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WILLIAM HAGAN
Originally published in 1900 |
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WILLIAM HAGAN, of Secaucus, was born in New York City on the 12th
of September, 1841. He is the son of Edward and Arabella Hagan and a
grandson of Edward Hagan, Sr., the family being of Scotch-Irish descent.
Mr. Hagan acquired his education in Quackenbush and Forrest College of
New York. He learned the machinist's trade there, and for a few years
followed that business as a manufacturer.
In 1863 he came to Secaucus, N. J., with his father, and settled on the place he still occupies, where he has since followed successfully the vocation of a farmer. Enterprising, progressive, and energetic, he is regarded as one of the best farmers in Hudson County, and has always enjoyed the confidence and respect of the community. For many years he has been active and influential in the Democratic party. In 1877 he was elected a Justice of the Peace, and during a period of ten years he filled that office with credit and satisfaction. He was Town Committeeman for three years. and has also served as Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds. Mr. Hagan comes from a patriotic family, one of his nephews, Edward Field, being a soldier in the War of the Rebellion. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum and of the Royal Society of Good Fellows. He married Sarah Post, daughter of Cornelius and Eunice Post, of Hudson County, and they have had six children, as follows: William F., Eugene P., Lester (deceased), Grace C., John H. (deceased), and Cornelius E. Cornelius Post, father of Mrs. William Hagan, served in the Civil War as a member of the Tenth New Jersey Infantry. His wife, to whom he was married December 31, 1853, was the daughter of Judge John Sturgis, who was for many years a leading resident of New Durham, Hudson County, dying there at the age of sixty-five. Mr. Sturgis was a Lay Judge for about fifteen years, and was also a Justice of the Peace, a Town Committeeman, a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, and a prominent man of affairs, being highly esteemed for his benevolence and actively identified with the community. Edward de Mott Pequignot is a naval officer on the Raleigh," and, being in Dewey's fleet, served through the Spanish-American War. He represents the third generation to serve his country, and is a grandson of Judge Sturgis and a nephew of Cornelius Post.
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