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Author: Ed Blair (1915)

  D. R. Hale, manager of the Edgerton Lumber Company, Edgerton, Kan., is a
native of the Sunflower State, born in McCamish township, Johnson county,
Kansas, October 4, 1874. He is a son of Joseph O. and Margaret (Kramer) Hale,
the former a native of Ohio and the latter oi Missouri. Joseph O. Hale was a son
of Joseph and Alvina (Gibson) Hale. He was born at Macksburg, Washington county,
Ohio, June 19, 1843, and removed to Iowa with his parents in 1860. They settled
on government land near Chariton, Lucas county. In 1864 they removed to Gentry
county, Missouri, where they remained a little over a year, and in 1866 came to
Kansas and settled in McCamish township, Johnson county. Joseph O. Hale was one
of a family of six children, as follows: Benjamin died in Johnson county; Jerry
was a soldier in the Civil war; Joseph O.; John died in Johnson county in 1911;
Jane married George W. Pitman, and died in Johnson county in 1887; and Willard
L., who resides at Edgerton. All the deceased members of the family are buried
at Prairie Center, Johnson county. Joseph O. Hale followed farming in McCamish
township until his death, which occurred on March 18, 1890; his wife, Margaret
Kramer, was born at Albany, Mo., February 3, 1854, of German perentage. She now
resides at Edgerton. To Joseph O. and Margaret (Kramer) Hale were born three
children: Rena Hale Jewett, who resides at Edgerton; D. R., the subject of this
sketch, and Dell F., who resides at Anthony, Kan. D. R. Hale spent his boyhood
days on the home farm in McCamish township and attended the district schools and
the Edgerton High School. He worked hard to obtain his education, and while in
school worked for his board among strangers. At the age of eighteen, in 1893, he
entered the employ of the Edgerton Lumber Company in the capacity of bookkeeper
and has been associated with that concern since. In 1906, when Hodges Brothers
purchased the business of the Edgerton Lumber Company, Mr. Hale became local
manager, and has conducted the business since that time in a way that reflects
great credit on him. His straightforward business methods have won the
confidence of the public and made many friends for himself and the interests
which he represents. Mr. Hale was united in marriage, June 26, 1901, to Miss
Catherine, daughter of Florence McCarthy, a personal sketch of whom appears
elsewhere in this volume. To this union was born one child, Bernard AL, born
October 9, 1907, now attending school in Edgerton. Mrs. Hale departed this life
November 3, 1907. Mr. Hale is a Democrat and a member of the Catholic church.

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HISTORY OF Johnson County Kansas
BY
ED BLAIR

AUTHOR OF
Kansas Zephyrs, Sunflower Sittings and Other Poems and Sketches

IN ONE VOLUME

ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1915


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