Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882.  Cass County.

JOHN H. HAGENER, lumber and grain dealer, Beardstown; was 
born in Beardstown, Ill., Jan. 7, 1850; son of William 
Hagener, a native of Hanover, Germany, who came to 
Beardstown in 1842, having lived in St. Louis a short time 
before coming here, and there married Miss Lenora Peters.  
He was a carpenter and builder, and died in 1856, aged 
fifty-nine years.  His wife and three sons only survive 
him.  Our subject, after receiving an ordinary education, 
learned the trade of stone cutter, but afterward was a 
clerk and bookkeeper for several years.  In 1874, he 
embarked in the lumber and grain business, first by 
himself, and afterward in connection with his brother.  
They own warehouses at Beardstown, Hamilton, and 
Arenzville, and have agencies at other points.  They do a 
very extensive business in both lumber and grain.  Mr. 
Hagener, as stated in this work, under the head of People's 
Bank, has been a director of that institution since its 
organization, he has also held other positions of trust.  
He was married in 1875, to Miss Kate Pappmeier, daughter of 
J.F. Pappmeier, and has three children living.

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