Walter Hagar married Martha Fuller on February 25, 1847 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Their intentions to be married were published February 7, 1847 in Newton, Massachusetts.
Walter was a "Book maker" according to the Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Vital Record of the birth of his daughter, Ellen Maria Hagar, in 1850.
He was a pioneer paper manufacturer. The family moved to Ohio sometime during the 1878s and first settled at Eaton, Ohio. They moved to Clfton, Ohio where he built a paper mill which was still standing in 1939 as one of the landmarks in the village at the time of the death of his daughter, Sarah Bowman Hagar.
Walter founded the Hagar Straw Board and Paper Co. in Cedarville, with his son, Edwin, which was sold during the late 1930s to the Mead Corp., Chillicothe, Ohio.
The Saturday, May 7, 1898 edition of the Xenia Gazette reported: "We are sorry to learn that Mr. Walter Hagar of North King Street, one of our well-known citizens, has been quite sick for the past few days. On last Thursday morning he suffered a stroke of paralysis and has since been seriously ill, though he was reported somewhat improved this morning."
The Saturday, May 14, 1898 edition of the Xenia Gazette reported: "Mr. Walter Hagar, who was stricken with paralysis a few days ago, does not show much change for the better."
Obituary from the Thursday, August 18, 1898 edition of The Miami Helmet, Piqua, Ohio:
Mr. Walter Hagar, president of the Cedarville Paper Mill, died at his home in Xenia Thursday at the age of 75 years. Mr. Hagar was well known in this vicinity. He was the last of a family of 11 children. His wife and four children survive him.
Walter Hagar married Martha Fuller on February 25, 1847 in Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Their intentions to be married were published February 7, 1847 in Newton, Massachusetts.
Walter was a "Book maker" according to the Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Vital Record of the birth of his daughter, Ellen Maria Hagar, in 1850.
He was a pioneer paper manufacturer. The family moved to Ohio sometime during the 1878s and first settled at Eaton, Ohio. They moved to Clfton, Ohio where he built a paper mill which was still standing in 1939 as one of the landmarks in the village at the time of the death of his daughter, Sarah Bowman Hagar.
Walter founded the Hagar Straw Board and Paper Co. in Cedarville, with his son, Edwin, which was sold during the late 1930s to the Mead Corp., Chillicothe, Ohio.
The Saturday, May 7, 1898 edition of the Xenia Gazette reported: "We are sorry to learn that Mr. Walter Hagar of North King Street, one of our well-known citizens, has been quite sick for the past few days. On last Thursday morning he suffered a stroke of paralysis and has since been seriously ill, though he was reported somewhat improved this morning."
The Saturday, May 14, 1898 edition of the Xenia Gazette reported: "Mr. Walter Hagar, who was stricken with paralysis a few days ago, does not show much change for the better."
Obituary from the Thursday, August 18, 1898 edition of The Miami Helmet, Piqua, Ohio:
Mr. Walter Hagar, president of the Cedarville Paper Mill, died at his home in Xenia Thursday at the age of 75 years. Mr. Hagar was well known in this vicinity. He was the last of a family of 11 children. His wife and four children survive him.
Inscription
Side 1:
Isaac Hagar
A native of Weston
Died Nov. 19, 1828
Aged 50 yrs 6 mos 8 ds
Eunice
Wife of Isaac Hagar
Died Mar 28, 1855
Aged 70 yrs 9 mos 6ds
Eunice Hagar
Died Oct 8, 1822
Aged 17 yrs 7 mos
Mary Hagar
Died Feb 15, 1832
Aged 22 yrs 11 mos 4 ds
Calvin Hagar
Died April 8, 1850
Aged 36 yrs 4 mos 19 ds.
Side 2:
Isaac Hagar
Died Feb 20, 1889
Aged 78 yrs 1 mo 22 dys
Sarah B. Hagar
1857-1939
Mary E. Hagar
Died Sept 16, 1837
Aged 3 mos 1 day
Rev Isaac A. Hagar
Died
June 27, 1870
Aged 35 yrs 9 mos
22 dys
Mary E. Hagar
Died Jan 21, 1872
Aged 32 yrs 6 mos
12 dys
Lydia Steele
Wife of
Isaac Hagar
Died Nov 25, 1879
Aged 66 yrs 6 mos
15 dys
Mrs Helen M Hagar
1825-1890.
Side 3:
Walter Hagar
Died Aug 11, 1898
Aged5 yrs 5 mos
7 dys
Martha Fuller
Wife of Walter Hagar
1827-1920
Ellen M. Hagar
Died Oct 31, 1851
Aged 11 mos 3dys
Gertrude A. Hagar
Died March 7, 1854
Aged 2 weeks
Mary G Hagar
1859-1921
Albert F Hagar
1863-1921.
Side 4:
Daniel B Hagar
1820-1896
Mary Bradford
Wife of
Daniel B Hagar
1819-1896
Mary Gertrude
Died Aug 29, 1852
Aged 3 yrs 5 mos.
Mary
Died June 18, 1855
Aged 22 dys.
Gravesite Details
Tall marble column on a granite base. Signature: J B Jepson, Newton Corner
Family Members
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