ROBERT C. HALE, Sec. 29; P. O. Platteville; is a son of John and Isabella (McColloch) Hale (see sketch of John Hale); was born March 28, 1848, in Hazel Green, Grant Co., Wis.; came to Lima in 1850, and has since resided here; was for a number of years on a small farm on Sec. 20, and located where he now is in 1873. He married Mrs. Hannah M. (Condry) Reed; she was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, and came to Grant Co. in 1871, with her former husband, William Reed, who died a year later, leaving an only son, James Reed. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have three children - William T., John J. and Jessie May, all born in Lima. Mr. Hale is one of the three owners of a recently purchased portable steam saw-mill, and is at present engaged in operating it in the heavily-timbered districts of Grant Co.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.