hi Sandra....see your post below....I am going crazy today trying to figure this mess out....have you come across any thing new? I have a new scenerio which I think I will send to the HALE mail list, too......but see what you think. ***abt 1766 Zachary HALE who married a Sarah was born and according to the Franklin Co Probate records he died about Feb 10, 1824 and his property was appraised by Bracket BARNS (?), John BELL and Henry BROWN.(I have copies of the documents) James NORTH and Charles WILLIAMSON swore that the names and number of Zach's children were residing in Franklin Co Missouri and were David, and what looks like Amy, and Jefsee HALE (Jessie) Another document shows Justice of Peace Henry BROWN approved of the proceedings on March 11 1824. NOW... The above David (if born in 1810 as is my David who married Narcissa) was about 14 at the time of the above Zachariah's death, and he grew up and on 17 July 1833, he being abt 23 yrs old, married Narcissa KEEN, dau of Mathias KEEN and Racheal BROWN (who may be related to the J.P. who approved the above documents. NOW... They, David and Narcissa, had the following children: Zachariah Hale dob abt 1834 Rachael Hale dob abt 1836 Sarah Hale dob abt 1838 Jesie Hale dob abt 1840 Mary Elizabeth Hale dob 27 Jan 1844. When David, Narcissa's husband, was about 46, she died according to her father Mathias KEEN's will of abt Feb 1856, showing that a bequeath was made to daughter Narcissa's HEIRS... not to Narcissa!, so she would have had to have died before the will was made out. Davids' youngest was about 13 in 1856, and her name was Mary Elizabeth HALE who later married Thomas D. MERIDETH. The next youngest, Jesie, would have been about 17 or 18 and he probably left home before the next census... and Mary who it seems, was called Elizabeth for the most part had married and was living with them hense on the 1860 census. (I don;t seem to have an 1860 census for them...) NOW... what if David/Narcissa who finds himself a widower at a young 46 yrs old, marries Elizabeth PRATHER before the 23 of Dec 1860 when Wesley David Hale was born...and so on and so on??????? Is there any way these can be checked out?????? =============================================================== On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 21:23:06 -0500 sbriones@athenet.net (Sandra Briones) writes: Hi, Leona, Am I excited! I haven't been this close to finding new info in a long time. Now if I can just fit it together. I dug out some old hand writtennotes that I inherited from a relative who was working on the Hale tree. There is a notation that perhaps David Zachariah Hale was married twice and had two other children by that wife -- no name, no chronology. Not muchhelp... This is what I know about this Hale family. Even though they ended up inArk. my notes say that they were among the early settlers of Jefferson CO,MO. David Zachariah HALE b. Norfolk, VA (KY, S. Carolina)& Elizabeth PRATHER | Wesley David HALE | b. 23 Dec 1860 | d. 16 Aug 1918, Sevier county, Arkansas | & Eudora Frances LEMON | b. 16 Dec 1866, Lonedell, MO, Franklin CO | d. 13 Dec 1950, Nathan, Ark, Pike CO | m. 16 Dec 1882, Sevier Co, AR | | David Bennett HALE | | b. 11 Oct 1890 | | d. 26 Apr 1943, St. Louis, Barnes Hospital | | & Martha Lucinda HERRINGTON1 | | b. 25 Oct 1894, Fletcher, MO | | d. 6 Feb 1971, Ishpeming, MI Buried in Ork Grave, Franklin | | m. 1 Aug 1917, Providence,Washington Co, MO | | | Eldon Wesley HALE2 | | | b. 12 Jun 1918, Washington CO, MO | | | d. 20 Oct 1978, Norman, Oklahoma | | | & Mary Dee RUSSELL | | | b. 27 Oct 1920, Clinton, MO Henry CO | | | m. 24 Aug 1942, DeSoto, MO | | | Alma Irene HALE | | | b. 5 Mar 1920, Franklin County, Mo | | | & Raymond SANDERS | | | b. 17 Jan 1930, De Soto, Mo | | | m. 23 May 1970, 1st Baptist Church, 46estus-Crystal City, MO | | Charles William HALE| & Eva CARTER | | Varnia Evelyn HALE | | & John Dighton LEWIS | | Carmen Marie HALE| & William HAYES | | Anna HALE | | Dulcie HALE | | James Zachariah HALE | Elizabeth Meredith HALE | James Marion HALE | Pearline HALE | Rebecca HALE Elizabeth Meredith Hale is listed as a daughter of David Hale and Elizabeth Prather. What a puzzle! Sandi -- Leona [Lee] lee@gower.net Genealogy, Native American, wild flowers, gardening,insects, Herbs, etc.. Non Commercial site http://www.gower.net/lee Non Commercial site http://www.geocities.com/tvksi/index.htm