William P Hale, my 2nd Great Grandfather died 100 years ago today. I finally found an obituary for him a few days ago. The obituary does very little in the way of helping to identify him other than give his age and the name of the cemetery in which he was buried.
Mr. William Hale
Mr. William Hale, Age about 77
years, died at his home on Route 6
Funeral and interment took place
Wednesday at Mt Vernon. Ser-
vices by Rev L. D. Lawrence. He
is survived by his wife and several
children.
"Mr. William Hale," McMinnville Leader, Vol 5 No. 18, Friday, 14 May 1926, p 1, col 4; image, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHK-73TC-517 : accessed 9 May 2026), IGN 8992369, Image 837 of 1124.
William P Hale--Find A Gravehttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261835503/william-p-hale
William Hale--Death Certificate--Warren Co TN 1926
https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2376/images/33113_257888-00791
(it is indexed as Wm Hall)
William P. Hale’s Find A Grave memorial is missing a key detail: his final resting place. Based on his death certificate (with son "Buck" as informant) and his obituary, William was interred at Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Warren County, TN. Hettie is also buried in Mt Vernon Cemetery(according to her death certificate). I am unsure if William has a marker and Hettie may not have one either. Unfortunately, the current Find A Grave for William bio also contains several inaccuracies on the number and order of marriages as well as the number of children.
The census records helps to verify that I have found the correct William Hale as they show James Buchanan "Buck" Hale(Wm's son by is listed in William’s household in the 1900, 1910, and 1920 Censuses, appearing alongside William’s later wives, Hettie and Mary. It appears Nancy was the mother of all William's children before her death circa 1887. While Mary Martina Hillis (wife #3) brought a son named Claude into the marriage, he was born in 1909 and is not likely William's biological son, despite using the Hale name.
Wives of William P Hale:
1. Nancy A Hitchcock (1840- before 1887) Married abt 187o-1871 likely Bledsoe Co TN
2. Hattie Bryant (1855- 1916) Married 27 Feb 1887 in Van Buren Co. TN (Phoebe Hale McCormick(Wm's niece) referred to her as Hettie Russ in her account of the Hale family.
3. Mary Martina Hillis 1877-1948 Married 1 Oct 1917 in Warren Co. TN
Wm Hale was the son of William Taylor Hale(1820-1861) and Adeline Elsey/Elzie(1820-1906). (TN Death Cert. #13287 of Wm Hale 1926)
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