City: Hartsville
HALE, W.J., merchant; born in Sevier Co., Tenn., March 10, 1836; Welsh descent; son of Cyrus B. and Eliza (Taylor) HALE; father was a farmer; paternal grandparents William and Priscilla (Cage) HALE; maternal grandparents Joseph and Martha (Blakemore) TAYLOR; educated at Enon College; in early life he was a clerk; entered the Confederate Army May 1, 1861 as 1st Lieut. of Co. “H” 2d Tenn., Infantry (W.B. Bate was his Adjutant); in 1862 he was promoted to Lieut. Col., and served throughout the war; was wounded at Chickamauga, carried to Johnson’s Island prison August 1864, and released from prison in 1865; married twice, first Sallie HUTCHINS, March 1862, second Mrs. Talmage DEBOW, Nov. 1880; member Masonic Lodge No. 113 Hartsville, Tenn.; Democrat; member Tenn., Legislature 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1886; member of Baptist Church.
