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

WILLIAM RILEY HAGER, farmer; P. O. Beardstown; is a native 
of Beardstown, this county; born Oct. 29, 1850; son of 
Curtis F. and Elizabeth (Horrom) Hager.  Curtis F. Hager, a 
native of New Hampshire, and a farmer by occupation, was 
born June 21, 1815, and died Jan. 1, 1877; his wife, a 
native of Indiana, was born in 1809, and died April 14, 
1867; they were the parents of sixteen children.  Mr. Hager 
attended the schools of this district about ten years, and 
has since followed farming here.  He married here, Sept. 
11, 1873, Hannah E. Bristow, born in Missouri, July 25, 
1856, daughter of George W. and Mary E. Bristow.  Their 
children are: Arthur L., born Jan. 23, 1877, and Clarence, 
born May 18, 1880.  Mr. Hager is a Democrat; is connected 
with the M.E. Church, and is a member of Lodge No. 16, 
I.O.O.F., in Beardstown.

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