BIOGRAPHY

JAMES HALE - OF OAKFIELD, NY

James Hale, an Englishman by birth, came to the United States in 1851, and located in Oakfield, where he still resides. He married Grace, daughter of Thomas Sanders, of Oakfield. Their children were Susan, Thomas, William, Jay Hugh, and Mary. He served in Co. H, N Y. H. A. during the late war, and draws a pension on account of wounds received in the service. He now lives on a farm on road 2. His father, James Hale, Sr., was a native of Devonshire, Eng., and followed his son to Oakfield in 1872, where he died June 1, 1880, aged 67 years. His wife was Mary A. Ching, of Devonshire, Eng. Their children were John, William, Robert, Thomas, Enoch, George, Susan, and James.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890