This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hale Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YdJBAIB/2015 Message Board Post: William Steele was about 60 years old when he died in 1913. He was murdered. A man named Joseph C. Hale was tried and found innocent. This murder occured in Christian CO MO., near the Wilson's Creek Battleground. Do you know anything about this man? Do you know anything about his descendants? If you know anything about him, please contact me. Thanks so much. brian in Springfield MO