The Hales Newsletter

Motto: United Force is Stronger

Old Series May 1980 Vol. 7. No. 2.

News and Views

In Memoriam

James Hales of Tennessee

Jesse O. Hales of Oregon

George A. Hales of Ohio

John C. F. Hales of Ohio

Letters

The Hales Newsletter contains current events, historical sketches and genealogical information pertaining to the Hales family. It is published by Kenneth Glyn Hales, secretary of The Hales Genealogical Society from 1970 through 1981 and The Hales Family History Society since 1995.

The Hales Family History Society

5990 North Calle Kino

Tucson, Arizona 85704-1704

This is the on-line version. The original was scanned and the text corrected for spellings, something that was very difficult in the original mimeograph process. There is also some minor editing. The Hales Manuscript pages being developed during the publication of the Old Series of The Hales Newsletter have been deleted because the content is now found in The Hales Chronicles, now in its second edition with the third edition planned for 2005.

The Hales Chronicles can be found on the Hales web-page at www.hales.org and at The Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at Salt Lake City, Utah; The Library of Congress at Washington, D.C.; The Library of The Society of Genealogists at London, England; and the Centre for Kentish Studies at Maidstone, Kent, England.

The Hales Newsletter is provided to the above cited repositories and the Allen County Public Library at Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Allen County Public Library indexes our publication and provides articles through their Periodical Source Index (PERSI).

If you would like a printed copy, reprints of the Old Series of The Hales Newsletters are available at a cost of $3.00 each. Copies of the original mimeographed Newsletters are also available at $3.00 each.

This section of our Hales Newsletter contains the "happenings" that I am made aware of between issues. If you know of something that you feel should be in this section which is not here, it is probably because no one has sent me the information. Send me a copy of any newsworthy item concerning our relatives that you discover.

Remember that the success of this part of our HALES Newsletter will happen only if all of us take part in reporting the news.

The past couple of years have taken their toll on my publishing efforts. It seems that we purchased a home that simply did not have enough room in it. The printing equipment was in a corner of the bedroom, I couldn't get to my files in the storage room etcetera. But I have now completed an addition which has a room 14' by 21' which I have moved all of my genealogical materials. Also I feel very guilty by the Inactivity. I am once again rested and ready to go to make progress on our genealogy. The room took awhile to complete since I did all the work myself, but it is now ready to use.

There is a microfilm version of The Old Series of The Hales Newsletter available through any Family History Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

NICLAS DEAN HALES. The Producers, Frank and Kriste Hales, present "It's a Boy" starring Niclas Dean Hales. Directed by Dr. Smoot and Mrs. Evans with special technical assistance by the nurse, the first showing was 2:16 p.m. on August 25^th 1979. He weighed in at 9 pounds and 10 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. The proud parents live at 1076 South Anne Circle, Orem, Utah 84057. Niclas descends from grandparents Monte Frank and Hanne Hales of 1453 Colony Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84117. Frank reports that, "He was big enough to walk out of the delivery room.

BRYAN WESLEY HALES. February 21^st, 1979 marked the arrival at Tucson Medical Center of Bryan Wesley Hales the firstborn son of Kenneth Gregory and Vicky Hales. Bryan arrived the day before his parents were to move to Phoenix, Arizona where his father is employed as "Education Coordinator" in one of the first of 50 Computer only stores opened up by Radio Shack. This Hales family makes its home at 2002 West Glendale Apt, J., Phoenix, Arizona 85021.

SHIRLEY MAXINE PORTER HALES. Shirley Maxine Porter Hales, 48,died June 24, 1979. Born May 7, 1931 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah to Claude and Maxine Tremayne Porter. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Survivors: mother, Maxine Porter; father, Claude Porter; daughter, Tasia Caddis, all of Salt Lake City. She was Interred In the Taylorsville Memorial Park cemetery.

GEORGE RAY HALES. Former Mayor of Springville, Utah dies. George Ray Hales, 90, prominent civic leader and churchman, died July 21, 1979 at his home in Springville. He was born February 7, 1889 in Spanish Fork, a son of George and Sarah Ann Eliza Brockbank Hales. He married Laura Bird on September 1, 1915 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple and she died in 1918. He married Minnie Lesley Grooms on June 27, 1923 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. He attended schools of Spanish Fork and graduated from the Brigham Young Academy in Provo. He received his bachelor's degree in 1914 from Utah State University. He served on the Spanish Fork City Council and was also mayor of that city. He was a member of the Spanish Fork Stake Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons) for 12 years. After moving to Springville In 1941, he served as bishop of the Springville Third Ward. He taught in the high schools of American Fork, Spanish Fork and Springville for 35 years, and also owned and operated a large farm In Springville. He was a longtime member of the Kiwanis Club. Surviving are his wife; one son and one daughter: George G. Hales of Blackfoot, Idaho; Mrs. Hal (Aileen) Clyde of Springville; 15 grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; seven brothers and sisters: Lockwood Hales and Helen H. Hawkins of Glendale, California; Leah H. Harrison; Mary H. Frandsen and Angus Hales, all of Springville; Nathan Hales of Spanish Fork, and Agnes H. Higgins of Salt Lake City. Two sons, Delber:t G. Hales and Howard Joshua Hales preceded him in death. Burial was In the Springville Evergreen Cemetery.

ROY ADRIAN HALES. Roy Adrian Hales, Jr., 58, of 945 W. Heritage Ct., Mequon, Wisconsin died at home on August 25, 1977. He was the director of sales for Huber Supreme Metal Treating, New Berlin, prior to his death. He was born January 7, January 1919 at Detroit, Michigan the son of Roy Adrian Hales, Sr., and Frances Haverstick. He married Lu Schultz on November 23, 1940 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is survived by his wife, Lu, and two daughters, Mrs. Terry (Kathleen Anne) Gavin of Mequon, and Mrs. Don (Nancy Geraldine) Evans, of Greendale. Funeral services were conducted at Grace Lutheran Church in Oak Creek and burial was in the Wisconsin Memorial Park cemetery.

GARTH FRED HALES. Garth Fred Hales, 58, died September 3, 1978 in a Salt Lake City hospital. Born December 18, 1919 at Spanish Fork, Utah to Reuben Albert and Susannah Elizabeth Hales. Married Margaret Issac in 1939, later divorced. Married Beth Mackay in 1950. Worked for Western Pacific Railroad from 1939 – 1951. Life member Atomic Post 4355, VFW, where he was manager for 7 years and past VFW department commander. Member American Legion Post 71. Retired. Survivors: wife, Salt Lake City; Sons, Garth Hales Jr., Seattle, Washington; Robert L. Hales, Dallas, Texas; Arn Hales, Steven L. Hales, Greg S. Hales, all of Salt Lake City; daughter, Mrs. Frank (Robyn) Baer, Salt Lake City; 10 grandchildren; sisters: Mrs. Vivian Rinesmith, Spokane, Washington; Mrs. Jay (Dorothy) Ledingham, Richland, Washington; Mrs. Ralph (Cleo) Lemon, San Jose, California. Burial was at Taylorsville Memorial Estates.

LEONA HALES CONRAD. Leona Hales Conrad, 87, of Seattle, Washington died January 15, 1980 In Renton, Washington. She was born on February 6, 1892 at Scofield, Carbon County, Utah, to Charles Harmon and Eva May Burgess Hales. She married Lewis Alexander Conrad on May 20, 1912 at Provo, Utah. The marriage was later solemnized at the Cardston, Alberta, LDS Temple. He died in March of 1953. She received her education in Utah. Following her marriage, they made their home in Provo, Utah before moving to Tabor, Alberta, Canada where they lived for 30 years. She moved to Seattle, Washington in 1955 following a stay in Spokane, Washington. Survivors include four sons and one daughter: James R. Conrad of Spokane, Washington; Wayne Conrad of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada; Clarence Walter Conrad of Mesa, Arizona; Stanley Hales Conrad of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Mrs. Bart (LaRue) Dickson of Seattle, Washington. She leaves 23 grandchildren, 39 great-grandchildren, as well as a sister, Mrs. Alfred (Vera Hales) Quilter of Salt Lake City. She was buried in the Provo, Utah, City Cemetery.

WESTON VERNON HALES. Weston Vernon Hales, of No. 12 Tilden Drive, Novato, California, passed away on April 14, 1980. He was born on February 14, 1926 in Logan, Utah a son of Lais Vernon and Heber Lee Hales. He married Eva Dee Ferrall of Smithfield, Utah on January 9, 1947 in the Logan LDS Temple. He was a veteran of World War II ,and the Korean War.. He attended the Logan City Elementary and Secondary Schools and graduated from Utah State University in 1951 and Marquette University in 1959. He had been employed with the public health service as a Dentist since 1959, having retired on October 1, 1979 after 20 years of service. Surviving are his widow of Novato, California; two sons, one daughter; Robert Weston Hales of Seattle, Washington; Randy Scott Hales of Salt Lake City, Utah; Madeline Adams of Dubois, Idaho. Two brothers and five sisters; Heber Lee Hales, Jr. of Logan, Utah; Clinton D. Hales of Torrance, California; Frances Mae Andersen of Fair Oaks, California; Marjorie Daw Anderson of Glendale, California; Lais Imogene Wilkinson of Metaire, Louisiana; Aldyth Ann Stalder of Pocatello, ldaho; Dorothy Jane Mayhew of North Port, Washington. He was preceded in death by two sons: Marian Lyman Hales and Kurt Forrest Hales. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, April 16, 1980 in the LDS Novato Second Ward in Novato, California. Burial was in the Logan Utah City Cemetery on April 19, 1980.

WAYNE BROCKBANK HALES. Dr. Wayne B. Hales, 86, a former head of the Physics Department and dean of the General College at Brigham Young University, died May 3, 1980, at his home. Dr. Hales served on the BYU faculty from 1930 to 1971, when he retired. However, he continued to teach in the schools Division of Continuing Education until his death. He was president of Snow College from 1921 to 1924. He was also a bishop, president of two student stakes, patriarch and a temple worker. He was born on December 20, 1893 at Spanish Fork. Utah, Utah the son of Jonathan Hyrum Hales and Martha Ann Brockbank Hales. He married Isabel Ethel Wilson September 20, 1916 in the Salt Lake City, Temple. She preceded him in death on April 1, 1963. He later married Vivian Parkinson. He was the father of six children: James Vern Hales, Dean Wilson Hales, Isabel Hales Cannon, Margaret Hales Bown, Richard Wayne Hales and Robert Hyrum Hales.

Congratulations to Ramona Hales of Payson, Utah, daughter Mr. and Mrs. Blaine P. Hales; to Jane Hales of Provo, Utah, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hales; and to Daniel Hales of Spanish Fork, Utah, son of Mr. And Mrs. Ernest Hales on being named Sterling Scholars for 1980.

From a cousin came the following interesting name in my mail. While researching recently I came across the name "Mary Jane Molly Tolly Beauty Skin Cabbage Head Slade Wellington McRoberts" Surprising what one can find In the old records. I promptly sent the information to a friend in Boulder, Colorado by the name of Mary McRoberts who thought I was joking, but the letter closed with, "Thanks a lot for the MJMTBSCHSWMc... Goodness! Just putting down your initials would take forever."

HAILE, HAIL, HALE AND HALES INDEX CARDS.

I have received a copy of the index cards which were collected over a period of 50 years by Robert L. Hale. They were donated to us by his daughter, Hester Ann. This collection contains names from the Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Iowa and West Virginia parts of the country. It is alphabetized. If you wish me to look in it for you please send a stamped self-addressed envelope.

James Hales of Tennessee was born about 1800. He was the owner and manager of a large plantation homestead in Tennessee. In 1845 he moved his family to Lawrence County, Arkansas. Isiah Hales (either the brother or son of James) fought for nearly 3 years with the Confederate Army but contracted smallpox while in the army and died. James Hales had at least one son, Jesse, who was born in Tennessee in 1830.

Jesse Hales married Martha Beasley, daughter of Lemuel Beasley. She was born in 1833 in Arkansas. This couple were the parents of nine children. Sometime while the family was being raised they moved to McDonald County, Missouri where Jesse engaged in farming and livestock raising.

Prior to the civil war the conviction that slavery was a deep and deplorable evil fixed itself in Jesse's mind and though his father and brothers owned slaves he would not follow their example. They gave their sympathy and personal aid to the Confederacy when the war broke out. but he and his eldest son, John Anderson Hales, enlisted in the same regiment of Missouri troops and fought throughout the war on the side of the union. John Anderson Hales died in Missouri in 1893. His father Jesse died in 1892.

Besides John Anderson Hales, other children of Jesse and Martha Beasley Hales were: James Lemuel Hales who was born in 1858 and died in 1937; Robert Jasper Hales; George Hales who was born in 1859 and died in Oklahoma City; Lewis Hales; Thomas Hales; Mary 'Molly' Hales who died when only 6 months old; William Taylor Hales who was born in 1867 and died in 1939; and Harriot "Hattie" Hales.

James Lemuel Hales was born near Neosho, Missouri in 1858. At maturity he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Samuel J. Walker. This couple had two children: Samuel Jesse Hales and Elizabeth Hales.

Samuel Jesse Hales was born on 30 January 1879 at Hutton Valley, Missouri. He married Truie Fern Harness in 1907. His sister Elizabeth married Warren Sherman.

When their mother Sarah died in childbirth at the age of 27, James Hales married again a wife whose first name was Calla. They had one son, Chester Hales of Oklahoma City.

After Samuel Jesse Hales married Truie Fern Harness on 22 May 1907 at Alliance, Nebraska, they went to Forsythe, Montana where he was constructing a section of the Northern Pacific Railway (Hales and Crane Construction Company). While they were there, Sara Winifred Hales; their first child was born. She was born on 14 March 1908 and later married Herbert Lester Hill on 7 June 1929 at Santa Ana, California. On 9 October 1910 their second child, Howard Jesse Hales was born in Shoshone, Idaho. He was born there while his father was employed on a Union Pacific Railroad job. Paul Walker Hales arrived on 11^th of January 1915 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where the Hales family was then making Their home.

During the war years, Jesse was working for the U.S. Army buying cavalry horses for use In Europe. At the close of the war (World War I), the Hales family moved to Santa Ana, California and made it their permanent home.

Samuel Jesse and Truie Fern Hales were killed in an automobile accident on 19 March 1935 at Santa Ana, California.

Their three children make their homes in and around Santa Ana, California. "

Jesse 0. Hales spent his boyhood on the old home farm and received his education in the public schools of the community. He followed in the footsteps of his father, taking up farming, and is now one of the most successful and progressive members of his profession in Umatilla County. The farm is up-to-date in every respect and the farm-house and outbuildings have the most modern equipment. In addition to his agricultural interests Mr. Hales is president of the Inland Mercantile Company at Adams and in financial circles he is prominent as a stockholder in the American National Bank.

In 1892 Mr. Hales was united in marriage to Miss Grace Morrison, a daughter of John and Grace (Reed) Morrison, and a native of New Zealand. Her mother was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and her father in that city. Their marriage was celebrated there and they later removed to New Zealand, where they engaged in dairying until 1876, when they came to the United States, settling near Adams, and here Mr. Morrison took up a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. He improved this land and resided there until his death in 1902, at the age of seventy-five years. Mrs. Morrison passed away in 1898. They were representative citizens of their community and in politics Mr. Morrison always gave his allegiance to the Republican Party. Both Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church and active in the interests of that organization. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hales two children have been born: Hilda, now Mrs. J. E. McCormack; and John, who is engaged in farming.

Since age conferred upon Mr. Hales the right of franchise he has been a stanch supporter of the Republican Party and the principles for which it stands. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons and is likewise a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is active in various affairs for the development and Improvement of the community in which he resides and his reward for a life of diligence and industry is more than a substantial amount of success.

344 Minota Lane

Springfield, Missouri

November 21, 1937

Mr. Robert Hales

Canton, South Dakota

Dear Sir,

I saw in last weeks paper in Bellevue a column with your picture and 23 apples grown on one twig and your name. I see it is spelled the same as mine, Hales, and it occurred to me we might be related. I am from the south (Alabama) and have lots of relatives, brother, sisters, cousins and uncles named Hales and I would just like to know if you come from the south also or North Carolina where my parents came from long ago. Lots of people spell their name Hale But have never seen anyone spell it Hales as we do. We might be related so this is why I am writing you. I also want to mention those 23 apples on one twig. That is certainly some apples from one twig. Would like to know the kind they are. We are in the Ozark Mountains here and they grow some fine apples here also. Had a big crop this year. I am sure you were very much amused to get this letter. The only reason for writing you is the way you spelled your name and wondered if we could be related to each other as I don't know that I have any relatives in the north, west or anyplace, only in Alabama.

Yours Truly

/s/ C. R. Hales

Thermopolis, Wyoming

April 3, 1973

Dear Mr. Hales,

I want to tell you how much I have enjoyed your Hales Newsletter and appreciate the work you have done. I have intended to write and send some money but have just neglected to do so. I have wanted to send the family record and as you know it takes time and effort to get it down.

My great-great grandfather was supposed to have come from Northern Ireland. My grandfather, Robert Hales was born In Norfolk, England in 1845, came to Wisconsin in 1881. He died at Etna, Wisconsin, March 24, 1901, and is buried in the cemetery at Leadmine, Wisconsin. He had several brothers. I have a letter from Charles and his wife written many years ago before grandfather died. He was supposed to have had 2 brothers lost at sea in the South Pacific, but Hales is such a common name in Australia that I wonder they didn't jump ship and settle in Australia. My grandfather was the seventh generation of Robert Hales – each was supposed to have had their mother's maiden name as a middle name. I was told that my grandfather's father passed away when my grandfather was a child. His mother married again and my grandfather quarreled with his stepfather and he stowed away on a ship when he was seven years old and never returned to England until he was 21 years old. Going back to the generations of Robert Hales – there is a china cow cream pitcher that has been handed down through the generations. My father received it before I was born. When my father Robert Hales passed away, it was given to my brother Robert Bancroft Hales. Then when he passed away in 1967 he asked that it be given to my cousin Robert Hales, who is the son of Alonzo Hales, who was the son of Robert Hales and my father's youngest brother. The china cream pitcher now belongs to Robert Hales who lives near Sacappoose, Oregon. He named his oldest son Robert Hales to carry on the name.

Yours Truly,

/s/ Georgietta Hales Payne.

No date but approximately 80 years ago.

Charles Hales

No. 31. Upper Milbank,

South Bank, Yorkshire, England

Dear Robert,

I do not know whether you ever knew poor Edgar was killed. He joined the navy and went out to Malta and fell over the cliffs. We never heard if he was taken up and buried, but it is a good few years ago. Bine is married and lives in London. Elizabeth was living when we last heard of her. Ellen still lives at Skelton. Young William has a large family of boys.

I forgot to tell you Alice’s eldest child, a boy of 11 years, is deaf and dumb but for all this is a very bright little chap and is away at school. Tommy Lee has been dead some years and so has George Lee – he died in Spain 4 years ago. Thomas Williams is retired and lives at Redear. William Dale is cashier at Eston.

/s/ Mrs. Charles Hales