Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

William F. Hail is a native of the county in which he now resides, his birth taking place in 1828. His father was a Virginian and came to Tennessee with his parents when quite young. He was a farmer, and served under Jackson in the Indian wars. During one of the battles he obtained possession of an Indian boy, whom he afterward reared and educated. He gave him a medical education and he practiced that profession in Maury County till his death. The father married Tolitha Badgett, who bore him nineteen children, fourteen of whom lived to be grown, and six are living at the present time. The mother died in 1838, and the father wedded Martha Sullivan, who bore him five children, three yet living. The father died in 1852. William F. Hail was married in 1851 to Mary A. Vaughn, who is a Tennessean, born in 1826, and a daughter of Thomas and Mary A. (Westmore) Vaughn. To Mr. and Mrs. Hail were born the following children: John T., Laura N. (deceased), Tolitha E., Mary A., Margaret E., Margie A. and William F. Their mother died in 1867, and Mr. Hail took for his second wife Margaret McLaren, who was born in Tennessee in 1833, and died in 1880. In 1882 Mr. Hail wedded Ella Joyce, daughter of Henry and Nancy (Kimbrew) Joyce, who were born in South Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. Mrs. Hail was born in 1845. Our subject has always resided on a farm, and began doing for himself at the age of twenty-three years. He served in the late war, enlisting in 1862. He was a brave and faithful soldier, and returned home in April, 1865. In 1866 he purchased his present farm of 160 acres and is doing well financially. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and a Democrat in Politics.

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