BIOGRAPHY: Ephraim HAZLETT, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 633-634.

  EPHRAIM HAZLETT, deceased, was born in Menno township, Mifflin county, Pa., 
April 15, 1822, son of William and Ann (Wilson) Hazlett.  His parents were of 
Scotch-Irish descent.  They had eleven children, two survive:  Rev. Silas, a 
Presbyterian minister of Lake City, Minn., married Eliza Jane Patton, has one 
child;  and Emmeline (Mrs. Henry Steeley), has seven children.  Those deceased 
are:  Margaret (Mrs. James R. McDowell), had five children;  Sarah (Mrs. John 
McDowell);  Joseph, born June 10, 1812, died August 23, 1820;  Rev. John, a 
Presbyterian minister, and principal of a seminary near Pittsburg, married 
Margaret McCurdy, had one child;  Wilson, married Margaret Garver, had two 
children;  Anna (Mrs. John Huey), had six children;  Ephraim;  Maria (Mrs. 
Fleming), had five children;  and Jane, born February 14, 1829, died October, 
1845.  William Hazlett, the father, was born in 1782, and died March 14, 1843.
  Ephraim Hazlett attended the common schools.  After his father's death he 
bought a tract of land, which is the homestead farm, and built the large and 
convenient house and barn.  He made many improvements, and by his attention to 
the cultivation of the land made the farm one of the best in the township.  Mr. 
Hazlett was a useful citizen.  His estimable qualities won him the confidence 
and esteem of the community.  He was greatly interested in local affairs.  He 
was a Democrat, but not a narrow partisan.  He served in various township 
offices.
  Ephraim Hazlett was married December 5, 1856, to Louisa, daughter of John K. 
and Susan (Steel) Metz.  Their children are:  Sarah Ann (Mrs. Robert Huey), has 
seven children;  Ida Jane, widow of John C. Smith, who died leaving two 
children;  John Wilson, died in childhood;  Alice May (Mrs. George Stine), has 
two children;  William F.;  Harry M., died July 18, 1895, aged twenty-nine;  
Mary Emma;  and Silas M., M. D., a graduate of Jefferson Medical College, 
Philadelphia.  Ephraim Hazlett was an earnest member of the Lutheran church at 
Allensville, where he held office of deacon for many years.  He died September 
27, 1889.
  Mrs. Ephraim Hazlett's parents were residents of Huntingdon county, Pa.  Her 
father, John K. Metz, was a blacksmith in early manhood, and then engaged in 
farming.  He was born May 3, 1808, and died in 1894;  his wife, Susan (Steel) 
Metz, was born December 16, 1806, and died in 1876.  Their children are:  
Louisa;  Fanny;  Elizabeth;  John;  Sarah;  Samuel;  Maria;  Lewis;  and Ketura.