The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-10-15
ANOTHER OLD SETTLER GONE.
Death of obed P. Hale.

Nothing in his life
Became him like the leaving of it.
He died as one that had been
Studied in his death,
To throw away the dearest thing he owned
AS 'twere careless trihes
DIED. At the residence of G. A. Dewey.
on Tuesday, Oct. 18th, Obed P. Hale
in the Saith year of his age.
Thus passes from our midst another Of
Kenosha county's old settlers whose ranks
are SO rapidly being thinned by the grim
reaper and the last of whom will soon,
have joined the great majority.
1t was not the privilege of the writer to
have enjoyed the acquaintance of the de-
ceased and we are indebted to the contents
of scrap book collected by the hardy
pioneer and for later data to intimate
friends Of the deceased for the following
facts in connection with the life Of Obed
p. Hale:
Mr.. Hale was born in the town of En-
field, Hartford county, Conn.,, February
9Th, 1908, direct descendant of Sir Mat
thew Hale, the great jurist and statesman
of England of the 18th century. Mr..
Hale received good common school edu-
cation in his native county, and at the
early age Of seventeen fell into the tide of
emigration for the western reserve. In
those days this was thought to be for
midable undertaking, few but the young
attempting it. There was portion Of the
Erie canal then completed, and aside from
a short ride upon this, Mr.. Hale made the
journey of seventeen days on foot with
staff in hand.
To swing the axe in summer and teach
school in the winter, boarding around, at
twelve bushels of wheat per month, was
the portion of the early life of Mr.. Hale.
The only cash he received for his last
winters work was 81 10, which he kept
and paid to the minister on the occasion of
his wedding to Laura B. King, which
took place in the town of Chardon,
Geauga county, Ohio, in 1881.
In 1912 Mr.. Hale removed to Kenosha
county in company with his brother, Geo.
Hale, Sr, and others, the journey occu-
plying seventeen days, the party arriving
in this city upon the Fourth of July and
participating in the celebration at.the park
that day. Mr.. Hale finally settled in the
town of Paris and remained there upon q
farm until 1870 when he moved to this
city, remaining here up to the time Of his
death. He represented this county in the
legislatures of 1851-'52, and for twenty
years was an acting justice Of the peas
in the town of Paris. His decisions were
so universally founded upon the true
merits of the case that he never had the
disappointment of seeing any of them re-
versed in the higher courts, though many
Of them were taken there for review
Mr.. Hale was an early and persistent
friend Of the slave, though never disposed
to disregard constitutional safeguards.
In politics he was first a whig, later re-
publican and joined the democratic party
in 1872 with the Greeley movement. In
matters of religion he was of a liberal
turn Of mind, and the religious views as
held by the modern Spiritualists were by
him accepted.
Mr.. Hale had been in his usual health
up to about six months ago, when he re-
ceived partial stroke of paralysis. He
gradually failed until the time of his
death. He was conscious to the last
recognizing the friends at his bedside, in
dlcating by signs that he was cognlzant
Of what was transporting about him
Without fear, in full possession of his
mental faculties, calm as the summer
breeze, he went to sleep. 1.-THE chamber
where the good man meets his fate is
privileged beyond the common walk of
Virtuous life, quite in the verge of
heaven"
Two children, Geo. Hale and Mrs.
Delina P. Dewey, of this city, with a
brother, A. III. Hale, of Cleveland, Ohio,
and sister survive him.
The funeral took place from the resi-
dence of c. A. Dewey on Wednesday at
2:3O o'clock, Rev. w. l.. Bray officiating.
The pail bearers were Messrs. Burr Sim
mons, D. B. Benedict, Geo. d. Head,
VIM. p. Robinson, VIM. F. Fisher and
Walter Dexter.