Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Hezekiah HAGER The Biography of Hezekiah HAGER was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1884. Rpt. in West Virginia heritage encyclopedia. Ed Comstock, Richwood: Comstock, 1974. HEZEKIAH HAGER ---born in Boone county, West Virginia, November 21, 1842, came to Lincoln county in 1853, with his parents, Joseph and Rachel (Pauley) Hager. Emily J. Roberts, daughter of Frank and Mary M. (Tucker) Roberts was born in Cabell county, West Virginia, January 22, 1860. She became the wife of Hezekiah Hager in Lincoln county, February 27, 1876, and their home is brightened by four children, born as follows: Joseph F., February 13, 1877; Benjamin F., August 28, 1879; Lula, April 2, 1881; Carrie, December 18, 1882. Mr. Hager enlisted in the civil war in June 1862, serving in the Confederate army until he was wounded in October, 1864, returning to his home in Lincoln county. The subject of this sketch owns 135 acres of good land heavily timbered with pine, poplar, cherry, maple, hickory and walnut. This land is situated in harts Creek district, fourteen miles from Hamlin. He also owns 223 acres of fine farming land on the Middle Fork of Mud river, about four miles from Hamlin. This farm is well-improved, good orchard and well watered. Hezekiah Hager has one of the finest residences in Hamlin. He is clerk of the county court, which office he has held ten years.