Jesse Hagler
Nearly a century ago the first members of the Hagler family settled in Fayette county, Ohio, and since that time the family has been prominent in all the activities connected with the growth and development of the county. In the summer of 1814 there came to Ross county, Ohio, Isaac Hagler and Susan Stookey with their respective families, and in that same year this young couple were married and the year following located in Fayette county. They started life under pioneer conditions, built a rude log cabin and started to clear the virgin forests and make a home for themselves in this new county. The Hagler and Stookey families came from Hardy county, Virginia, and were among the first to locate in Ross county, Ohio. There were nine children came to bless the union of Isaac and Susan (Stookey) Hagler: Mrs. Lottie Hankins, born in 1817; Mrs. Kate Millikan, born in 1818; Mrs. Matilda McLean, born 1822; Mrs. Susan Browning, born 1830; Albert, born 1826; Felix, born 1827, and Jesse, born 1823. Upon coming to this county, Isaac Hagler located seven miles northwest of Washington C. H, where he lived until his death. July 10, 1830.
The late Jesse Hagler, the fifth child of Isaac Hagler and wife, was born October 22, 1823, and died February 12, 1900. He was born on the Hagler homestead in Jefferson township and lived on the same farm all his life. He received a very limited education, since the schools of his boyhood days offered very few advantages. From his earliest boyhood he worked upon the farm, and after his father's death, he and one of his brothers bought out the interests of the other children in the home farm and operated the old home place in partnership. As he prospered from year to year he added to his holdings until at the time of his death he was the owner of ten hundred and sixty acres in Jefferson township.
Mr. Hagler was married May 1, 1864, to Angeline Rogers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Rogers, early pioneers of this county. Mrs. Hagler was born June 25, 1840, and died September 27, 1874, leaving her husband with three children : Howard, Gertrude and Roy. Howard is now farming two hundred and seventy-three acres of the old homestead ; Gertrude is the wife of V. R. McCoy, and Roy, whose history is presented elsewhere in this volume, is also on the old Hagler homestead.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)
Jesse Hagler, farmer, Washington, is a son of Isaac and Susan (Stookey) Hagler, who were natives of Hardy County, Virginia, and came to Ross County, this state, in 1814, where they were married in the same year. Came to this county, in 1815, and located seven miles northwest of Washington, where Mr. Hagler died, July 10, 1880, and where Mrs. Hagler lives with our subject. He had a farm of four hundred and thirty acres, which was the result of his industry and economy. There were eight children of the family, our subject being the fifth; three yet survive.
Our subject was born October 22, 1823, and was married, May 1, 1864, to Miss Angeline Rodgers, daughter of Hamilton, who was a pioneer of this county. He has a family of three children: Howard, Gertrude and Roy; all living. Mrs. Hagler died September 27, 1874, and was born June 25, 1840.
He has a farm of five hundred and fifty acres where he lives, and one hundred and fifty acres adjoining with it; also, three hundred and eighteen acres about one-half mile east of Jeffersonville. He is one of the first members of the Patrons of Husbandry of this county.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County