John Warren Hale was born 4 Dec. 1824 in Bolivar, Tenn., during the journey that his parents, Josiah Curtis and Rhoda (Gregory) Hale, were making from Kentucky to Texas. After his birth "the Hales continued their residence in Tennessee for two or three years, after which they came as pioneer citizens to the Republic of Texas and received as their reward a league and labor of land in Red River County. . . . Hence, the earliest years of John's life were spent in north and east Texas" (Cates 1907:301).
"In 1849 a family of Fullingims came to Red River County from Alabama, and on November 29 of that year, John W. Hale was married to Mary Elizabeth Fullingim. . . . After marrying, Capt. Hale left his father and lived in Hopkins County three years. He then came to Wise County, arriving [on] July 13, 1854, and settled four miles north of Decatur, where he resided many years (Cates 301-02).
"Upon the organization of the County in 1856 John was elected as the first sheriff, and he was subsequently elected the county's first surveyor, continuing in office for a number of years (302).
"John was foremost in the organization of military affairs in Wise County at the inception of the Civil War; he was made chief enrolling officer and placed in preliminary charge of the post and arsenal at Decatur, from which relation he gained the title he bore (302-03).
"Capt. and Mrs. Hale were prime supports of the Methodist Episcopal Church in its infancy and later history" in the Decatur vicinity" (303).
"He died beloved and respected by all, and was interred under the ceremonies of the Masonic lodge of which he was a faithful and zealous member" (Cates 1907:301).
BIRTH: Photo of headstone; there is a discrepancy on date of birth between headtsone and the date mentioned in Cates' History of Wise County (p. 301), which is Dec 24, 1824.
DEATH: Photo of headstone
(Citations from Cates, Cliff D., Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1907.)
"In 1849 a family of Fullingims came to Red River County from Alabama, and on November 29 of that year, John W. Hale was married to Mary Elizabeth Fullingim. . . . After marrying, Capt. Hale left his father and lived in Hopkins County three years. He then came to Wise County, arriving [on] July 13, 1854, and settled four miles north of Decatur, where he resided many years (Cates 301-02).
"Upon the organization of the County in 1856 John was elected as the first sheriff, and he was subsequently elected the county's first surveyor, continuing in office for a number of years (302).
"John was foremost in the organization of military affairs in Wise County at the inception of the Civil War; he was made chief enrolling officer and placed in preliminary charge of the post and arsenal at Decatur, from which relation he gained the title he bore (302-03).
"Capt. and Mrs. Hale were prime supports of the Methodist Episcopal Church in its infancy and later history" in the Decatur vicinity" (303).
"He died beloved and respected by all, and was interred under the ceremonies of the Masonic lodge of which he was a faithful and zealous member" (Cates 1907:301).
BIRTH: Photo of headstone; there is a discrepancy on date of birth between headtsone and the date mentioned in Cates' History of Wise County (p. 301), which is Dec 24, 1824.
DEATH: Photo of headstone
(Citations from Cates, Cliff D., Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1907.)
John Warren Hale was born 4 Dec. 1824 in Bolivar, Tenn., during the journey that his parents, Josiah Curtis and Rhoda (Gregory) Hale, were making from Kentucky to Texas. After his birth "the Hales continued their residence in Tennessee for two or three years, after which they came as pioneer citizens to the Republic of Texas and received as their reward a league and labor of land in Red River County. . . . Hence, the earliest years of John's life were spent in north and east Texas" (Cates 1907:301).
"In 1849 a family of Fullingims came to Red River County from Alabama, and on November 29 of that year, John W. Hale was married to Mary Elizabeth Fullingim. . . . After marrying, Capt. Hale left his father and lived in Hopkins County three years. He then came to Wise County, arriving [on] July 13, 1854, and settled four miles north of Decatur, where he resided many years (Cates 301-02).
"Upon the organization of the County in 1856 John was elected as the first sheriff, and he was subsequently elected the county's first surveyor, continuing in office for a number of years (302).
"John was foremost in the organization of military affairs in Wise County at the inception of the Civil War; he was made chief enrolling officer and placed in preliminary charge of the post and arsenal at Decatur, from which relation he gained the title he bore (302-03).
"Capt. and Mrs. Hale were prime supports of the Methodist Episcopal Church in its infancy and later history" in the Decatur vicinity" (303).
"He died beloved and respected by all, and was interred under the ceremonies of the Masonic lodge of which he was a faithful and zealous member" (Cates 1907:301).
BIRTH: Photo of headstone; there is a discrepancy on date of birth between headtsone and the date mentioned in Cates' History of Wise County (p. 301), which is Dec 24, 1824.
DEATH: Photo of headstone
(Citations from Cates, Cliff D., Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1907.)
"In 1849 a family of Fullingims came to Red River County from Alabama, and on November 29 of that year, John W. Hale was married to Mary Elizabeth Fullingim. . . . After marrying, Capt. Hale left his father and lived in Hopkins County three years. He then came to Wise County, arriving [on] July 13, 1854, and settled four miles north of Decatur, where he resided many years (Cates 301-02).
"Upon the organization of the County in 1856 John was elected as the first sheriff, and he was subsequently elected the county's first surveyor, continuing in office for a number of years (302).
"John was foremost in the organization of military affairs in Wise County at the inception of the Civil War; he was made chief enrolling officer and placed in preliminary charge of the post and arsenal at Decatur, from which relation he gained the title he bore (302-03).
"Capt. and Mrs. Hale were prime supports of the Methodist Episcopal Church in its infancy and later history" in the Decatur vicinity" (303).
"He died beloved and respected by all, and was interred under the ceremonies of the Masonic lodge of which he was a faithful and zealous member" (Cates 1907:301).
BIRTH: Photo of headstone; there is a discrepancy on date of birth between headtsone and the date mentioned in Cates' History of Wise County (p. 301), which is Dec 24, 1824.
DEATH: Photo of headstone
(Citations from Cates, Cliff D., Pioneer History of Wise County: From Red Men to Railroads—Twenty Years of Intrepid History, St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1907.)
Inscription
Doubler Headstone with Mary E.
Epithet reades: The dust beneath is sacred for the spirit that gave it and with joy gave us its labor and its love.
Gravesite Details
Headstone pictures online at http://www.wisecountytexas.info/cemeteries/headstone %20info.htm
Family Members
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