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Noble R. Hagar
Born 1824

NOBLE R. HAGAR, farmer, Oxford Twp., Sec. 19; P.O. Oxford Mills; was born in Bradford Co., Penn.. in 1824, and came to Jones Co. at an early day and bought eighty acres, and at the present time owns 500 acres, and has made all the improvements, built a fine house and barn and good fences. His wife, Hannah E. Terrell, was born in Bradford Co., Penn., in 1827; they were married in 1852; have eight children, seven living—Milo M., Mary E. (now Mrs. Drake), Ida M. (now Mrs. Hammond), Theda A., Rosa J., Ellen M., Esther M.; Frederick M. died September 21, 1878, Mr. H. has held the offices of School Director and Superintendent. Politics, Republican; religion, Wesleyan Methodist.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 593.

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George Haines
Born February 3, 1833

GEORGE HAINES, grain and ice business, Monticello; is a native of Lancaster, Mass., and was born February 3, 1833. His parents lived in Boston until he was 12 years of age; they then removed to Cheshire Co., N.H., where he grew up and attended school. After reaching manhood, on the 30th of August, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Hannah L. Gilman, a native of Cheshire Co., N.H. They came West to Iowa, the same year, and located in Jones Co. He engaged in railroading and running a saw-mill, and was on public works several years, and afterward engaged in the grain and ice business. He has lived in this county over a quarter of a century, and is yet a young man.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 669.

G. J. Hakes
Born Oct 17, 1829

G. J. HAKES, of the firm of Leonard & Hakes, general merchandise, Martelle; he was born Oct 17, 1829, in Chenango Co, N.Y. In 1847, he came to Jones Co.; he also owns seventy-seven acres of land; he commenced business here with Mr. Leonard in 1876. Married Phebe J. Rundall in 1854; she was born in New York City; they have six children—Nancy E., Montague, Addison, James, Hattie and Ella. Has been Justice of the Peace, and has held various township offices.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 586.

James Hale
Born April 4, 1827

JAMES HALE, farmer, Fairview Twp., Sec. 35; P.O. Anamosa; born April 4, 1827, in Delaware Co., N.Y.; in 1837, he came with his parents to Illinois; in 1838, came to Linn Co.; in 1876, he removed to his present farm; hc owns 140 acres of land. Married Lovina Young in 1862; she was born in Illinois in 1847; they have two children—Don R. and Louis A. Republican.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 558.

John K. Hale
Born August 27, 1858

John K. Hale, who for many years has been actively connected with the business interests of Cass township, Jones county, in various capacities, is now the owner and operator of an excellent farm of two hundred acres located on sections 15 and 16, and in his agricultural pursuits is meeting with creditable success. He was born in Guilford, Connecticut, on the 27th of August, 1858, and is a son of Samuel A. and Myrta (Kelsey) Hale, natives of Treble county, Ohio, and Killingworth, Connecticut, respectively. Although the former was a representative of an eastern family, he was reared in Ohio and after attaining manhood accompanied his parents back to his native state, making his home in Guilford for a number of years. For about twenty years he followed the sea, becoming the owner and captain of a sloop which operated along the coast. He was thus engaged until his return to Iowa in the fall of 1859, settlement being made in Cass on a farm which he had purchased the previous year while on a visit to an uncle, F. W. Gillette. He passed his remaining days upon this farm, which is now in the possession of his son, William A. Hale, his death occurring on the 2d of March, 1868, when he had reached the age of forty-six years, three months and four days. He was a stalwart republican in politics and held the office of county supervisor, while he was also a faithful and consistent member of the Episcopal church of Anamosa. He was twice married. By his first wife, Mary (Hubbard) Hale, he had one daughter, Martha A., who became the wife of H. Monroe. Both are now deceased. Later he wedded Myrta Kelsey, who passed away in Cass township, Jones county, on the 4th of November, 1886, when fifty-six years of age. Unto this union were born three children: John K., of this review: W. A., residing upon the home farm; and Carrie A., the widow of Arthur Hanna, of Anamosa.

In the fall of 1859, when a little lad of one year, John K. Hale arrived in Jones county, Iowa, and has since continued to make his home within its borders. He lost his father when but ten years of age, and two years later he and his younger brother took charge of the home farm and operated it successfully for a number of years. He continued to reside upon the homestead until his marriage, at which time he began an independent business career as an agriculturist, renting a farm for one year. He then purchased fifty-seven acres and after three years added another tract of eighty acres, while two years later he purchased one hundred and sixty acres, so that altogether he owned two hundred and ninety- seven acres. At the end of two years, however, he sold one hundred and thirty-seven acres of his property and in 1892 disposed of the remainder, after which he removed to Anamosa and entered the grain business in partnership with C. L. Niles under the firm name of J. K. Hale & Company. He was identified with this line of activity for ten years, and during that time the partners invested in fifteen hundred acres of Dakota land. In 1902 Mr. Hale traded a portion of his land for hardware stock in Anamosa, and for three years he successfully conducted a hardware store in that city. At the expiration of that time he traded his business for his present farm, which consists of two hundred acres on sections 15 and 16, Cass township. He took up his abode thereon in April, 1906, and has since continued to make it his place of residence.

He has introduced many improvements on the farm, equipping it with all modern conveniences for facilitating labor, and under his careful management the place has become a highly developed property. He combines general farming with stock-raising interests, fattening from three to four carloads of stock annually, and in both branches of his business is meeting with most creditable success. Aside from his farming property he owns the home in which he lived while in Anamosa, and he also is the owner of another city residence property which he now rents. He was a stockholder in the Welch Manufacturing Company of Anamosa during his residence there and was an active and prominent figure in the business circles and public affairs of the community.

On the 1st of March, 1879, Mr. Hale was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Black, a daughter of T. K. Black, one of the early settlers of Castle Grove township, Jones county. Her birth occurred in this county on the 15th of May, 1857, and she passed away May 17, 1881, leaving one daughter, Myrta S., who makes her home with her father. On the 15th of July, 1882, Mr. Hale was again married, his second union being with Miss Clara E. Stone, a native of Lovell township, Jones county, her birth occurring on the 19th Of July, 1857. She is a daughter of Curtis Stone, who was ranked among the pioneer settlers of that township, where his death occurred. Unto the second marriage was born one child, Jennie K. Hale, who is engaged in teaching school.

Mr. Hale's religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Cass Congregational church, while his political allegiance is given to the republican party, the principles of which he has supported since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. For six years he served as township trustee of Cass township and was a member of Anamosa city council for one term. He is now serving his second term as county supervisor, and is interested in all those movements and measures which tend to promote the general welfare. Starting out in the business world very early in life, becoming identified with agricultural pursuits at an age when other lads are busily engaged with their text-books, he has worked his way steadily upward and has attained a high place among the substantial citizens of the township and well merits the proud American title of a self-made man. His entire business career has been actuated by a laudable ambition to succeed and the prosperity which he today enjoys has come to him as the logical result of his great industry and well directed efforts.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 341.

Mrs. Myrta C. Hale
Born 1883

MRS. MYRTA C. HALE, formerly Myrta C. Kelsey, widow of Augustus Hale, Sec. 63; P.O. Anamosa; Mr. Hale was born in Ohio in 1883; when he was 4 years of age, his parents removed to Glastonbury, Conn., where they had formerly lived. He was married to his present widow in 1857; they came to Jones Co. and settled on the farm now owned by Mrs. Hale, in the fall of 1859; Mr. Hale died March 6, 1868; Mrs. Hale has three children—John K., William A. and Carrie A.; Mr. Hale had one daughter by a former marriage—Martha, now Mrs. H. H. Monroe. Mrs. Hale is a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, as was also her husband.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 695.

S. D. Hale
Born February 8, 1829

S. D. HALE, farmer, Jackson Twp., Sec. 15; P.O. Anamosa; born February 8, 1829, in Onondaga Co., N.Y.; in 1837, came to Huron Co., Ohio, with his parents; in 1856, came to Jones Co.; owns 176 acres of land. Married Angeline Martin in October, 1855; she was born in Clinton Co., N.Y., June 25, 1829. Is Justice of the Peace; has been Township Trustee and School Director. Democrat.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 611.