Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin W. Hazen and Edith Peirsol




Husband Benjamin W. Hazen 1 2

           Born: 22 Jul 1838 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Feb 1904 - Fayette Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Abraham Hazen (1798-1870) 2
         Mother: Dorcas Downs (1802-1876) 2


       Marriage: 1862 2



Wife Edith Peirsol 1 3

            AKA: Edith S. Piersol 2
           Born: 17 Mar 1839 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1909 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: James Peirsol (1799-Aft 1882) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Gue (1806-      ) 3




Children
1 M James P. Hazen 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



2 F Annette Hazen 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1910
         Buried: 
         Spouse: E. L. Phillips (      -Bef 1910) 1


3 F Ella Hazen 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Fredrick O. Shearer (      -      ) 1


4 M Wilford "Will" Hazen 2

            AKA: William Hazen 1
           Born: 1875 - Fayette Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Minnie Cooper (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 11 Aug 1897 5


5 F Leora Hazen 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: W. L. Dunn (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Benjamin W. Hazen


He was a farmer and stock raiser, owning the old family farm on Crabapple run, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

He bought a farm in 1901. It was land that had an interesting history. The first record of its purchase was when Rev. Joseph Smith took out a warrant on September 30, 1785, for a tract of land on the waters of Cross Creek, this tract being called "Welcome" and containing about 363 acres. About eighty-four acres of Mr. Hazen's farm were included in that purchase. This eighty-four-acre tract was conveyed by Joseph Smith and wife to Thomas Pollock by their deed dated May 3, 1786, and Thomas Pollock and wife by deed dated May 6, 1787, conveyed the said eighty-four acres to Robert Fulton, the man of steamboat fame. Mr. Fulton's father, mother and three sisters occupied this farm and it was here his father and mother died. It was long known as the old Fulton farm. James Maxwell moved onto this tract about 1830 and later more land was added to the purchase. It continued in his possession and in that of his son, James B. Maxwell, until 1901, when Benjamin W. Hazen bought it.
Benjamin W. Hazen died on the old Hazen farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and his wife passed away at Uniontown in 1909.

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Sources


1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1056.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 402.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 722.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 721.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1057.


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