Hale, Edward Joseph

HALE, EDWARDS, HUBER

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Date: 2/18/2003 at 09:28:30

1911 Biographical Index to Wolfe's History of Clinton County Iowa, by P. B. Wolfe., pg 802
EDWARD JOSEPH HALE

Among the citizens of Clinton, Iowa, whose lives have been led along such worthy lines of endeavor that they have endeared themselves to their fellow citizens, thereby being eligible for representation in a volume of this nature, is the gentleman whose name appears above, a man who has worked hard for what he has achieved and who is eminently deserving of the large success that he has achieved.

Edward Joseph Hale, well known grocer of this city, was born in Portland, Connecticut, October 15, 1867, being of a most excellent family of the old Nutmeg state. He is the son of Joseph and Rosella (Edwards) Hale, the former born in Connecticut, in May 1844, of Yankee blood, and the mother was born in the same state in June, 1848, also of a sterling New England family. Joseph Hale owned a small farm and raised tobacco and in 1874 he emigrated with his family to Cedar county, Iowa, where he bought a farm and managed it until 1885, when he moved to Clinton, this county, and was engaged in gardening for the city markets until 1885, when he entered the grocery business at No. 548 Second avenue, remaining in business until June, 1910, when he sold out and prepared to move to Washington and retire from active life. He has worked hard and managed well and therefore he has an ample competency for his declining years.

Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hale, Edward J., of this review, and William Louis, who owned a grocery store at No. 214 South Fourth street, but who is now living retired and owns a large ranch in the West.

Edward J. Hale was educated in the common schools of Cedar county, Iowa, and there grew to maturity on the home farm. He came to Clinton with his father in 1885 and for a period of five years assisted him in gardening. He then learned the printer’s trade, but not fancying the “art preservative” as a life work, he abandoned the case and began working as a brakeman for the Northwestern railroad, being thus employed for a period of five years. Tiring of the hardships attending the life of a railway trainman, Mr. Hale finally entered the grocery business at No. 550 Second avenue, Clinton, and here he has kept a popular, well furnished and well managed store, and has been very successful, being a man of progressive ideas and honorable and considerate in his dealings with the public. His store is patronized by Clinton’s best people.

Politically, Mr. Hale is a Democrat; he is commander in the Maccabee lodge, and is a member of the First Methodist church of Clinton.

Mr. Hale was united in marriage with Mary Huber on June 15, 1893. She was born March 9, 1870, at Elgin, Illinois, and is the daughter of Charles and Eva Huber. Her father , who is a tailor by trade, was born in Baden, Germany, but has spent much of his life in America. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have one child, Bruce Edward, who was born March 30, 1896. The Hale family perpetuates the name Edward in every generation.