Background
Hale, William Thomas was born on February 1, 1857 in Liberty, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Warren Lafayette and Malissa (Overall) Hale.
Hale, William Thomas was born on February 1, 1857 in Liberty, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles Warren Lafayette and Malissa (Overall) Hale.
Educated Liberty, Tennessee. Studied law in private office, and practiced about 8 years at Liberty and Lebanon.
Entered journalism in 1893. Associate editor Memphis Commercial-Appeal, 1895-1896. Assistant Sunday editor Saint Louis Post-Dispatch, 1896.
Associate editor Nashville American, 1897.
Editor in chief Knoxville Sentinel, portion of year 1898. Author: Great Southerners, Biographical and Critical Sketches, 1900.
True Stories of Jamestown and Its Environs, 1907. Folklore of the Tennessee Hill People, 1911.
A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans (8 volumes), 1913.
Associate editor and “colyum” man, Nashville Tennessean and American, since 1917. Home: Nashville, Tennessee
Married Lulu Lewis, April. Children: Charles Lewis, Herbert Lawrence, Hilda, Howell Lamar.