A Pioneer Gone

A.B. Hale of Waterford, Joins the Multitude on the Shores Beyond

Death has reaped a heavy harvest this week among those who for many years have been active in the affairs of life in this vicinity. A death that came without warning was that of A. B. Hale, of Waterford, who died Thursday morning, of heart failure. He had appeared in usual health that morning and had been assisting his neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Anthony, in preparing for their departure to California. Upon returning home he lay down and within a short time life had expired. Funeral services will be held at his late residence this afternoon, at one o'clock, Rev. J.E. McConnell officiating, and the remains will be laid to rest in the Waterford cemetery.
Mr. Hale was born near Rochester, N.Y., Aug. 4 1815, where he resided until twenty-one years old, when he came west locating in Illinois. In 1837 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Beach at Hadley, Ill., and in 1853 they removed to Iowa and settled near Cedar Falls. Coming to Minnesota in 1856 they resided on a farm in Greenvale for about ten years when they removed to the farm in Waterford which has since been their home. Mrs. Hale and eight children are left to mourn his loss. His children living are Mrs. E.S. Bills, Waterford; C.B. Hale, Redwood Falls; A.P. Hale, Chicago; Mrs. Fred Shatto, San Antonio, Cal (Texas?); Mrs. C.B. Beardsley, Chicago; Mrs. C.S. Lord, Lane, Kan; O.E. Hale, Hawley, Minn.; H.C. Hale, Chicago.
Mr. Hale was a well known figure among the residents in Dakota county, and his death marks the conclusion of a long life of integrity and well doing which has won the respect of all who knew him.