Family history and genealogical information about the descendants of Minnie Hale Gorton who was born 11 April 1855 in Michigan. She was the daughter of Amos Alcott Gorton (born ca. 1831 in New York) and Candance Martha Hale. Amos was a dascendant of Samuel Gorton who was born ca. 1592 in Manchester, England and innigrated to America ca. 1636. Candance was a descendant of Thomas Hale who was baptized 15 June 1606 in Watton, Herefordshire, England and immigrated to America ca. 1637. Minnie Hale Gorton lived in Stoddard Co., Missouri. She married three times and was the mother of five sons and four daughters. Ancestors were from England, New York, Kentucky, Missouri and elsewhere. Descendants lived in Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, California and elsewhere.