History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . valley, died Sept. 15,, James, Sr., Liberty, died March 16,1856, aged sixty-seven years. Glenn, Catherine, wife of Andrew, Patton, diedMarch 25, 1826. Hale, Hon. James T., was born in BradfordCounty, Pa., on the 14th of October, 1810. He livedwith his parents on a farm (still owned and occupiedby his brother, Maj. Elias W. Hale, several mileseast of Towanda), working on the farm and at inter-vals attending the schools of the neighborhood, untilhe was about fifteen years of age, when his fatherdied, and he being the oldest son
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . valley, died Sept. 15,, James, Sr., Liberty, died March 16,1856, aged sixty-seven years. Glenn, Catherine, wife of Andrew, Patton, diedMarch 25, 1826. Hale, Hon. James T., was born in BradfordCounty, Pa., on the 14th of October, 1810. He livedwith his parents on a farm (still owned and occupiedby his brother, Maj. Elias W. Hale, several mileseast of Towanda), working on the farm and at inter-vals attending the schools of the neighborhood, untilhe was about fifteen years of age, when his fatherdied, and he being the oldest son the support of the family was chiefly thrown upon him. Some timeafter the death of his father he became the clerk inthe prothonotarys office at Towanda. He then entered upon the study of the law, underthe direction of his uncle, Elias W. Hale, Esq., ofLewistown, Mifflin Co., and on the 28th of February,1832, was admitted to the bar at Lewistown. In 1835he moved to Bellefonte, where, on the 6th of May,1835, he married Miss Jane W. Huston, daughter of. the Hon. Charles Huston, associate justice of theSupreme Court of Pennsylvania. He continued hispractice in the courts of Mifflin County, and also at-tended the courts in the counties of Clearfield andClinton. He was engaged in the trial of all theprincipal causes tried in these several courts formany years, until the 10th of April, 1851, when avacancy occurred in what is now the Twenty-fifthJudicial District, whereof he was appointed presidentjudge by Governor Johnston. He presided in theseveral courts of the district until the 1st of Decem-ber, 1851, when his commission expired, and he wassucceeded by the Hon. Alexander Jordan. He occu-pied the bench but a short time, but during thatbrief period discharged the arduous duties of presi-dent judge with such promptness, dispatch, ability,and impartiality, that he achieved such popularityand renown as a clear-headed and excellent judge asis rarely attained by men who occupy the bench
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