This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hale Day Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZMB.2ACI/1667 Message Board Post: Reuben Lafayette Hale was born 1849 to Alexander and Louisa Hale in Christian CO MO. Reuben married Sarah Day in 1872. They had 2 daughters and 14 boys(really!). The daughters were Martha"Nellie" Ellen Hale(1875 to 1959) and unknown named daughter. The sons were: Daniel W.(1893 to 1943); Joel Madison Hale(1889 to 1955); Walter Clinton (1879 to ?); William Alexander(1870 to 1891); Albert H.1890 to 1943; Edward(1873 to ?); Oscar "O.D." or "Dee"(1880 to 1969); Robert R.(1872 to 1939); James Calvin(1975 to 1946); Reuben R.(1872 to 19??); John Alexander(1874 to 1931); Mark L.(1891 to 19??) ;H.E.(1888 to 1943). Do you know anything aout this family? Do you know any of their descendants? Please contact me if you know anything about these people. Thanks brian in springfield mo