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      ENOCH J. HAZEN,
  
  [p. 732] a representative citizen of Ellwood City, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, was born in N. Sewickley Township, Beaver County, August
  17, 1852. He is a son of Joseph and Jane (Thompson) Hazen, a grandson of
  James and Jerusha (Runyan) Hazen, and great-grandson of Nathaniel and
  Mary (Bell) Hazen.
  
  Nathaniel Hazen was born March 17, 1745, and was a soldier in the
  Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was married November
  27, 1767, to Mary Bell, and they subsequently moved to Westmoreland
  County, Pennsylvania. There they resided until about the time of the
  Whiskey Insurrection, then in 1792 moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania,
  where the family has since been closely identified with affairs. He took
  up land in N. Sewickley Township and there resided until his death,
  November 3, 1835. His wife, who was born October 24, 1748, died December
  29, 1834. They were parents of twelve children, namely: Jeremiah, who
  was born October 11, 1769, died May 14, 1814, in the military hospital
  at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, having been a soldier under Gen. W. H.
  Harrison; James, a soldier in the War of 18l2, was born January 17,
  1772, and died in Beaver County, in 1851; John, a soldier in the War of
  1812, was born November 10, 1773, and died in Lawrence County, June 12,
  1851; Isaac, who was born October 10, 1775, and died May 23, 1861, was a
  soldier in the War of 1812, during which he received a wound in the leg
  which left him lame the remainder of his life; Sarah, who was born
  September 5, 1777; Mary; Nathaniel, who was born July 30, 1780; Deborah
  (Hill), born August 14, 1782; Mary, born September 2, 1784, married
  Samuel Baldwin, and died in Lawrence County, February 23, 1866; Nathan,
  born May 1, 1786; Hannah, who was wife of John Merrick, was born July
  20, 1788, and died at Clinton, Indiana, February 18, 1875; and Samuel,
  born August 27, 1791, died in Beaver County, in August, 1855.
  
  Joseph Hazen, father of Enoch J., was born in N. Sewickley Township,
  Beaver County, October 17, 1814, and was a carpenter and millwright by
  trade. His entire life was spent within a half mile of his birth place,
  and he there owned a large farm, and during the last twenty-five years
  of his life operated a flour mill. His death occurred April 6, 1886. ,
  He was united in marriage with Jane Thompson, who was born in N.
  Sewickley Township, and died there in 1892, aged seventy years. They
  were parents of the following children: Rosanna, who was born September
  18, 1842, and is now deceased; Shadrick Burnie, born October 29, 1844,
  and died October 29, 1885, married Mary Jane Booth of Achor, Ohio, where
  he lived at his death; James, born August 13, 1848, died in infancy;
  Joseph, born January 12, 1851, died in infancy; Enoch J.; Melvin L.,
  born February 29, 1856, lives on the old homestead in N. Sewickley
  Township; and Rosanna Cecelia, wife of James Bruce, was born July 15,
  1858, and died April 16, 1907, in N. Sewickley Township.
  
  Enoch J. Hazen attended the district schools of his home community, and
  select school at Wurtemberg, after which he worked on the farm and in
  his father's mill. After his marriage he operated the homestead in N.
  Sewickley Township, where he farmed until 1896, since which time he has
  maintained his home in Ellwood City. He is a man of enterprise and
  public spirit, and of recognized business ability.
  
  May 24, 1877, Mr. Hazen was united in marriage with Miss Allie S. D.
  Booth, who was born in Achor, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 13,
  1855, and is a daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Richards) Booth. Three
  children were born to bless their home, as follows: Carrie Ethel, born
  August 24, 1880; Lulu Grace, born August 19, 1885, died December 19,
  1892; and Lylia Belle, born January 18, 1892, is attending High School
  and is a member of the Junior class. Religiously, Mr. Hazen and his
  family are members of the Baptist Church of Ellwood City, of which he is
  a deacon. In political attachment, he is a Democrat, and an active
  supporter of the cause of temperance.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 11 Dec 2001