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Subject: [HALE-L] Hale family names, Josiah, Sarah, Mary John, Willliam, of Henry CO. GA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 16:32:33 EST


Hi, All,

I am new to the list and this is my first posting, so bear with my ignorance,
please.

I am looking for help on the ancestors of my paternal grandmother. her name
was Mary Lee Nora Hale, married my paternal grandfather, John Daniel Turner.

Her parents were Josiah Hale and Sarah C. Adams. Everything I know about her
folks is listed below.

Mary Lee Nora Hale, my paternal grandmother was referred to by
family members as "Molly", and on one church roster, she is listed as "Mellie"
. She died when my dad was only a baby of 3 months, 3 weeks old, so he had no
memory of her. She died July 22, 1889, my dad was born March 30, 1889.

Mary Lee Nora, had a sister named, Emma Lee Dora. Jossie Emma (Turner)
Robertson, daughter of Mary Lenora "Molly" (Hale) Turner, had an old picture
of Molly with names ,"Mary Lee Nora" and "Mary Lanora" in dim handwriting on
the back. Mary Lee Nora named one of her sons, Howard Lee, and he gave his
two sons the second name, "Lee", Howard Lee Jr, and Richard Lee Turner. It
was common in those days for children to have three given names. The children
of my great grandparents had three given names, the third name being given as
a namesake in honor of the family doctor, attorney, or local banker.
Grandmother Lee Nora (Hale) Turner was married to John Daniel Clontz Turner,
until her death at the young age of only twenty- eight. She is buried in the
Methodist Cemetery at Inman, Georgia.

Once it was thought the two Hale sisters, Emma Lee Dora and Mary Lee Nora were
twins. Their headstones prove otherwise, different dates of birth. Emma Lee
Dora was married to a James (Jim) Turner, she and her husband Jim are buried
in the Shover Springs Cemetery near Hope, Arkansas.
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Georgia 1870 Henry Co, Bear Creek - Family #16
HALE, Josiah 38
HALE, Sarah C 41
HALE, John B 18
HALE, William 15
HALE, Emma D 10 (Emma Lee Dora)
HALE, Leona 8 (Mary Lee Nora)

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Descendants of Josiah Hale

Generation No. 1

1. JOSIAH1 HALE was born Abt. 1832 in GA . He married SARAH C. ADAMS.

Children of JOSIAH HALE and SARAH ADAMS are:
i.JOHN B. "BUD"2 HALE, b. Abt. 1852.
2.ii.EMMA LEE DORA HALE, b. April 13, 1860, GA; d. January 17, 1948, Hope,
Ar..
3.iii.MARY LEE NORA "MOLLIE" HALE, b. May 27, 1861; d. July 22, 1889, Inman,
Ga..
iv.WILLIAM "WILL" HALE, b. Abt. 1865.

Generation No. 2

2. EMMA LEE DORA2 HALE (JOSIAH1) was born April 13, 1860 in GA, and died
January 17, 1948 in Hope, Ar.. She married JAMES A "JIM" BEARDEN Abt. 1874 in
GA, son of SARAH F. BEARDEN.

Children of EMMA HALE and JAMES BEARDEN are:
4.i.HUGH3 BEARDEN, b. Abt. 1892, GA.
ii.DAVIS BEARDEN.
iii.LOIS BEARDEN.
5.iv.BARTO BEARDEN, b. Abt. 1885, GA.

3. MARY LEE NORA "MOLLIE"2 HALE (JOSIAH1) was born May 27, 1861, and died
July 22, 1889 in Inman, Ga.. She married JOHN DANIEL CLONTZ TURNER April 06,
1879 in Fayette County, GA, son of HENSON TURNER and MARY WILKINSON.

Children of MARY HALE and JOHN TURNER are:
i.SARA ELIZABETH C3 TURNER, b. April 16, 1880; d. January 05, 1904.
6.ii.HOWARD LEE TURNER, SR., b. August 06, 1882.
7.iii.JOSSIE EMMA TURNER, b. July 18, 1884; d. June 10, 1954, Hope, Ar..
iv.JOHNNIE CLYDE TURNER, b. October 08, 1886; m. ROBERT LEE PRICHETT.
8.v.ALFRED BENJAMIN TURNER, b. March 30, 1889, Clayton County, Ga.; d. May
14, 1987, Hope, Ar..

My grandmother, Mary Lee Nora Hale Turner, died when my dad was only a few
months old. He was raised by his mother's sister, Emma Lee Dora Hale Bearden.
The Beardens moved to Hope, Arkansas and my parents moved a few years later,
in 1920.

I have been able to learn hardly anything from my relatives and what little I
have gleaned is from census records, which is not much. We don't have much in
the way of Georgia records available here in Arkansas.

If any of the above names look familiar to anyone, please let me know.

Thanks in advance,

Ray Turner

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