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

LYMAN HAGER, farmer, P. O. Beardstown; was born in New 
Hampshire, Aug. 30, 1828; son of Reuben and Sarah (Reed) 
Hager; also natives of New Hampshire; he, a farmer, born 
March 8, 1793, died March 22, 1871; she, born April 4, 
1795, died Sept. 12, 1846; they had a family of seven 
children.  Lyman received a limited education, having 
attended but a short time the schools at Beardstown and 
Bluff Springs, and also at the Cottonwood school house.  He 
began farming in this precinct, where he has since followed 
that occupation, with the exception of four years, which he 
spent mining in California.  In Beardstown, this county, 
June 15, 1855, he married Cornelia Spalding, a native of 
Indiana; born Jan. 15, 1838, and died Dec. 23, 1878, 
leaving nine children: Rose A., Edward, Douglas, Clara, 
Esther, Emma, Christina, Mary and Joseph.  Jan. 5, 1879, he 
married his present wife, Annie Devlin; born near Dublin, 
Ireland, June 29, 1847; daughter of Patrick and Rose 
Devlin; from this marriage two children have been born, 
William and Charles.  Mr. Hager is a Democrat; his wife is 
a member of the Catholic Church.

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