Personal Life
Hale married Emily Baldwin Perkins, granddaughter of Lyman Beecher, in 1852. They had nine children:
- Alexander, b & d 1853; Ellen Day, 1854–1939; Arthur, 1859–1939;Charles Alexander, 1861–1867; Edward Everett, Jr., 1863–1932; Philip Leslie, 1865–1931; Herbert Dudley, 1866–1908; Henry Kidder, 1868–1876; Robert Beverly, 1869-1895.
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