Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Phillip HAGER The Biography of Phillip 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. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock, 1974 PHILLIP HAGER---grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from Virginia to Lincoln County in 1807. At that time this section of West Virginia was a wild wilderness, inhabited by wolves, bears, deer, panthers, wild cats, etc.; and Mr. Hager's parents did much towards civilizing the place. His father Major John Hager, died April 23, 1865 and his mother Elizabeth (Miller) Hager, resides in Kansas. Rev. Phillip Hager was born in Boone county, West Virginia, March 26, 1841, and in that county, September 30, 1858 he was united in wedlock with Elizabeth Jane Dalton, and to them eleven children have been given; Gilbert Monterville born May 10, 1860, residing in Laurel Hill district; Minerva (Grass), March 30, 1862; resides near Hamlin; Florida (Barrett) November 5, 1864, resides in Duval District; Emma Jane, October 4, 1886; Maj. John, December 30, 1868; Phillip Jr., February 23, 1872; Walter, March 2, 1874, died the same day; Benjamin F., March 14, 1875; Rosa, July 27, 1877; Andrew C., August 9, 1878; James H., June 28, 1880--the young children are at home. Mrs. Hager was born in Tazewell county, Virginia, May 14, 1842, and she is a daughter of Allen and Nancy (Bruster) Dalton. Her father died in November, 1864 and her mother died January 10, 1849. Rev. Phillip Hager has been president of the board of education, and was elected captain of the militia in Boone county. He enlisted in the civil war on the Confederate side, in 1862, serving in Company D., 34th Virginia Cavalry, as lieutenant, and participating in the battles of Chapmanville, Gettysburg, and twenty-one others, and was wounded at Bluntsville, October 14, 1863. Mr. Hager's great-grandfather, grandfather and a son are all named Phillip. Rev. Phillip Hager and his wife both united with the Baptist Church in 1868, and he was licensed to preach in 1872, and in 1873 was ordained an older, which position he now fills. He is also a farmer in Carroll district, and received his mail at Hamlin, Lincoln county, West Virginia.