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Samuel Hale, Jr. (September 13, 1800 – January 23, 1877) was an American merchant, judge and politician from Kenosha, Wisconsin who served two one-year terms in the Wisconsin State Assembly, as well as holding a number of other public offices. == Background, business and civic life == Hale was born in Oneida County, New York on September 13, 1800. He came to the Wisconsin Territory in May 26, 1836, and settled in the tiny settlement first known as Southport, then as Kenosha.〔(Caption of "Photograph: Samuel Hale" Wisconsin Historical Society website )〕 He became part of the community quickly; when in December 1836 the territorial legislature incorporated the Milwaukee and Racine Mutual Fire Insurance Company, he was enumerated as one of the initial subscribers.〔''Act 13. AN ACT to incorporate the Milwaukee and Racine Mutual Fire Insurance company." ''Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Wisconsin, Begun and Held in the Council Chamber and House of Representatives, at Belmont, on Tuesday, the Twenty-Fifth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Thirty-Six'' Belmont, Wisconsin Territory: James Clarke, Printer to the Legislative Assembly, 1836; pp. 152-159〕 By the winter of 1838, he was part-owner of Hale & Bullen, one of the only four stores in the settlement of 200 people (partner was John Bullen, whose brother William Bullen was one of the remaining three merchants ); in the autumn of 1839 he was one of the charter members of the "Southport Lyceum", a society supposedly educational in intent, but generally regarded as being more recreational in purpose. As of June 1840, he was advertising his lumber business; and by September 1841, S. Hale Jr. & Co. were advertising their dry goods. His father, Samuel Hale, one of the first settlers of Oneida County, died in Southport on August 25, 1842;〔Bowen, Francis. ''The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1843'' Boston: David H. Williams, 1842; p. 313〕 but it is unknown whether he had accompanied his son to the Territory, or was merely there on a visit. In the spring of 1843, Hale sold his business to N. R. Allen, who in October of the same year married one Mary Hale: a native of Oneida County, New York, and presumably Samuel, Jr.'s sister.〔(Western Historical Company. ''The history of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin'' Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879; pp. 502, 517, 520, 545, 567, 685 )〕 By 1858, Hale was on the board of directors of the City Bank of Kenosha, as well as being an officer of the local Masonic lodge.〔''The Kenosha City Directory, Containing the Names of the Citizens, Business Directory, State and City Record, and an Appendix of Much Userful Information.'' Milwaukee: Smith, Du Moulin, & Co., Great Northwestern Directory & Statistic Publishing & Advertising House, 1858; p. 87, 89〕 In the early years of Southport, the settlement had no harbor or wharf facilities. An 1857 ''Early History of Kenosha'' recounts, "A 'lighter,' capable of carrying several tons weight, was built in the spring of 1836, and kept on the beach of the Lake; whenever a steamer or sail vessel anchored off shore, for the purpose of landing passengers or freight, whether in the day time or night time, the lighter was launched from the beach and manned. The. lighter being heavy, it required a large portion of the able-bodied men of the town to handle it. Among the most active on such occasions, to man the lighter, was Judge Hale. Many of the citizens of Kenosha have still vivid recollections of hearing his stentorian voice, at midnight hours, calling for men to launch the lighter; when his voice did not suffice to awaken the sleepers, a heavy kick against the door never failed to bring them to a sense of wakefulness."〔Frank, M. ''The Early History of Kenosha'' (1857), reprinted in ''Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin'' edited by Lyman Copeland Draper, L.L.D., Secretary of the Society, Vol. III, ''Being a page-for-page reprint of the original issue of 1857, Under the editorial direction of Reuben Gold Thwaites, L.L.D., Secretary and Superintendent''. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1904; pp. 370 ''et seq.''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Hale, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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