I am looking for information on Benjamin Franklin Hale, Steven Hale, James T. Hale, Arzona Hale [Utley], John Hale, Charles Hale, George Hale, Homer Hale and/or Russell Hale. I have a photocopy of Benjamin's obit. but, I do not know date of death or paper in which it appeared. My guess is 1922. Here is what I have: On last friday [crossed out and monday written above] afternoon funeral services were held over the remains of Mr. B. F. Hale, for 38 years a resident of this city at his late home, 827 South Baltimore street. A remarkable feature of this service was the reading of an obituary prepared by the deceased himself about two years ago, which folows: My name is Benjamin Franklin Hale. I was born in Platt County MO., February 8, 1853. At the age of two years my mother and father moved to Atchison County, Kansas and I lived there until I was 20 years old. My mother died in 1878. I left home and went to St. Louis, MO, and went into business with my brother Steven Hale. I stayed there two years and then went to Indianna and farmed for seven years. There I was married to Miss Anna Taylor and we were blessed with a son, James T. Hale. He is now on a farm in Iowa, He is married and has 3 children. His mother died in 1879 and I stayed in Indianna one year, then left for Kansas City where I lived with my brother John Hale until March 18, 188? [a 4 is written over the original number] when I married Miss Arzona Utley. During our married life we were blessed with four children, Charles Hale, Russell Hale, Homer Hale and George Hale. Since living here in Kansas City I worked at the dairy business and labored until I became so deaf I had to stop hard work. I am youngest of a family of eleven children. All are dead but one brother in California. Mother died in 1878. Father died in 1875. I joined the Christian Church in 1880 in Oxford, Indianna, but my deafness hindered me from hearing in church and my only hope was reading and prayer. ======================= James T. Hale was my grandfathers father. He left the family when the children were little for another woman. And the story my grandfather/father was told was that he was a drifter, just passing through town.[just stopped to have 3 kids on a farm in Iowa?] My great grandmother left a letter when she passed away with what little information she had, including this obituary. Any information anyone has on this family would be greatly apprishiated. Thank you, Nancy Hale