James Lanus "Jimmy" Hale

Male 1855 - 1917  (61 years)


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  • Name James Lanus "Jimmy" Hale 
    Nickname Jimmie Hale 
    Birth 3 Feb 1855  Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Death 1917  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I31303  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2018 

    Father Creed Wade Hale,   b. 1 Jul 1830, Patrick County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1898, Pea Ridge, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Nancy Jane Ashford,   b. 1829, (Cannon County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 8 May 1849  Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Residence (Family) 1870  Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F11343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Lou Emma "Ammie" Watson,   b. 0May 1857, (Cannon County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ~1925, McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Marriage 1 Aug 1875  Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5
    Residence (Family) 1900  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. Lanus Frances Hale,   b. Abt 1877, Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Samuel W. Hale,   b. Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Martha Ella "Ella" Hale,   b. 9 Sep 1885, (DeKalb County) Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1936, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     4. W. Creed Hale,   b. Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Lovie Louannie Hale,   b. 23 May 1893, Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1970, Cannon County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F11342  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 3 Feb 1855 - Cannon County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Aug 1875 - Cannon County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (Family) - 1900 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1917 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Name: James L Hale
      Titles and Terms:
      Event Type: Census
      Event Year: 1900
      Event Place: Civil Districts 2-3, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States
      District: 44
      Gender: Male
      Age: 45
      Marital Status: Married
      Race: White
      Race: W
      Relationship to Head of Household: Head
      Relationship to Head of Household: Head
      Number of Living Children:
      Years Married: 25
      Birth Date: Feb 1855
      Birthplace: Tennessee
      Marriage Year (Estimated): 1875
      Immigration Year:
      Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
      Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
      Mother of how many children:
      Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
      Household ID: 79
      Line Number: 29
      Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
      Affiliate Publication Number: T623
      GS Film Number: 1241567
      Digital Folder Number: 004118954
      Image Number: 00054


      Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
      James L Hale Head M 45 Tennessee
      Mary Hale Wife F 43 Tennessee
      Lannas Z Hale Son M 24 Tennessee
      Garfield Jas Hale Son M 19 Tennessee
      Samuel Hale Son M 17 Tennessee
      Martha Hale Daughter F 14 Tennessee
      John Hale Son M 12 Tennessee
      Lovie Hale Daughter M 7 Tennessee

      Citing this Record
      "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8Z-W5T : accessed 27 December 2018), Lovie Hale in household of James L Hale, Civil Districts 2-3, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44, sheet 5A, family 79, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,567.

      end of census [8]
    • 1880 Census, DeKalb Co., TN, District 3 (Clearfork)
      HALE, James L. 25
      Mary E. 23
      L. Francis 3 Son
      W. Creed 1 Son

      [Kevin Bandy 1999]

      Ammie Watson died at John and Ella Bess's home in McMinnville. Both, Ammie and Jimmy Hale, had become feeble. Ella Bess took Ammie to live in McMinnville with her family. My grandmother's mother, Lovie Hale Barrett, took Jimmy into her home here. Jimmy Hale smothered. He died in 1917 while WWI was going on. My great grandfather was fighting overseas in France when he died.

      My great grandmother, Lovie, wrote to my great grandfather, George Barrett, telling him that "Pa" had died. However, the army wouldn't let bad news go through to the soldiers, and my great grandfather didn't learn of his father-in-law's passing until he returned home. My grandmother said that her older sister, Emma Jean Barrett Hayes, was just a baby and played on the bed with Jimmy Hale. He was unable to get around then. As he was dying, my great grandmother, Lovie, would ask if she could do anything for him. He could only manage to say "oh, breath".

      Ammie Watson lived some 8 or 10 years after Jimmy Hale passed. She lived all those years with the Bess family in McMinnville. My grandmother was born in 1923 and she said that she was old enough that she can remember when the Bess family came to tell her mother that Ammie Watson had died. My grandmother said that all of her family had the flu including Lovie. And none of the family got to attend the funeral or burial. Her mother (Lovie) always regretted not having the opportunity to say goodbye to her mother. But in those days when you had the flu, you stayed at home. The flu was a real killer in those days. [9]

  • Sources 
    1. [S44473] United States Census, 1910 for James Hale.

    2. [S44474] United States Census, 1900 for James L Hale.

    3. [S1377] "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8TW-7QZ : accessed 03 Jul 2014.

    4. [S44472] United States Census, 1920 for Mary Hale.

    5. [S44583] Kevin L. Bandy | 11 Dec 2011 | The Bailiff and Allied Families.

    6. [S44475] FamilySearch.org | Pedigree Resource File.

    7. [S52335] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hale&GSfn=creed&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=45&GScntry=4&GSob=n&G.

    8. [S13485] James L Hale, United States Census, 1900, Citing this Record.

    9. [S1378] "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SG17-N62 : accessed 2014-07-03),.