KyGenWeb; Kentucky Biographies; HAGER, Samuel P. Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B, Boyd County Samuel P. HAGER was born in Floyd, now Johnson County, Ky., May 22, 1834, and is a son of Daniel and Violet (Porter) HAGER, natives respectively of Amherst County, Va., and Russell County, Va. John HAGER, father of Daniel, came from Hesse Cassel during the war of the Revolution, was a soldier under Gen. Sumter, settled and married in Amherst County, Va., moved from there to Kentucky, settled at the mouth of Beaver, and afterward on Sandy River, opposite the mouth of John's Creek, about 1808, and died at the latter place. Daniel HAGER was born November 15, 1801, in Amherst County, Va., came to Kentucky with his father, and was married in 1821. He was a Brigadier General of State Militia in eastern Kentucky, and in 1845 and 1846 represented Johnson and Floyd Counties in the Kentucky Legislature. He had been a farmer and merchant, and reared a family of twelve children, three of whom are now dead, the eldest, John, having been killed in the late civil war, under Humphrey Marshall. Gen. HAGER died July 5, 1887, aged eighty-six years. Samuel P. HAGER was reared on the home farm, but began his business life in 1856 as a merchant at Paintsville, Ky., but during the recent war engaged in steamboating on the Big Sandy, in conjunction with his brother Henry. At the close of the war he resumed mercantile pursuits at Paintsville, Ky., where he is still interested. He moved to Ashland, Ky., in 1881, and is now in the insurance business. November 21, 1860, he married Miss Angie Brown, daughter of Thomas S. Brown, ex-county court judge. To this marriage have been born four children, viz: William C., a merchant at Ashland; Harry, C.H. & D. Railroad, in Cincinnati; Edgar and John are receiving collegiate education at K.W. College, Millersburg, Ky. HAGER Porter Sumter Brown Marshall ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************