Hale family

Biographical Notes

Nathan Hale (1784-1863)

• 1784, Aug. 16: Born Westhampton, Mass.
• 1804: B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.
• 1810: M.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
• 1816: Married Sarah Preston Everett
• 1814 - 1854 : Owner and editor, Boston Daily Advertiser
• 1820 - 1822 : Member, Massachusetts house of representatives
• 1829 - 1830 : Member, Massachusetts senate
• 1831 - 1849 : President, Boston and Worcester Railroad
• 1863, Feb. 8: Died, Boston, Mass.

Alexander Hill Everett (1790-1847)

• 1790, Mar. 19: Born, Boston, Mass.
• 1806: Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1809 - 1811 : Secretary to John Quincy Adams, United States minister to Russia
• 1815 - 1816 : Secretary to the United States legation, the Hague, the Netherlands
• 1825 - 1829 : United States minister to Spain
• 1830 - 1835 : Editor, North American Review
• 1845 - 1847 : United States minister to China
• 1847, June 29: Died, Canton, China

Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909)

• 1822, Apr. 3: Born, Boston, Mass.
• 1839: Graduated, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1846 - 1856 : Minister, Church of the Unity, Worcester, Mass.
• 1852: Married Emily Baldwin Perkins
• 1856 - circa 1899 : Minister, South Congregational (Unitarian) Church, Boston, Mass.
• 1863: Published "The Man Without a Country," Atlantic Monthly
• 1903 - 1909 : Chaplain, United States Senate
• 1909, June 10: Died, Boston, Mass.

From the guide to the Hale Family Papers, 1698-1916, (bulk 1810-1909), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)