Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1885, Hart County.

CASPAR S. BALE is a Kentuckian by birth, and dates his nativity from March
14, 1823.  He was born and reared on a farm, and his early education was
limited to the common schools.  Close application and home reading in
after life made him conversant with the best literature, and his education
in mathematics is sufficient for the transaction of ordinary business.  He
has been a farmer all his life, and in that vocation, very successful. 
Subsequent to his marriage, he purchased a small tract of land, to which
he has added by later purchases, and this land is in a good condition and
well managed.  He gives his attention to general agriculture and stock
raising.  December 18, 1845, he celebrated his marriage with Miss Purlina
Pointer, of Hart County.  To them were born three children:  Mary E., wife
of William Vaughan; John, who married Miss Elizabeth Mitchum, of Hart
County, and Nancy, wife of Samuel Best.  Purlina Pointer was born November
14, 1829, and is a daughter of Edward and Nancy, of Barren County, Ky. 
Mrs. Bale is a life-long and consistent member of the Baptist Church;  Mr.
Bale, though not a member, bases his religious views on the Baptist faith.
 He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the I. O. O. F.  He is
a Republican, but without aspiration to political honors (see ancestral
history in connection with a sketch of Simeon Bale.)

Bale Pointer Vaughan Mitchum Best
=
Barren-KY

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