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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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              CAPTAIN FREDERICK E. HALE, who was in charge of an excursion
           boat in the Cleveland Euclid Beach Park line during 1896, was
           born in Fairport, Ohio, in 1855, his father being ISAAC HALE, a
           ship-carpenter. He attended school until he was seventeen years
           of age, and then commenced sailing in the schooner Saginaw. Then
           he was wheelsman of the tug Anna Dobbins for two years, and of
           the tug Constitution for one year, second mate of the steamer E.
           B. Hale several years, mate of the Egyptian three years, mate of
           the Superior two years, mate of the Whitmore one year, of the
           Tacoma one year, and of the Packer one year. Then he was mate of
           the Kershaw several years, becoming master of the Italia and
           sailing her for two years afterward. Next he sailed the Schuyl-
           kill and Japan, of the Anchor line, one year each, the excursion
           steamer Idle Hour, at Buffalo, one year, and the excursion boat
           Riverside one year. He spent many seasons sailing tugs, among
           them being the Selah Chamberlin, Mary Virginia, Charles Henry,
           J. R. Sprankle, Marguerite, Chauncey A. Morgan and Lorenzo
           Dimmick. During 1896 he sailed the excursion steamer Duluth out
           of Cleveland.
              In 1892 CAPTAIN HALE was married to Miss MARY PAISLEY, of
           Cleveland.

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