HENDERSON CO. TX -  Obituary
E. M. Kale 
Athens Review Thursday July 7, 1938
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Athens Review 
Thurs. July 7, 1938
OBITUARY
E. M. (Mun) Kale was born in North Carolina on January 16th, 1847.  He died at his home
in Carroll Springs on May 30, 1938.  He came to Texas when he was ten years old.  He built
the house in which he was living in 1873 and lived there up until his death.

He drove a freight wagon with oxen going to Shreveport, Galveston and Houston.  When his 
load required it, or the roads were muddy, he had as many as sixteen yoke of oxen to his wagon.

Before the railroads were built he would take a load of cotton bales and would bring back a load
or groceries and hardware good for Dallas, Athens, Palestine, Jefferson and other places.

When the Confederate War started he was too young to enlist but did his part by serving as a 
supply hauler with his ox team, to the Confederate soldiers and their wives.

Mr. Kale was twice married.  To the first union were born five children, three of them surviving and
two at his bedside at the time of death.  To the last union were born eight children, four of them
surviving and three of them at his bedside and one unable to come.

He had 27 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.  He also left one brother, William Kale, of
Carroll Springs, to mourn his death.

The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church and the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
--By a Granddaughter.