Thursday, July 25, 2019

Ansel H. Gale, 1817-1869






















According to the book The Gale Family Records in England and the United States, Ansel Hays Gale was born on February 16, 1817 to Deacon Solomon Gale of Bennington, Vermont, and his second wife, the former Phebe Hayes. Ansel Hays Gale married Amanda E. Spencer in 1850. They had the following children: Maria Wager Gale, born in 1851; Spencer Hays Gale, born in 1853; and Laura Johnson Gale, born in 1855. In Sandusky, Ansel H. Gale was associated with the Spencer & Gale stove store. At the age of 52, Ancel H. Gale died of paralysis, on June 23, 1869. He was buried in Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery. Mr. Gale’s daughter Maria became the wife of Rev. Eleutheros Cooke.

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