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Daniel Hagin

Daniel Hagin, member of the firm of Gaines & Hagin, at Cambridge , has been a business man of Henry County since 1874. He was born in Lansing , Tompkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, 1842 . His paternal grandfather, Charles Hagin, was a native of Ireland . The latter was a soldier in the British army, and was brought to America to fight the Colonists, who were in armed rebellion against unjust taxation. He was in sympathy with the cause of the rebels and had too strong a proclivity to taste the sweets of liberty himself to feel much like aiding in the troubles of others coming from the same source, and he exchanged his red-coat for the nondescript uniform of the Continental Army. He fought valiantly, and was made a Lieutenant. He lost an arm in the cause he served. After the termination of the war he settled at Syracuse in the State of New York . His wife was Miss Mary Smith, who was a relative of Governor Yost, of Pennsylvania . Their children were named Francis S., John B., Sally (Mrs. Howe), Charles C., Matilda (Mrs. Teeter), and Barnard M. The oldest son was born Feb. 12, 1816 , in Lansing, N. Y., and died in the same place July 2, 1883 . He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and enlisted in the 109 th Regt. N. Y. Vo., Inf., and was enrolled in Co. G. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, at Spottsylvania and North Anna.

Catherine Teeter, who became his wife, was born in Lansing , N. Y., May 1, 1832 . She died there July 8, 1856 . She was one of a family including one son and nine daughters. She became the mother of eight children, --Daniel, Mrs. Flaville Etter, Charles M. and Franklin M. (twins) Amsey, George, Seth (Deceased) and Mary. Franklin M. and George were enrolled soldiers in the 15the N. Y. Vol. Cav.; Amsey and George are deceased.

Mr. Hagin was educated in the place where he was born, and after finishing his studies he engaged in the business of a farmer until he entered the military service of the United States . Aug. 2, 1862 , he enlisted in the 109 th Regt. N. Y. Vo. Inf., and was under rebel fire in the actions in the Wilderness, North and South Anna, Cold Harbor , Petersburg , and the campaign in the vicinity of Richmond . After the war was closed he returned to his native State. He resumed his old interests in the construction of canal-boats, and on the canal, and passed several years in that avenue of business. In March, 1874, he returned to Cambridge , and formed the partnership in which he is at present interested.

Mr. Hagin was married Aug. 20, 1868 , in Erie , Pa. , to Dovia G. Owen. She was born Aug. 3, 1849 , in Warren Co., Pa. John Owen, her great-grandfather, was 108 years of age when he died. He was a soldier in the French and Indian wars and in the Revolutionary struggle. Reuben Fenton, late ex-Governor of the State of New York , was one of his grandsons. His son, Eben Owen, was the father of Eben G. Owen, who died Aug. 2, 184 , in Warren Co., Pa. The latter married Sarah S. Loucks, and they had the following children: Mrs. Terrissa H. Middaught, Mrs. Dovia G. Hagin, Mrs. Odessa Mentzer and Mrs. Alissa M. Mentzer. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hagen were born as follows: Fed E., June 3, 1869 ; Frank G., June 25, 1873 ; Eddie S., March 7, 1878 ; Alissa L., Jan. 10, 1881 .

1885 Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry Co., Illinois page 547

Note: in the last paragraph Hagin is spelled Hagen .

Transcribed by Jan Roggy

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