FIFTH GENERATION

28. Luke Armon HALE ⁽¹⁷⁴⁾⁽¹⁷⁵⁾⁽¹⁷⁶⁾⁽¹⁷⁷⁾ was born on Dec 28 1837.⁽¹⁹⁾ He was deaf but "smart as a whip." Had the ability to read lips. He was living in 1855 in Cornishville KY.⁽¹⁷⁸⁾ He died on Dec 18 1922.⁽¹⁷⁹⁾ Died of pneumonia He was buried in McMullin Cemetery, Washington Co. KY.⁽¹⁸⁰⁾ -According to Gene (Lula May) Peavler Ivone on 11/25/1993, Luke wanted when he was a child to be a doctor. However, he contracted "brain fever," became deaf, and was never able to speak normally thereafter. He was dissuaded by family and gave up the idea of becoming a doctor, but for the rest of his life, he was frequently consulted by family and friends on the various ailments and illnesses they encountered.
-Luke attended the Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville KY.
-In 1922, not wanting to take the risk that there "might be something to it," Luke took up religion and was baptized in a water tank on his farm, there for watering the animals. He was married to Nancy Jane SALLEE on Jul 27 1861.⁽¹⁸¹⁾

29. Nancy Jane SALLEE was born on Mar 8 1842 in Cornishville KY. She died on Aug 30 1932 in Shirley IN.⁽¹⁸²⁾ She was buried in Cadiz IN.⁽¹⁸³⁾ She executed a will.⁽¹⁸⁴⁾ Mercer Co. KY -- Vol. 20, p. 197. -According to Gene (Lula May) Peavler Ivone on 11/25/1993, Nancy was dark-complected, blind, and 93 years old when she died. She spent the last 20 years of her life with her son, Jeff, in Indiana. She originally came from "somewhere else," apparently from someplace other than Kentucky, and was decended from the "Black Dutch," derivation unknown, but believed to be Cherokee, possibly Melungeon. - My mother, Nellie J. Peavler Coslow, used to say that one of her female ancestors was half-Spanish and half-Indian, but she didn't know which one.

-In the 1860 census, Nancy Martin Sallee lived in George and Isabinda Sallee's house with her two children, Andrew and Nancy Jane Sallee. -- J.D. Bailey, Sallees, p. 156.

-After Jeff Hale divorced Mary, Nancy reared Bertha Hale, Jeff's daughter. Children were:

14 i. Jefferson Davis HALE.
ii. Mary Alice HALE was born on Oct 2 1863.⁽¹⁸⁵⁾ She died on Nov 2 1865. She was buried in Grove and Sallee Family Graveyard, Mercer Co. KY.⁽¹⁸⁶⁾ Grave enclosed by iron fence; in field on ridge about 100 yards from
Cornishville-Bushtown road. Coordinates: 37°46'51"N, 85°00'15W; stone
in excellent condition.
iii. Turner Booker HALE Sr. was born on Mar 12 1868.⁽¹⁸⁷⁾ He died on Dec 13 1913 in Mercer Co. KY.⁽¹⁸⁸⁾⁽¹⁸⁹⁾ "He was a splendid specimen of manhood and was never sick a day in his life until just a week before his death. He was killing hogs and scratched his wrist very slightly with a butcher knife and blood poisoning resulted which ended his life a few days later." He was buried in McMullin Cemetery, Washington Co. KY.

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