daughter of F.S. and Emily J. Huckins, and has borne four children,
two living.  Since his marriage Mr. Hale has resided the most of the
time in Pulaski County, where he owns a good farm of 186 acres, 115
of which are under cultivation.  He is a Democrat in politics, and in
1868 was elected justice of the peace, and served two terms.  He also
served two years as deputy sheriff of the county, and from 1884 to
1886 served again as justice of the peace, being re-elected in the
latter year for two years.  He is a member of the A.O.U.W. and the
Free Will Baptist Church.

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