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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

SEVELON A. HAZELTON. Among the native sons of Will county who have here found 
through the rich agricultural resources of this section of the state ample 
opportunity for the acquirement of a competence, is classed Sevelon A. 
Hazelton, who owns and operates a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres in 
Wesley, his native township. His birth occurred May 8, 1855, a son of Norman 
and Almira (Frost) Hazelton, the former born in Bennington, Vermont, November 
22, 1819, and died in Will county, November 30, 1903, at the advanced age of 
eighty-three years, while the mother, who was born in Catherine, Chemung 
county, New York, December 7, 1821, passed away in Wesley township, Will 
county, August 21, 1896, at the age of seventy-four years, eight months and 
fourteen days. Their marriage, which was celebrated at Catherine, March 20, 
1845, was blessed with five sons and three daughters, of whom one daughter, 
Minerva, died in infancy, while the surviving members of the family are: 
Charles N., a practicing physician of Morrison, Illinois; Mrs. Mary 
Richardson, who resides in Burch, South Dakota; Mrs. Martha G. Johnston, who 
resides in Will county; Sevelon A., of this review; Willis A., who is 
mentioned on another page of this work; LeGrand F., who makes his home in 
Baraboo, Wisconsin; and Walter A., who resides in Canada. More extended 
mention of the family is given in connection with the sketch of Willis A. 
Hazelton, on another page of this work. Sevelon A. Hazelton acquired his early 
education in the public schools and later pursued a course in the Evangelical 
College at Naperville, Illinois. He early became familiar with the duties and 
labors which fell to the lot of the agriculturist and remained with his 
parents until the time of his marriage, when he bought eighty acres of land in 
Wesley township and there began farming on his own account. In 1898 he 
extended the boundaries of his farm by the purchase of an additional eighty-
acre tract, thus making altogether a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, 
which he is operating at the present time. He has made many improvements upon 
his property, and keeps his buildings in an excellent state of repair, so that 
his is one of the valuable and well improved farms of this section of the 
state. He keeps in touch with the best methods of farm work and through the 
rotation of crops and the careful cultivation of his fields, he annually 
harvests rich and abundant crops. Choosing a companion and helpmate for life's 
journey, Mr. Hazelton was married March 19, 1890, to Miss Agnes Ann Stewart, 
who was born at Essex, Kankakee county, Illinois, on Christmas day of 1858. 
Her parents were William D. and Jeanette (White) Stewart, the former born in 
Scotland in 1810, while his death occurred March 22, 1885. The mother was also 
born in that country in 1827, and her death occurred July 21, 1876. Their 
marriage, which was celebrated at Wilmington, November 20, 1850, was blessed 
with eight children, namely: William J., who was born November 23, 1852, and 
first wedded Sadie Holton, while following her death he wedded Lizzie Gordon; 
Mary J., who was born September 2, 1854, and is now the wife of Wesley 
Woodward; Adam W., who was born December 4, 1856; Agnes A., now Mrs. Hazelton; 
Emma E., who was born February 16, 1861, and is now the wife of William Horn; 
Margery B., who was born September 3, 1863; Barbara E., who was born January 
2, 1866, and is now the wife of John Myers; and George M., who was born March 
26, 1870, and wedded Mame Oswell. The father emigrated with his family to this 
country in 1836, his first settlement being made in Will county, whence he 
removed to Kankakee county, near Essex, and was one of the pioneer farmers of 
that section of the state. He was engaged in farming and stock-raising for 
many years, and at the time of his demise owned two hundred acres, all of 
which had been improved by him. He was a whig in his political views and later 
joined the republican party but was never active as an office seeker. Unto our 
subject and his wife have been born two sons and one daughter: Charles 
Stewart, who was born March 6, 1891, and died on the 27th of June, 1892; 
Clarence Norman, whose birth occurred January 25, 1893; and Amy Elmira, who 
was born July 7, 1897. Mr. Hazelton is now serving his second term as a school 
director. He holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal church, while his 
wife is identified with the Presbyterian church. They are highly esteemed in 
the community where they reside, and Mr. Hazelton is everywhere known as a man 
of sterling character, strict integrity and reliable business methods. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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