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HALE, Reuben Charles

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  • Name HALE, Reuben Charles 
    Birth 18 Sep 1810  Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Feb 1891  Reading, Berkshire, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    WAC 3 Feb 1925  SLAKE Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    _TAG Reviewed on FS 
    Burial Y  [5] 
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    Person ID I41302  Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
    Last Modified 19 Aug 2021 

    Father HALE, Isaac ,   b. 21 Mar 1763, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationWaterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United Statesd. 11 Jan 1839, Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Mother LEWIS, Elizabeth ,   b. 19 Nov 1767, Goshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationGoshen, Litchfield, Connecticut, United Statesd. 16 Feb 1842, Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1790  Wells, Rutland, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 16 Jun 1926, SLAKE.MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 20 Sep 1790 ~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 30 Sep 1971, SLAKE.
    Family ID F31  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family HEARTFORD, Bethian ,   b. Jun 1811, Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationHarmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvaniad. Aft 1880, Cross Creek, Brooke, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 70 years) 
    Marriage 1830  Harmony, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 4 sons and 5 daughters 
    Family ID F22350  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jan 2022 

  • Notes 
    • The Lost 116 Pages (Book of Lehi) The golden plates were delivered to Joseph Smith, Jr. by Moroni on September 22, 1827, which was also the date of the Feast of Trumpets that year. The plates contained Mormon's abridgement of the large plates of Nephi, Moroni's abridgement of Ether and personal writing of both Mormon and Moroni, along with the unabridged small plates of Nephi and a sealed portion. Joseph stated that he began his work of translation on Mormon's abridgement from the Book of Lehi (Preface, 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon). Using divinely prepared interpreters, Jospeh read from the plates (2 Nephi 11:142; Isaiah 29:22 [no KJV], dictating to a scribe who wrote as he spoke, Joseph's wife, Emma, and her brother Reuben Hale, were scribes during this early period of translation. Martin Harris became the primary scribe after he joined the work. at least 116 pages were completed by mid - June 1828. After much persistence, Martin obtained Joseph's permission to borrow the manuscript. In addition to showing the manuscript to his wife, father and mother, brother and sister-in-law, Martin also showed it to others; the manuscript disappeared and was never recovered. After the loss of the manuscript, Joseph lost his gift to translate and had to surrender the plates and interpreters to Moroni. They were returned to Joseph three months later on September 22, 1828, exactly one year after Joseph first recived the plates. Mrs. Emma Smith, speaking in the year 1879 concerning these matters, declares that she also wrote for her husband, as did her brother Reuben Hale (Tullidge, Life, p. 791). Reuben HALE Self M Male W 70 PA. Farmer CONN. VA. Bethian HALE Wife M Female W 69 PA. Keeping House R. I. N. Y. David HALE Son S Male W 34 W. VA. Works On Farm PA. PA. Margaret HALE Dau S Female W 30 W. VA. At Home PA. --- Source Information: Census Place Cross Creek township, Brooke, West Virginia - 1880 Family History Library Film 1255401 The family is located on the 30 July 1870 census living at Cross Creek township, Wellsburg, Brooke county, West Virginia. Brooke County West Virginia was created out of portions of Ohio and Virginia. 1850 United States Federal Census Record about Reuben Hale Name: Reuben Hale Age: 40 Estimated birth year: abt 1810 Birth place: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Home in 1850 (City,County,State): District 4, Brooke, Virginia NAME SEX AGE BORN IN: Reuben Hale M 40 PA Bethian Hale F 38 PA Byron Hale M 19 PA Belinda Hale F 16 PA William Hale M 14 NY Lydia Hale F 12 NY David Hale M 5 VA Mary Hale F 3 VA Margaret Hale F 1 VA HALE, REUBEN (30 June 1860 U.S. Census) Post Office: Hollidays Cove, Hancock county, Virginia Age: 50, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PA Series: M653 Roll: 1349 Page: 918 1056/1015 Reuben Hale age 50 Farmer born Pennsylvnia; Bethia age 49 born Pa.; Geo F. Hale age 8 born Pa. and then William H. Hale age 25 born Pa. laborer Reuben Hale Died: February 17, 1891 City of Reading, Pennsylvania Death Records (30 July 1870 U.S. Census) P.O. Wellsburg, Cross Creek Township, Brooke county, West Virginia Series: M593 Roll: 1685 Page: 507 156/156 Hale, Reuben age 60 Farmer born Penna; Bathian age 59 Housewife born Penna; Margaret age 20 born Virginia; Mary E. age 22 born Virginia; George F. age 19 born Virginia; Mary S. age 3 born West Virginia

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index.
      Reuben ; ; Birth: 18 SEP 1810 , Susquehanna, Pennsylvania; Father: Isaac Hale; Mother: Elizabeth Lewis Hale; Film Number: 1239622 Page Number: 1176 Reference number: 44595
      Record submitted by a member of the LDS Church
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 14 Mar 2006

    2. [S771] Mary Audentia Smith Anderson, The Ancestry and Posterity of Jospeh Smith & Emma Hale.

    3. [S772] Birth... Vital Records of Litchfield, Connecticut, (Volume #1, page 63), Volume #1, page 63.

    4. [S14] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical index.
      Reuben Hale; Male; Birth: 18 SEP 1810 Harmony,Susqhnn, , , Pennsylvania; Baptism: 01 JUL 1924; Endowment: 03 FEB 1925; Sealing to Parents: 30 SEP 1971 SLAKE; Isaac Hale / Elizabeth Lewis; Father: Isaac Hale; Mother: Elizabeth Lewis; Film Number: 820399 Page Number: Reference number:
      Record of LDS Church ordinance (living or proxy).
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 14 Mar 2006

    5. [S773] Brigham Ypung University, 1971, Burial ... Christ of latter Day Saints of New York and Pennsylvania.


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