Thomas O. Hazen and Eva McDowell

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Husband Thomas O. Hazen ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1842 - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
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         Father: Ziba Hazen (1821-1870) 2 4
         Mother: Milcah Perrine (1823-      ) 4

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   Other Spouse: Arada V. McDowell (1844-1868) 3 - 1865 5

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Wife Eva McDowell ³

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           Born: 21 Mar 1852 - Summit Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Father: Josiah McDowell (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Vesta Meacham (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Birdie May Hazen ^{3 5}

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           Born: 19 Jun 1878 3
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           Died: 30 Aug 1907 3
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         Spouse: Aquilla Miles (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas O. Hazen

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He was reared and educated in the common schools of the township, and graded schools of Sharon, Pennsylvania. He learned the painter's trade, which he followed in the summer, and taught school in the winter for twelve years. In 1872 he engaged in the lumber business in Sharpsville, which he carried on for six years. In 1878 he engaged in business as a dealer in wall paper and window shades, and the same year was elected justice of the peace. Mr. Hazen also represented the following insurance companies as their agent for his locality: Phoenix, of Hartford, Connecticut, Reading, of Reading, Pennsylvania, and the Dwelling House Insurance Co., of Boston, Massachusetts. In politics he was a Republican. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 739, of Sharpsville, Lodge A. O. U. W. No. 71 of Sharpsville, and the E. A. U. Union, No. 359, of Sharpsville. He was also a member of the First Universalist Church of Sharpsville, and rang the first Universalist Church bell that was ever rung in Mercer County. Mr. Hazen was of Scotch and Welsh descent.

He was educated in the public schools and early in life learned the trade of house painter, which he followed for twenty-five years at Sharpsville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was elected justice of the peace there, serving continuously for twenty-two and a half years. In connection with the business of the justice's office he carried a line of fire insurance, building up a profitable agency. He sold his business in Sharpsville on July 1, 1904, then located in Warren, where he purchased a site in Crescent Park, overlooking the Allegheny river, and erected a modern residence of brick. He continued the insurance business in Warren and had a large and profitable agency. He has taken a deep interest in public affairs and was a man of great public spirit. Beginning in 1906 he was a member of the borough council and as chairman of the sewer, street and special water committees he promoted better conditions in those departments, especially in providing a purer, better water supply. He was interested in fraternal orders, and was assistant secretary of the National Home Guard; was supreme secretary of the Keystone Benefit Society; noble grand of Sharpsville Lodge, No. 739, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Sharpsville, also three times representative to the Grand Lodge. Politically he was a progressive, and in religious faith a Presbyterian.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 840.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 597.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 598.

4 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 184.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 841.

6 Howland Delano Perrine, Daniel Perrin, "The Huguenot" (South Orange, NJ: Privately Printed, 1910), Pg 376.