California Biographies
Hale, P. C.

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

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Hale, P. C. The subject of this sketch was born in South Haven, Van Buren
county, Michigan, on December 12, 1858. In 1860, he with his parents moved to
Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo county, in that State, where he resided until 1873, when
the family emigrated to California and settled in San Jose, where he attended
school till eighteen years old, at which age he was book-keeper in his father's
store at that place. He filled that office till March, 1879, when he in company
with his brother, E. W., began business in their present store. The Hale
brothers are proprietors of the following dry goods establishments: one in South
Haven, Michigan; one in San Jose, one in Salinas, and one in Petaluma.

Source: HISTORY OF SONOMA COUNTY, Alley, Bowen & Co. 1880