James Hamilton Dale was born April 14, 1847, son of Peter A. Dale and Mary Grier Phagan. James was baptized at Prosperity ARP Church in September 1847. In the 1850 and 1860 Lincoln County, TN, censuses, he is found living with his parents. On February 25, 1869, he married Mary Elizabeth Marshall, born ca 1853, daughter of Quintin Marshall and Eliza Hill.
In the 1880 Lincoln County census, James and his family are living in the Molino community. Later they had a furniture and undertaker business in McBurg. After the tornado of 1909, James spent days traveling around the area, picking up the bodies of those who were killed. Granddaughter Nannie Bell Dale Haislip told of playing hide- and-seek in the coffins displayed in the front room of her grandfather’s house.
From The Fayetteville Observer, November 27, 1884:
MOLINO: Just four years ago our efficient postmaster, Mr. J. H. Dale,
was disqualified because he was a Democrat.
James died October 29, 1921, and Mary died January 17, 1935.
In the 1880 Lincoln County census, James and his family are living in the Molino community. Later they had a furniture and undertaker business in McBurg. After the tornado of 1909, James spent days traveling around the area, picking up the bodies of those who were killed. Granddaughter Nannie Bell Dale Haislip told of playing hide- and-seek in the coffins displayed in the front room of her grandfather’s house.
From The Fayetteville Observer, November 27, 1884:
MOLINO: Just four years ago our efficient postmaster, Mr. J. H. Dale,
was disqualified because he was a Democrat.
James died October 29, 1921, and Mary died January 17, 1935.
James Hamilton Dale was born April 14, 1847, son of Peter A. Dale and Mary Grier Phagan. James was baptized at Prosperity ARP Church in September 1847. In the 1850 and 1860 Lincoln County, TN, censuses, he is found living with his parents. On February 25, 1869, he married Mary Elizabeth Marshall, born ca 1853, daughter of Quintin Marshall and Eliza Hill.
In the 1880 Lincoln County census, James and his family are living in the Molino community. Later they had a furniture and undertaker business in McBurg. After the tornado of 1909, James spent days traveling around the area, picking up the bodies of those who were killed. Granddaughter Nannie Bell Dale Haislip told of playing hide- and-seek in the coffins displayed in the front room of her grandfather’s house.
From The Fayetteville Observer, November 27, 1884:
MOLINO: Just four years ago our efficient postmaster, Mr. J. H. Dale,
was disqualified because he was a Democrat.
James died October 29, 1921, and Mary died January 17, 1935.
In the 1880 Lincoln County census, James and his family are living in the Molino community. Later they had a furniture and undertaker business in McBurg. After the tornado of 1909, James spent days traveling around the area, picking up the bodies of those who were killed. Granddaughter Nannie Bell Dale Haislip told of playing hide- and-seek in the coffins displayed in the front room of her grandfather’s house.
From The Fayetteville Observer, November 27, 1884:
MOLINO: Just four years ago our efficient postmaster, Mr. J. H. Dale,
was disqualified because he was a Democrat.
James died October 29, 1921, and Mary died January 17, 1935.
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