Other Events:

• Name: Hiram Eldred Dorman
• 1850 Census: 12 Sep 1850
• Occupation: May 1858; Blacksmith

Notes:

Age at death was 38 years, 1 month, 2 days, according to the death record in Tyringham.

1850 Census:
Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 122

Hiram married Abigail Maria Tryon before 1850. Abigail was born about 1833 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 2 May 1895; was buried after 2 May 1895 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alice married George Eli Hale on 26 Sep 1869. George (son of John Hale and Nancy Pixley) was born about Jul 1847 in Massachusetts; died in 1920; was buried after 1920 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Alt. Birth: Abt Jul 1852, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Henrietta married William W. Hale on 19 Sep 1874 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. William (son of John Hale and Nancy Pixley) was born on 24 Aug 1855 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in 1938; was buried after 1938 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• 1930 Census: 9 Apr 1930
• Obituary: 17 Feb 1938, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts; Springfield Daily Republican

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1930 Census:
Tyringham, Berkshire Co., MA, ED 80, sheet 2A

Obituary:
Clarence W. Hale Dies

Tyringham, Feb. 16--Clarence W. Hale, 62, died at the House of Mercy hospital, Pittsfield, this morning after a short illness. He was born here and spent all his life in this town. Besides his widow, Mrs. Jennie (Hathaway) Hale, he leaves two sons, Arnold and Willis, both of this place; three grandchildren, and his mother, Mrs. Alice Hale. The funeral will be held at the home of Saturday afternoon at 2 with Rev. Mr. Job officiating. Burial will be in Tyringham cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Jessie Elizabeth Hathaway. Jessie was born on 3 Apr 1875 in Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Sep 1963 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; was buried after 20 Sep 1963 in Tyringham Cemetery, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

William married Mabel R. Crittenden on 12 Jun 1912 in North Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Mabel (daughter of Charles M. Crittenden and Mary Jane "Jennie" Rosenberry) was born on 23 Oct 1872 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Ruth Mildred Wallace after 1928. Ruth (daughter of William Henry Wallace and Irene Trowbridge) was born on 8 Sep 1907 in New York; died on 26 Mar 1954 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

Ernest married Elizabeth McKenna on 18 Jun 1907 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of James McKenna and Anna Callan) was born about 1880 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• 1940 Census: 27 Apr 1940, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: 14 Feb 2001, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Berkshire Eagle

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1940 Census:
ED 2-140, sheet 3A
Hale, Jessie         Head  F   W  55  Wd   Massachusetts   1935:  Same House
---, Arnold B          Son   M  W  37  Md    Massachusetts             "                      Farmer
---, Willis H.          Son   M  W  34  Md    Massachusetts             "                      Farmer
---, Elizabeth B   Dau-i-L  F  W  41  Md    Massachusetts             "
---, Elizabeth J    Dau-i-L  F  W  31  Md    Massachusetts             "
---, Alice M.         GDau   F  W  13  S      Massachusetts             "
---, Donald B Jr    GSon   M  W  11  S      Massachusetts             "
---, George G       GSon   M  W  10  S      Massachusetts             "
... 2 hired hands

Obituary:
Arnold B. Hale dies at 98; retired farmer, town official

TYRINGHAM--Arnold B. Hale, 98, of 74 Main Road, longtime farmer and former Tyringham selectman, School Committee member and fire chief, died Sunday at Willowood Health Care Center in Great Barrington.

Born in Tyringham on June 12, 1902, son of Clarence W. and Jesse Elizabeth Hathaway Hale, he attended schools there. He attended Lee High School and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.

After graduation, he joined his father and late brother, Willis, in the operation of their farm, Sunset Farm. After his brother's death in 1980, he operated the farm with his son, Donald B. Hale, and his daughter, Alice M. Hale. In 1992, they began a bed and breakfast and, in 1994, opened a restaurant that they operated at the farm.

Mr. Hale first attended church as a child at the Methodist Church in Tyringham, which is now called the Tyringham Union Church. He was its former chairman and moderator. He was a member of the Evening Star Lodge AF&AM of Lee for more than 72 years and former member of the Lee Grange No. 88.

He was a former trustee of the Berkshire County Extension Service and a former member of the Berkshire County Farm Bureau. He also was a former member of Ayrshire Breeders Association of Brandon, Vt., and of American Jersey Cattle Club.

Mr. Hale was the first fire chief for the town of Tyringham, served on the School Committee for 12 years in the 1920s and 1930s, and was a selectman for 19 years in the 1950s and 1960s.

His wife, the former Elizabeth B. Loring, whom he married March 26, 1924, died April 7, 1979.

Besides his son and daughter, both of Tyringham, he leaves two grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
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FUNERAL NOTICE--The funeral for Arnold B. Hale will be held Friday morning at 11 at the Union Church in Tyringham, with the Rev. Bert W. Marshall, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Lee, officiating. Burial will be in the spring at Tyringham Cemetery. Visiting hours at KELLY FUNERAL HOME will be Thursday from 3 to 6. In lieu of flowers friends wishing may make donations to the Lee Ambulance Squad or to the Evening Star Lodge in care of the Kelly Funeral Home.

Arnold married Elizabeth Bernice Loring on 26 Mar 1924. Elizabeth was born on 26 Sep 1899 in Sandisfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Apr 1979 in Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; was buried after 7 Apr 1979 in Tyringham Cemetery, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Group: Hall Direct Descendant
• Group: Halls of Taunton - DNA Family 024
• 1940 Census: 27 Apr 1940, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
• Obituary: 14 Jul 1980, Pittsfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts; Berkshire Eagle

Notes:

Group:
A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family

Group:
Descendants of George Hall of Taunton, Massachusetts.

1940 Census:
ED 2-140, sheet 3A
Hale, Jessie         Head  F   W  55  Wd   Massachusetts   1935:  Same House
---, Arnold B          Son   M  W  37  Md    Massachusetts             "                      Farmer
---, Willis H.          Son   M  W  34  Md    Massachusetts             "                      Farmer
---, Elizabeth B   Dau-i-L  F  W  41  Md    Massachusetts             "
---, Elizabeth J    Dau-i-L  F  W  31  Md    Massachusetts             "
---, Alice M.         GDau   F  W  13  S      Massachusetts             "
---, Donald B Jr    GSon   M  W  11  S      Massachusetts             "
---, George G       GSon   M  W  10  S      Massachusetts             "
... 2 hired hands

Obituary:
Willis Hale, Tyringham farmer, former fire chief

TYRINGHAM--Willis H. Hale, 74, of Sunset Farm died Saturday evening at Berkshire Medical Center following a long illness. He was a former Tyringham fire chief.

Born May 29, 1905, on the family farm, he was the son of Clarence W. and Jessie Hathaway Hale and the great-great-great-grandson of William and Hannah Hale, who settled in Tyringham in 1739, the year the town was founded. The family moved to the present farm in 1861. With a brother, Arnold B. Hale, he was the fourth generation of the family to live and work on the farm.

In 1939, Mr. Hale was instrumental in creating the Tyringham Fire Department and was an active participant in raising funds needed to build the present fire station.

Mr. Hale, Tyringham fire chief for 29 years, was a charter member of the Berkshire County Fire Chiefs Association. He was a former Tyringham School Committee member, a town assessor, a 50-year member and past Master of the Lee Grange, a member of the Evening Star Lodge of Lee, the Ayrshire Breeders Association, the American Jersey Cattle Club, Massachusetts Farm Bureau and the Union Church in Tyringham.

He was an avid horseman and showman.

Willis married Elizabeth Johanna Juel on 8 Jun 1928 in Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Theodore H. Juel and Martha Cristensen) was born on 1 Mar 1908 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Oct 1994 in Foresthill, Placer County, California; was buried after 31 Oct 1994 in Tyringham Cemetery, Tyringham, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]