Henry S. Hale

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.

Early life
Henry Safford Hale was born on July 15, 1844, to Rhoda (née Stone) and Warren Hale.

Career
Hale was the president of Hale & Kilburn. In 1911, the company was sold to J.P. Morgan & Co. By 1911, he became president of the Railway Equipment Corporation.

In 1895, Hale purchased The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel (then called Dix House) in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. 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.

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

Later life and death
In 1917, Hale offered 16 farms, approximately 5000 acre, in the White Mountains region of Coos County, New Hampshire, to the United States Department of Agriculture.

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