The son of Jacob & Catherine (Tobias) Hale, he married Elizabeth Peebles Matthews and fathered Carrie Lee (b. @1857), Thomas (b. 1859), Mary S. (b. 11/??/64), Florence (b. @1866), and James S. (b. 01/??/72). The list of children may be incomplete. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted at the stated age of thirty-one in Carlisle October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Camp McClure in Chambersburg November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Elected captain, he was then promoted to the rank of major to date November 21, 1862, and honorably discharged with the regiment August 12, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Oakville, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. F, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to captain to date September 12, 1864, he honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865. His brother Samuel served in the same company.
He died while in a coma precipitated by "paresis (senile)." His death certificate lists an October 21 birthday but also reports him dying at the age of 84-7-19 that calculates to the birth date shown above.
Shippensburg News
Shippensburg, PA
15 November 1862
Elected Captain
Our estimable friend, Mr. Martin G. Hale, of Southampton Township, has been elected to the position of Captain of one of the companies of the drafted militia from this county [158th Pennsylvania Infantry], at present encamped at Camp 'McClure' Chambersburg. That he will make a faithful officer no one who is acquainted with Mr. H. will doubt. We congratulate him on this preferment.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted at the stated age of thirty-one in Carlisle October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Camp McClure in Chambersburg November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Elected captain, he was then promoted to the rank of major to date November 21, 1862, and honorably discharged with the regiment August 12, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Oakville, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. F, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to captain to date September 12, 1864, he honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865. His brother Samuel served in the same company.
He died while in a coma precipitated by "paresis (senile)." His death certificate lists an October 21 birthday but also reports him dying at the age of 84-7-19 that calculates to the birth date shown above.
Shippensburg News
Shippensburg, PA
15 November 1862
Elected Captain
Our estimable friend, Mr. Martin G. Hale, of Southampton Township, has been elected to the position of Captain of one of the companies of the drafted militia from this county [158th Pennsylvania Infantry], at present encamped at Camp 'McClure' Chambersburg. That he will make a faithful officer no one who is acquainted with Mr. H. will doubt. We congratulate him on this preferment.
The son of Jacob & Catherine (Tobias) Hale, he married Elizabeth Peebles Matthews and fathered Carrie Lee (b. @1857), Thomas (b. 1859), Mary S. (b. 11/??/64), Florence (b. @1866), and James S. (b. 01/??/72). The list of children may be incomplete. In 1860, he was a farmer living in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted at the stated age of thirty-one in Carlisle October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Camp McClure in Chambersburg November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Elected captain, he was then promoted to the rank of major to date November 21, 1862, and honorably discharged with the regiment August 12, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Oakville, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. F, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to captain to date September 12, 1864, he honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865. His brother Samuel served in the same company.
He died while in a coma precipitated by "paresis (senile)." His death certificate lists an October 21 birthday but also reports him dying at the age of 84-7-19 that calculates to the birth date shown above.
Shippensburg News
Shippensburg, PA
15 November 1862
Elected Captain
Our estimable friend, Mr. Martin G. Hale, of Southampton Township, has been elected to the position of Captain of one of the companies of the drafted militia from this county [158th Pennsylvania Infantry], at present encamped at Camp 'McClure' Chambersburg. That he will make a faithful officer no one who is acquainted with Mr. H. will doubt. We congratulate him on this preferment.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted at the stated age of thirty-one in Carlisle October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Camp McClure in Chambersburg November 1 as a private with Co. F, 158th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Elected captain, he was then promoted to the rank of major to date November 21, 1862, and honorably discharged with the regiment August 12, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Oakville, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. F, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry. Promoted to captain to date September 12, 1864, he honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865. His brother Samuel served in the same company.
He died while in a coma precipitated by "paresis (senile)." His death certificate lists an October 21 birthday but also reports him dying at the age of 84-7-19 that calculates to the birth date shown above.
Shippensburg News
Shippensburg, PA
15 November 1862
Elected Captain
Our estimable friend, Mr. Martin G. Hale, of Southampton Township, has been elected to the position of Captain of one of the companies of the drafted militia from this county [158th Pennsylvania Infantry], at present encamped at Camp 'McClure' Chambersburg. That he will make a faithful officer no one who is acquainted with Mr. H. will doubt. We congratulate him on this preferment.
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