BIOGRAPHY: Bernard O’HAGAN, Cambria County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Lynne Canterbury and Diann Olsen. Portions of this book were transcribed by Clark Creery, Martha Humenik, Betty Mirovich and Sharon Ringler. USGENWEB ARCHIVES (tm) NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/cambria/ ____________________________________________________________ From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 195-6 ____________________________________________________________ BERNARD O'HAGAN, secretary and bookkeeper of the Cresson and Clearfield Coal and Coke company, is a son of Charles and Susan (Murray) O'Hagan, and was born at Plain No. 5, on the old Portage railroad near the summit, Cambria county, August 30, 1848. Charles O'Hagan, father, was born in County Derry, Ireland, in May, 1808. He was reared on the home farm and emigrated to America in 1841. He located first in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but remained there but a short time. He then removed to Cambria county and located at Plain No. 5, near the summit, and was employed for a number of years on the old Portage railroad. In 1856 he removed to Gallitzin, and died September 15, 1892, at Frugality, Pennsylvania. Shortly after coming to America he married Susan Murray, of Philadelphia, formerly of county Derry, Ireland, and this marital union resulted in the birth of five children, four daughters and one son; Margaret, the widow of John Waters, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Susan Alice, a sister in the Benedictine Order, now of Allegheny city, Pennsylvania; Bernard; Catharine Ann, a sister in Mercy convent, Pittsburg, [sic] Pennsylvania, and Sarah Jane, of Allegheny city. Bernard O'Hagan spent his boyhood days in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, attending the public schools in the winter and working during the summer with his father in the mines. He was ambitious, energetic, and willing, and soon worked his way up to the more responsible position of weighmaster of the mines, then clerk in the office. He embraced every opportunity which was presented for self-improvement, and in 1875 accepted a position as bookkeeper for the Sandylick Gas, Coal and Coke company at Du Bois, Pennsylvania. He resigned this position to become the superintendent of the same mines at Du Bois, where he remained until 1882, when he removed to Gallitzin and accepted the position of bookkeeper with Taylor & McCoy. He remained with them for eight years. In 1890 he came to Frugality as secretary and bookkeeper of the Cresson and Clearfield Coal and Coke company, which responsible position he holds at the present time. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and in politics is identified with the Democratic party. June 27, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Rebecca Braniff, a daughter of Patrick Braniff, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, and their marriage has resulted in the birth of eleven children: Charles Faber, John Edgar, Mary Clare, Walter Lawrence, Mary Lorine, Mary Hortense, Thomas Ralph, deceased, Mary Agnes, deceased; Marie Audra, Bernard Eugene, and La Mar, deceased.