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Obed Hale

Obed Hale

19th century farmer and politician.

Obed Pease Hale (1809–1892) was an American farmer and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Kenosha County in the first session after the county was created.[1]

Quick Facts Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Kenosha 2nd district, Preceded by ...

Background

Obed P. Hale, son of Obed and Mindwell Hale, was born in Enfield, Connecticut, in 1809. At the age of seventeen he moved to Ohio, and became a farmer. He married Laura B. King, daughter of Jabez and Hannah King, and the first white child born in Chardon, Ohio. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1842, the Hales came to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in the town of Paris in Kenosha County.

Civic life

Hale was active in local politics, serving as a justice of the peace for about twenty-five years and holding other minor offices. When Kenosha County was separated from Racine County in April 1850, he was elected to the State Assembly[2] running as a (Free Soil) Democrat.[3][4] He was succeeded in 1852 by Lathrop Burgess, also a Free Soiler.

Later life

In 1870, he left Paris for Kenosha, where he resided for the rest of his life. He died in 1892.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999 State of Wisconsin Legislative Bureau. Information Bulletin 99-1, September 1999; p. 58 Archived December 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  2. [2]
    Trenary, Otis L. Souvenir, Kenosha County Court House: and bits of yesterday, foundations of today 1925; p. 55
  3. [3]
    "Democratic Nominations". Kenosha Democrat. October 31, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved January 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. [4]
    "Election Returns: Kenosha County". The Weekly Wisconsin. November 13, 1850. p. 2. Retrieved January 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. [5]
    J.H. Beers and Co. Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of business and professional men and of many of the early settled families Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1906; p. 250


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