Schuyler Colfax Hale (abt. 1850 - abt. 1920)

Born about Oct 1850 in Indiana

Ancestors

Husband of Flora Irene (Gilson) Hale — married 6 Jul 1872 (to before 1920) in Prairie Du Chiein, Crawford, WI

Descendants

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Biography

Schuyler was born about 1851. He married Flora Gilson in Wisconsin in 1872 when he was 21 and she was 16. He and Flora lived in Allamakee County and then in Grundy County, Iowa where they raised their 9 children. Sometime after 1900, Schuyler and Flora separated, and Schuyler appears in the 1910 census living with a daughter in Kansas. He passed away before 1920.

Sources

• Birth Certificate Affadavit of Barbara Hale lists Schuyler Colfax Hale, 38, farmer as father and Flora Gilson Hale, 33, as mother of the child born on Feb 2, 1890 in Allamakee County, IA. Father's birthplace is given as Indiana; mother's as Postville, IA.
• Family papers; correspondence
• Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000.

US Census of 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910 and Iowa Census of 1885

• In the 1870 US Census of Ludlow, Allamakee County, IA, 18-year old Schuyler is living with 57-year old Sarah Hale, and is a farm laborer. His birthplace is Indiana; Sarah's is New York.
• 1900 US Census finds Schuyler renting a farm in Black Hawk, Grundy, Iowa, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head with wife Flora and children Barbara, John and Lucinda. His birthdate is given as October, 1850.
• 1910 US Census finds Schuyler living with his daughter Mary in Bourbon,Drywood, KS, with her husband Irving C Long, a hardware salesman and their four children.