William R. Hazen and Irene Jackson

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Husband William R. Hazen ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1862 2
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         Father: Isaac Hazen (      -Aft 1888) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Olinger (      -      ) 2

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Wife Irene Jackson ³

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           Born:  - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA
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Children

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1 M Earle Hazen ³

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           Born: 1891 3
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         Status: Twin

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2 M Lyle Hazen ³

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           Born: 1891 3
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         Status: Twin

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3 F Fern Hazen ³

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           Born: 1892 3
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General Notes: Husband - William R. Hazen

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He was given a common school education and spent his younger days in assisting his father on the farm, but in 1880 he removed to Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and adopted a mechanical career. He was naturally adapted to this and acquired a high degree of skill at it. He was first employed in the cutlery works, then in the axe factory, and later in the file factory. He continued in the file works until 1885, when he became interested in the street car company at Beaver Falls, and after being connected with the road for one year he was given charge of the stables. He continued in that capacity until 1892, when the horses were supplanted by electricity, and the road was transformed into an electric road. Until the road was placed in good working order he served as conductor for two months, and as such met with a very serious accident which compelled him to lay off for one year. Upon his return to duty, he was appointed to the post of car dispatcher and served in that position until 1898, when he was promoted to the office of general superintendent of the road. The lines over which he had supervision extend from Morado Park to the lower end of Beaver, being mostly double track and continuous rails. There were fifty-five men in his employ. The power-house was in Beaver Falls, a one-story brick structure, with dimensions of 120x60 feet, and was built in 1892. It was equipped with two very powerful Buckeye engines of 140 and 125 horse power respectively, with four dynamos of immense power, and was fitted with the Thompson-Houston equipment. It also supplied power for the Patterson Heights Inclined Electric Road, and for the Beaver & Vanport line. The car barn was located in Rochester township in a very pretentious building of vitrified brick, the dimensions being 260x120 feet, and besides storing all of the cars, it contained the superintendent's office, the general offices and the mess room for employees. Mr. Hazen resided in a home at No. 2715 College avenue, which he owned.
Politically, Mr. Hazen was a Democrat, and was a member of the council from College Hill Borough, and also a school director. In religious views he was a Baptist. Fraternally, he was a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and the K. of L.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 776.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 203.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 205.