Joseph Samuel Decatur Hale, b: 1859

^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}

^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}

^{1803 Louisiana Territory Purchased}
^{1805 Lewis and Clark reach Pacific}
^{1812 - 1814 War of 1812 with Britain}
^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}


			^Joseph Hale^{b.1790 Augusta, Virginia d.1830 Greenville, Tennessee}

		^{John B. Hale}^{b.1830 Greenville, Tennessee d.1915 Bohnam, Texas}	^{Margaret (Peggy) Buster}^{b.1794 Greenville, Tennessee d.1879 Greenville, Tennessee}

	^{Joseph Samuel Decatur Hale}^{b.1859 TENNESSEE d.1945 Fannin Co., Texas}		^Philip King^{b. d.}

^{Mary Ann Hale}^{b.1912 Texas d.1999 Grayson Co., Texas}		^{Eliza Frances King}^{b.1830 South Carolina d.1911 Webster Co., Missouri}

^{Jabus Lee Hale}^{b.1914 Fannin Co., Texas d.1983 Bailey, Texas}			^{Decator Higdon}^{b. d.1870}

		^{James Blackburn Higdon}^{b.1863 LOUISVILL, KENTUCKY d.1911 Fannin Co., Texas}	^{Martha Henderson}^{b.1841 Georgia d.}

	^{Martha Jane Higdon}^{b.1886 Whiteside, Tennessee d.1915 Fannin Co., Texas}		^{Lawrence Matthew Girdley}^{b.1817 Nelson Co., Kentucky d.1894 Marion Co., Tennessee}

		^{Margaret Carmichael Girdley}^{b.1858 Marion Co., Tennessee d.1901 Seagoville, Texas}	^{Harriet Jane Lewis}^{b.1823 TENNESSEE d.1909 Marion Co., Tennessee}