Obed Pease Hale (1809–1892) was an
American
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farmer and
Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the
Wisconsin State Assembly, representing
Kenosha County
Kenosha County is located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 169,151 as of the 2020 census, making it the eighth most populous county in Wisconsin. The county shares the same name as the city of Kenosh ...
in the first session after the county was created.
Background
Obed P. Hale, son of Obed and Mindwell Hale, was born in
Enfield, Connecticut, in 1809. At the age of seventeen he moved to
Ohio, and became a farmer. He married Laura B. King, daughter of Jabez and Hannah King, and the first white child born
in
Chardon, Ohio. They had two sons and two daughters. In 1842, the Hales came to Wisconsin, and settled on a farm in the town of
Paris in Kenosha County.
Civic life
Hale was active in local politics, serving as a
justice of the peace
A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...
for about twenty-five years and holding other minor offices. When Kenosha County was separated from Racine County, Wisconsin, Racine County in April 1850, he was elected to the State Assembly running as a (Free Soil) Democrat. He was succeeded in 1852 by Lathrop Burgess, also a Free Soiler.
Later life
In 1870, he left Paris for Kenosha, where he resided for the rest of his life. He died in 1892.
J.H. Beers and Co. ''Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine and Kenosha counties, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of business and professional men and of many of the early settled families'' Chicago: J.H. Beers and Co., 1906; p. 250
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References
1809 births
1892 deaths
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown
Members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
Politicians from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Free Soilers
19th-century American politicians
People from Enfield, Connecticut
People from Kenosha County, Wisconsin
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