Aroet Lucius Hale was born in Dover, New Hampshire, on 18 May 1828 to Jonathan H. Hale and Olive Boynton. The family moved to Kirtland, Ohio, then to Missouri, and then to Nauvoo, Illinois. Hale was a member of the reorganized Nauvoo Legion from 1848 to 1854 and served a mission to Las Vegas.
The Aroet Lucius Hale diary excerpts transcript (undated) discuss his life from the time he was baptized into the LDS Church until his mission to Las Vegas, Nevada, covering the years 1835-1856. The diary begins with an excerpt from the diary of his father, Johnathan H. Hale, telling of the family's move from Dover, New Hampshire, to Kirtland, Ohio. Aroet Hale then continues to tell of the harrassment by mobs in Missouri and the martyrdom of Joseph Smith. He also tells of his mother's and father's deaths and his leading his younger siblings to the Salt Lake Valley. His diary is an account of his involvement in the LDS Church and the beginning of westward movement.
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