This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VlB.2ACE/912.1.2.1 Message Board Post: There is only 1 Hale family that appears in 1880 in Trinity Co. Stephen Hale 25 bm TN Silva Hale 23 bf AL wife Nilos Williams 12 bm TX sson Lillie Williams 5 mu f TX sdau Nora Williams 3 mu f TX sdau Silva Adams 95 mu f NC other There were about 6 or 7 Hail/Hale families in Houston Co. but nothing that would fit W.F. Hale. Most came from TN if that helps. I can do a nationwide computer search for him if I had something more specific - like year of birth, state of birth, etc. More than likely he was living in the home of his parents in 1880. There were quite a few William Hale all over the state but it was too vague of a search to be productive. Have you checked the 1900 census for him to get a date of birth? Do you have any other siblings names to help search? Catherine