Daily National Intellegencer
April 8, 1848
DEATH OF THOMAS H. HAGNER, Esq.
From the Florida Sentinel, March 29.
The title of this paragraph will excite no little surprise and concern in the breasts of many of our readers. Mr. Hagner died last Sunday morning of a disease of the liver, indications of the existence of which first became manifest during the late session of the General Assembly of this State, of which he was a prominent and influential member. A session of the Supreme Court followed, still further taxing his physical and mental energies, when both most needed relaxation and repose, and his disorder progressed so far as to become incurable. He is gone – a man of noble intellect – yet in the spring time of life, and holding out a glorious promise for the future. His death is a great public loss, and the profession of which he was a highly successful member will mourn it as the removal of one of its chief ornaments. Mr. Hagner was a native of Maryland – a son of the present Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury. He had been a resident of Florida eight or nine years, and at the time of his death was one of the most widely esteemed and successful practitioners at the bar in Middle Florida. He has left a widow and two infant children, whose heavy bereavement excites universal sympathy.
At the opening of the Circuit Court for this county yesterday morning, this melancholy event was formally announced by Mr. Thompson, and the Court, as a token of respect, adjourned over until the day following.
The event which we mourn was to Mr. Hagner but the commencement of a higher existence. Let us profit by the lesson of his life and death. To the young men of this State he has left behind him a brilliant example – of a high order of intellect diligently schooled and disciplined – of indefatigable industry – of laudable ambition – of sterling integrity and more worth.
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A young attorney from Maryland, Thomas Hagner (1817-1848) arrived in Tallahassee in 1838, eager to establish a new law practice. The capital city appealed to Hagner and in April 1842, he purchased Lot 78 in the original town plan of Tallahassee, the site of the present Knott House. Originally the house was quite a different structure. Hagner probably expanded the home into a central hall structure shortly after he bought it .
In 1844, he married Catherine Jane Gamble (1820-1870) and they had two children. Often sickly, Hagner died of illness in 1848. Catherine Hagner eventually left Tallahassee after her husband died, moving first to South Carolina and then to Maryland to be closer to her in-laws. However, she still owned the home. In 1883, after Catherine's death in 1870, Catherine's two children sold the home to Dr. George Betton.
Reference: Museum of Florida Archives History
Contributor: BWA (47768751)
April 8, 1848
DEATH OF THOMAS H. HAGNER, Esq.
From the Florida Sentinel, March 29.
The title of this paragraph will excite no little surprise and concern in the breasts of many of our readers. Mr. Hagner died last Sunday morning of a disease of the liver, indications of the existence of which first became manifest during the late session of the General Assembly of this State, of which he was a prominent and influential member. A session of the Supreme Court followed, still further taxing his physical and mental energies, when both most needed relaxation and repose, and his disorder progressed so far as to become incurable. He is gone – a man of noble intellect – yet in the spring time of life, and holding out a glorious promise for the future. His death is a great public loss, and the profession of which he was a highly successful member will mourn it as the removal of one of its chief ornaments. Mr. Hagner was a native of Maryland – a son of the present Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury. He had been a resident of Florida eight or nine years, and at the time of his death was one of the most widely esteemed and successful practitioners at the bar in Middle Florida. He has left a widow and two infant children, whose heavy bereavement excites universal sympathy.
At the opening of the Circuit Court for this county yesterday morning, this melancholy event was formally announced by Mr. Thompson, and the Court, as a token of respect, adjourned over until the day following.
The event which we mourn was to Mr. Hagner but the commencement of a higher existence. Let us profit by the lesson of his life and death. To the young men of this State he has left behind him a brilliant example – of a high order of intellect diligently schooled and disciplined – of indefatigable industry – of laudable ambition – of sterling integrity and more worth.
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A young attorney from Maryland, Thomas Hagner (1817-1848) arrived in Tallahassee in 1838, eager to establish a new law practice. The capital city appealed to Hagner and in April 1842, he purchased Lot 78 in the original town plan of Tallahassee, the site of the present Knott House. Originally the house was quite a different structure. Hagner probably expanded the home into a central hall structure shortly after he bought it .
In 1844, he married Catherine Jane Gamble (1820-1870) and they had two children. Often sickly, Hagner died of illness in 1848. Catherine Hagner eventually left Tallahassee after her husband died, moving first to South Carolina and then to Maryland to be closer to her in-laws. However, she still owned the home. In 1883, after Catherine's death in 1870, Catherine's two children sold the home to Dr. George Betton.
Reference: Museum of Florida Archives History
Contributor: BWA (47768751)
Daily National Intellegencer
April 8, 1848
DEATH OF THOMAS H. HAGNER, Esq.
From the Florida Sentinel, March 29.
The title of this paragraph will excite no little surprise and concern in the breasts of many of our readers. Mr. Hagner died last Sunday morning of a disease of the liver, indications of the existence of which first became manifest during the late session of the General Assembly of this State, of which he was a prominent and influential member. A session of the Supreme Court followed, still further taxing his physical and mental energies, when both most needed relaxation and repose, and his disorder progressed so far as to become incurable. He is gone – a man of noble intellect – yet in the spring time of life, and holding out a glorious promise for the future. His death is a great public loss, and the profession of which he was a highly successful member will mourn it as the removal of one of its chief ornaments. Mr. Hagner was a native of Maryland – a son of the present Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury. He had been a resident of Florida eight or nine years, and at the time of his death was one of the most widely esteemed and successful practitioners at the bar in Middle Florida. He has left a widow and two infant children, whose heavy bereavement excites universal sympathy.
At the opening of the Circuit Court for this county yesterday morning, this melancholy event was formally announced by Mr. Thompson, and the Court, as a token of respect, adjourned over until the day following.
The event which we mourn was to Mr. Hagner but the commencement of a higher existence. Let us profit by the lesson of his life and death. To the young men of this State he has left behind him a brilliant example – of a high order of intellect diligently schooled and disciplined – of indefatigable industry – of laudable ambition – of sterling integrity and more worth.
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A young attorney from Maryland, Thomas Hagner (1817-1848) arrived in Tallahassee in 1838, eager to establish a new law practice. The capital city appealed to Hagner and in April 1842, he purchased Lot 78 in the original town plan of Tallahassee, the site of the present Knott House. Originally the house was quite a different structure. Hagner probably expanded the home into a central hall structure shortly after he bought it .
In 1844, he married Catherine Jane Gamble (1820-1870) and they had two children. Often sickly, Hagner died of illness in 1848. Catherine Hagner eventually left Tallahassee after her husband died, moving first to South Carolina and then to Maryland to be closer to her in-laws. However, she still owned the home. In 1883, after Catherine's death in 1870, Catherine's two children sold the home to Dr. George Betton.
Reference: Museum of Florida Archives History
Contributor: BWA (47768751)
April 8, 1848
DEATH OF THOMAS H. HAGNER, Esq.
From the Florida Sentinel, March 29.
The title of this paragraph will excite no little surprise and concern in the breasts of many of our readers. Mr. Hagner died last Sunday morning of a disease of the liver, indications of the existence of which first became manifest during the late session of the General Assembly of this State, of which he was a prominent and influential member. A session of the Supreme Court followed, still further taxing his physical and mental energies, when both most needed relaxation and repose, and his disorder progressed so far as to become incurable. He is gone – a man of noble intellect – yet in the spring time of life, and holding out a glorious promise for the future. His death is a great public loss, and the profession of which he was a highly successful member will mourn it as the removal of one of its chief ornaments. Mr. Hagner was a native of Maryland – a son of the present Third Auditor of the U.S. Treasury. He had been a resident of Florida eight or nine years, and at the time of his death was one of the most widely esteemed and successful practitioners at the bar in Middle Florida. He has left a widow and two infant children, whose heavy bereavement excites universal sympathy.
At the opening of the Circuit Court for this county yesterday morning, this melancholy event was formally announced by Mr. Thompson, and the Court, as a token of respect, adjourned over until the day following.
The event which we mourn was to Mr. Hagner but the commencement of a higher existence. Let us profit by the lesson of his life and death. To the young men of this State he has left behind him a brilliant example – of a high order of intellect diligently schooled and disciplined – of indefatigable industry – of laudable ambition – of sterling integrity and more worth.
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A young attorney from Maryland, Thomas Hagner (1817-1848) arrived in Tallahassee in 1838, eager to establish a new law practice. The capital city appealed to Hagner and in April 1842, he purchased Lot 78 in the original town plan of Tallahassee, the site of the present Knott House. Originally the house was quite a different structure. Hagner probably expanded the home into a central hall structure shortly after he bought it .
In 1844, he married Catherine Jane Gamble (1820-1870) and they had two children. Often sickly, Hagner died of illness in 1848. Catherine Hagner eventually left Tallahassee after her husband died, moving first to South Carolina and then to Maryland to be closer to her in-laws. However, she still owned the home. In 1883, after Catherine's death in 1870, Catherine's two children sold the home to Dr. George Betton.
Reference: Museum of Florida Archives History
Contributor: BWA (47768751)
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