BIO: Jared Y. DALE, M.D., Centre County, Pennsylvania Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja & Carolyn Wilkinson Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/centre/ _______________________________________________ Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania: Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens, Etc. Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1898. _______________________________________________ COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, pages 136-138 JARED Y. DALE, M. D., of Lemont, Centre county, has descended from one of the early families of Buffalo Valley and of Centre county, where for several generations its representatives have been prominently identified with the history of this section. Dr. Dale is of Revolutionary stock. The early history of the family is given under the head of Christian Dale (1) elsewhere. Felix Dale, son of Christian Dale (1), and the grandfather of our subject, was born February 2, 1767, and died March 12, 1833, in the sixty-seventh year of his age. He married Catherine Dorothy Pinogel, of the family of Pinogels, of Pinogel's Church, near Harrisburg, Penn. As early as 1780 we find the name of Pinogel on record in Londonderry township, Dauphin county. Felix Dale and wife had two sons: David and Felix. The mother of these died April 15, 1844. Felix Dale, Sr., inherited from his father's estate the mill property, and by occupation was a miller and farmer. David Dale, the father of Dr. Dale, was born at Dale's Mills, January 8, 1798. He received such schooling as the neighborhood schools of his youth afforded, and became a miller by occupation, also carrying on agricultural pursuits in connection with the milling business. He was a man of practical ideas and a genius in a mechanical line, building his own carding machine, which branch of the woolen-mill business, together with a help-mill, he added to the grist and saw mill that had descended from his for-fathers. He was a man of good judgment and business qualifications, and made a success of life. The Dales for generations were Lutherans, and David was not an exception. In politics he was a Whig. On May 6, 1824, he married Miss Margaret Hennigh, born January 11, 1799, a daughter of Major Frederick Hennigh, who resided just below Aaronsburg, Centre county, and their children were: (1) William, born February 20, 1825, a woolen-factory man, married Mary Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell, of Harris township, and their only surviving child - John M. - is practicing law at Bellefonte. William died December 20, 1871, aged forty-six years. (2) Felix, a farmer, born November 26, 1826, married Rache Jane Mitchell, born in 1833, daughter of David Mitchell, and died in 1891, Felix dying in 1892; no issue. (3) Thomas, born May 6, 1828, and died in 1889; married Mary Boal, a daughter of Hon. George Boal, of Boalsburg, Centre county, who died in 1892 without issue. Thomas Dale was an intelligent gentleman and a very capable business man. He was a man of high sense of honor, and was greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He was a woolen-factory man, merchant and farmer. (4) Abner, born November 17, 1829, a minister of the German reformed Church, was educated at Marshall College, in Mercersburg; married Sarah Adams, of Butler county, where he died in 1875. His widow, and one son, David E., who survived him, are still living in the town of Butler. (5) Mary M. Dale, born March 3, 1832, died July 24, 1845, in her forty-fourth year. (6) David, born February 13, 1834, who was engaged in the woolen-manufacturing business at Dales' Mills, and died unmarried, July 25, 1880. (7) Cornelius, born February 7, 1836, a farmer, married Georgianna, daughter of William Furey, of Bellefonte; they reside on the old homestead, and have four daughters living - Emma, Cornelia, Mary and Ethel, of whom, Emma married Edward Lingle. (8) Alfred, born January 21, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 137 1838, a coachmaker, married Lila Bartol, and died in Tyrone, Penn., in 1876, of disease contracted while in the war of the Rebellion. He had one daughter, Florence, who is living in Philadelphia with her mother. (9) J. Y. Dale, the subject of this sketch. David Dale, Sr., died July 13, 1845, in the fifty- seventh year of his age, and his wife, Margaret, died January 11, 1864, in her sixty-sixth year; both are buried at Boalsburg, in Harris township. Mrs. Dale was identified with the German Reformed Church. Dr. J. Y. Dale is a native of Centre county, born at the old homestead at Dales' Mills, October 31, 1840. In boyhood he assisted in the work on the farm and in his father's mills. He went to the common schools in the neighborhood, attended the academy at Boalsburg, and for two years pursued classical studies under the tuition of his brother, the clergyman, then read medicine with Dr. Benjamin J. Berry at The End of the Mountain, a graduate of the University of New York, and one of the most widely known and prominent physicians of the county. Later, young Dale attended the Medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1863; and while a medical student he had valuable experience in the military hospitals at Philadelphia and Pittsburg. In April, 1863, he located for practice in partnership with Dr. E. Greene, at Bellefonte, and in May, 1864, on the death of Dr. Berry, who had been engaged in practice at The End of the Mountain (now Lemont), for thirty-four years, he removed to that place, where he has ever since been actively engaged in the pursuit of his profession, amid the scenes of his boyhood and among the descendants of the friends and acquaintances of his ancestors. Dr. Dale was professor of Anatomy and Physiology, and lecturer on Hygiene at the Pennsylvania State College, 1867-71. He is a member of the American Medical association; of the State Medical Society of Pennsylvania; of the Clinton County Medical Society; of the Centre County Medical Society, and of the West Branch Medical Association, of which he is now (1897) the president. This Association, which was organized in 1892, is made up of members in good standing of county societies in affiliation with the state Medical Society of Pennsylvania, in the counties of Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, Northumberland, Potter, Tioga and Union. He is Deputy Inspector for the State Board of Health. He is also a member of the Shakespeare Society of New York, and of the State College Scientific Association; and is a Free-mason, connected with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery at Bellefonte. In politics he is a Republican. On September 29, 1870, Dr. Dale married Matilda Allport, of Phillipsburg, formerly of Morrisdale, Clearfield county, born June 23, 1845, a daughter of James and Matilda (hunter) Allport, and their children are: Frederick, born August 7, 1871, graduated at the Pennsylvania State College in 1893, served one year in the regular army, and is now a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania; Katherine, born July 27, 1874, is at home; David, born February 26, 1876, is a student of the Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg; and Edith, born July 4, 1878 is at home. Dr. Dale's family are members of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Dale, too, is of Revolutionary stock, and has descended from pioneers of the State and of Centre county. There is a family tradition that the first of the Hunters to come to America was the son of a family of note, who had married a Miss Craig, a governess, and for that reason was disinherited. He located in what was then Lancaster county, but which subsequently became Dauphin county. They had three sons: Andrew, Robert and David. After the father's death, the widow made her home with a Miss Craig, her sister, until the Revolution. Robert and David went into the war, but Andrew being only nineteen, this relative would not let him go, but he ran off and entered the service, and for this act of theirs all three were disinherited by their aunt. After the war the three sons returned to Dauphin county. The mother married a Mr. Crane, who son became Secretary of State. Andrew Hunter married Rachel Moore, and their children were: Elizabeth, born December 2, 1781; John, born March 1, 1783; William, born July 24, 1786; Andrew, born July 25, 1788; Nancy, born April 12, 1791; Robert, born October 8, 1793; James, born March 1, 1798; and Craig, born August 27, 1800. Andrew Hunter removed with his family to what is now Centre county (his brother, Robert, accompanying him), prior to July 25, 1788, the date of birth of his son, Andrew, which occurred in Potter's Fort in what is now Potter township. Subsequently the family removed to Slab Cabin, a branch of Spring creek (so called from a cabin built of slabs that stood on the banks of the creek), and there resided many years. The parents finally removed to Indiana county, where they died. Robert, the brother, moved to Ohio. Major Andrew Hunter, the son of the pioneer, and the grandfather of Mrs. Dale, married Mary Evans, daughter of Eliezer and Christiana (Bard) Evans, and their children were: Matilda, COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 138 born April 1, 1814; and Catherine, born October 16, 1819. Major Hunter died July 11, 1870, and his wife on November 19, 1868, and their remains rest in the Spring Creek graveyard. Their daughter Matilda was married on November 29, 1831, to James Allport, and their children were: James C., born January 19, 1833; Mary 1., born December 16, 1834; Samuel C., born August 2, 1838; Catherine, born December 11, 1841; Matilda, born June 23, 1845; and Hobart, born March 3, 1848. James Allport was born at Hartley, Worcestershire, England, May 11, 1799, and was brought up by his uncle Charles, who was a commissary-general in the English army. James went with his uncle in his campaigns, and was educated by private tutors, who were sometimes Protestants and sometimes Roman Catholics. He was with his uncle in the Peninsular war in Spain, and also accompanied him in the campaign with the "Iron Duke," which resulted in the defeat and final overthrow of Napoleon at Waterloo. The boy James was an eye witness of the battle of Waterloo, and brought away many interesting relics of the battlefield, which are still in the possession of the family. Through the influence of his uncle he was pensioned by the English Government, which pension was to descend to his heirs so long as he or they remained subjects to the Crown. After making America his permanent home Mr. Allport became a naturalized citizen of the United States, declaring that he would not for any pension forego his rights as a citizen of the land of his adoption. In 1816 his uncle sent him to New York, as an importer of hardware, which business he followed until 1828, crossing the ocean sixteen times. Prior to 1828 the firm of Corp, Ellis & Shaw, with whom he had been doing business, failed, and he was compelled to take of them, as pay for money due him, large tracts of land in Clearfield county, near Phillipsburg. In 1828 he came from New York to see his lands, and after a short time passed in looking over the country he returned to New York. The following year he again visited his lands, and in the midst of the forests he built a cabin, and alone commenced life in a new country. He was married as before stated, and to his home in the wilderness took his young bride on horseback. Mr. Allport at once identified himself with the Democratic party, and was a sturdy advocate of its principles, and became one of its leaders in Clearfield county and the surrounding country. The first railroad speech made in Phillipsburg was delivered by him, when the question was first being agitated, and in favor of its construction. In the later years of his life his lower extremities were partially paralyzed, which greatly impeded his physical but not his mental activity. It prevented him from taking the active part in public affairs which his qualification so well fitted him to fill. The Allports trace their genealogical line back to the time of Charles the Second, and it was their ancestors who hid that monarch in the oak-tree, when pursued by the minions of Cromwell. After the King ascended the throne, he bestowed on the family the coat of arms which still distinguishes them in the mother country. Mr. Allport died October 4, 1854. His widow still resides at Phillipsburg. Referring to the Evans and Bard branch of the ancestry of Mrs. Dale: Eliezer Evans came to Centre county in company with Gen. Philip Benner, as a bellows- maker, doing the General's work in that line, and also such work at the other forges built at about that period, and for years afterward in Centre county. The date of Gen. Benner's coming to the county was in 1792, and he was from Chester county. The Evans family came from the vicinity of Morgantown. Eliezer Evans was born December 17, 1758, and died August 6, 1820; his wife, Christiana Bard, was born February 12, 1771, and died April 25, 1824; both are buried in the Spring Creek graveyard. Their children were: Jeremiah, born August 27, 1792; Sarah, born December 8, 1793; Mary, born December 25, 1795; Joseph, born May 24, 1798; Susan, born November 6, 1800; Enoch, born June 2, 1803; Jane, born April 22, 1805; Ruth, born August 18, 1807; Christian, born June 7, 1810; Elizabeth, born March 3, 1813. Christiana Bard was the daughter of Michael and Susanna (Sprogle) Bard. Susanna Sprogle was the daughter of John Henry Sprogle, an English clergyman, who died in Berks county, Penn. He was descended from an English nobleman, and his body was sent back to England. A memoir of his life and ministry was published.