[p. 732] a representative citizen of Ellwood City, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was born in N. Sewickley Township, Beaver County, August 17, 1852. He is a son of Joseph and Jane (Thompson) Hazen, a grandson of James and Jerusha (Runyan) Hazen, and great-grandson of Nathaniel and Mary (Bell) Hazen.
Nathaniel Hazen was born March 17, 1745, and was a soldier in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was married November 27, 1767, to Mary Bell, and they subsequently moved to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. There they resided until about the time of the Whiskey Insurrection, then in 1792 moved to Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where the family has since been closely identified with affairs. He took up land in N. Sewickley Township and there resided until his death, November 3, 1835. His wife, who was born October 24, 1748, died December 29, 1834. They were parents of twelve children, namely: Jeremiah, who was born October 11, 1769, died May 14, 1814, in the military hospital at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, having been a soldier under Gen. W. H. Harrison; James, a soldier in the War of 18l2, was born January 17, 1772, and died in Beaver County, in 1851; John, a soldier in the War of 1812, was born November 10, 1773, and died in Lawrence County, June 12, 1851; Isaac, who was born October 10, 1775, and died May 23, 1861, was a soldier in the War of 1812, during which he received a wound in the leg which left him lame the remainder of his life; Sarah, who was born September 5, 1777; Mary; Nathaniel, who was born July 30, 1780; Deborah (Hill), born August 14, 1782; Mary, born September 2, 1784, married Samuel Baldwin, and died in Lawrence County, February 23, 1866; Nathan, born May 1, 1786; Hannah, who was wife of John Merrick, was born July 20, 1788, and died at Clinton, Indiana, February 18, 1875; and Samuel, born August 27, 1791, died in Beaver County, in August, 1855.
Joseph Hazen, father of Enoch J., was born in N. Sewickley Township, Beaver County, October 17, 1814, and was a carpenter and millwright by trade. His entire life was spent within a half mile of his birth place, and he there owned a large farm, and during the last twenty-five years of his life operated a flour mill. His death occurred April 6, 1886. , He was united in marriage with Jane Thompson, who was born in N. Sewickley Township, and died there in 1892, aged seventy years. They were parents of the following children: Rosanna, who was born September 18, 1842, and is now deceased; Shadrick Burnie, born October 29, 1844, and died October 29, 1885, married Mary Jane Booth of Achor, Ohio, where he lived at his death; James, born August 13, 1848, died in infancy; Joseph, born January 12, 1851, died in infancy; Enoch J.; Melvin L., born February 29, 1856, lives on the old homestead in N. Sewickley Township; and Rosanna Cecelia, wife of James Bruce, was born July 15, 1858, and died April 16, 1907, in N. Sewickley Township.
Enoch J. Hazen attended the district schools of his home community, and select school at Wurtemberg, after which he worked on the farm and in his father's mill. After his marriage he operated the homestead in N. Sewickley Township, where he farmed until 1896, since which time he has maintained his home in Ellwood City. He is a man of enterprise and public spirit, and of recognized business ability.
May 24, 1877, Mr. Hazen was united in marriage with Miss Allie S. D. Booth, who was born in Achor, Columbiana County, Ohio, February 13, 1855, and is a daughter of Jeremiah and Sarah (Richards) Booth. Three children were born to bless their home, as follows: Carrie Ethel, born August 24, 1880; Lulu Grace, born August 19, 1885, died December 19, 1892; and Lylia Belle, born January 18, 1892, is attending High School and is a member of the Junior class. Religiously, Mr. Hazen and his family are members of the Baptist Church of Ellwood City, of which he is a deacon. In political attachment, he is a Democrat, and an active supporter of the cause of temperance.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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