THOMAS
O. HAZEN, justice of the peace, real estate and insurance agent and
dealer in wall and window shades, is a son of Ziba and Milcah (Perrine)
Hazen, who are natives of Hickory and Worth Townships, respectively.
Nathaniel Hazen, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of
Massachusetts, and was one of the early settlers of Mercer County. Our
subject was born in Hickory Township in 1842, and was reared and
educated in the common schools of the same township, and graded schools
of Sharon, Penn. He learned the painter’s trade, which he followed in
the summer, and taught school in the winter for twelve years. In 1872
he engaged in the lumber business in Sharpsville, which he carried on
for six years. In 1878 he engaged in his present business, as a dealer
in wall paper and window shades, and the same year was elected justice
of the peace, which office he continues to fill. Mr. Hazen also
represents the following insurance companies as their agent for this
locality: Phoenix, of Hartford, Conn., Reading, of Reading, Penn., and
the Dwelling House Insurance Co., of Boston, Mass. In politics our
subject is a Republican. He was married in 1865 to Miss A. V. McDowell,
daughter of Josiah McDowell, of Crawford County, Penn., who died in
1869, leaving one son, Elton E., who died in 1872. Mr. Hazen’s second
wife was Miss Eva McDowell, sister of his first wife, and by this
marriage they have one child, Birdie May. Our subject is a member of
the I. 0. 0. F., Lodge No. 739, of Sharpsville, Lodge A. 0. U. W. No.
71 of Sharpsville, and the E. A. U. Union, No. 359, of Sharpsville. He
is also a member of the First Universalist Church of Sharpsville, and
rung the first Universalist Church bell that was ever rung in Mercer
County. Mr. Hazen is of Scotch and Welsh descent.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 840-841
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