Henry S. Hale

Henry S. Hale
Henry S. Hale
Born	Henry Safford Hale (1844-07-15)July 15, 1844
Died	November 26, 1921(1921-11-26) (aged 77) Montreal, Canada
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, inventor
Employer	Hale & Kilburn
Spouse	Frances Emogene Kilburn ​ ​ (m. 1866)​
Children	2

Henry S. Hale (July 15, 1844 – November 26, 1921) was a Philadelphia inventor and industrialist. He was president of the Hale & Kilburn company of Philadelphia. The Hale & Kilburn company's primary business was the production of railroad car seats for the expanding American railroad companies. The Hale & Kilburn company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co. in 1911 for $9 million.^[1]

Henry Safford Hale was born on July 15, 1844, to Rhoda (née Stone) and Warren Hale.^[2]

Hale was the president of Hale & Kilburn.^[3] In 1911, the company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co.^[1] By 1911, he became president of the Railway Equipment Corporation.^[4]

In 1895, Hale purchased The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel (then called Dix House) in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.^[5] From 1895 to 1921, he supervised the expansion of The Balsams' grounds, including adding multiple lakes, a canal system, and the creation of its Panorama golf course in Colebrook, New Hampshire.^[6][7]

He married Frances Emogene Kilburn of Burlington, Vermont, the daughter of his father's business partner Cheney Kilburn, on October 10, 1866.^[8] Together, they had one son, Henry Warren Kilburn Hale, and one daughter.^[2][9][10]

In 1917, Hale offered 16 farms, approximately 5,000 acres (2,000 ha), in the White Mountains region of Coos County, New Hampshire, to the United States Department of Agriculture.^[11]

Hale died at the age of 77 on November 26, 1921, in Montreal, Canada, while visiting his son.^[9]

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