findagrave.com BEGIN Corp William Harrison Hagaman Birth 30 May 1837 Swinesburg, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Death 5 May 1913 (aged 75) Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Burial Bloomsbury Cemetery Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Memorial ID 39494365 · View Source Cpl. William Harrison Hagaman enlisted in the 31st Regiment of the New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, Co. C on September 3, 1862. He was mustered out of service on June 24, 1863. He reenlisted in the 112th PA Volunteer Regiment and was assigned to Battery (Company) H. of the 2nd. PA Heavy Artillery Unit of the 2nd Battalion. During the Petersburg Campaign, Company H. of the 2nd. Battalion "Pennsylvania Heavies," were engaged and suffered heavy casualties in their attempt to take Fort Clifton outside of Petersburg, Va. He was present at the Battle of the Crater near Petersburg. The Battle of the Crater or The Mine Explosion was America's "Charge of the Light Brigade." He was mustered out of service at City Point, Virginia on June 29, 1866. After the war ended he married Sarah Crater Hutchings on April 25, 1868 at Clarksville, now Glen Gardner, NJ. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. C. H. Winans. They lived in Clarksville until 1870 when he inherited his grandfather's farmstead which he purchased for one dollar from his father. In February of 1876, he sold the William Hagaman Homestead in Swinesburg, Alexandria Twp., Hunterdon County, NJ. to Charles Petty for nine hundred dollars and moved his family to Bloomsbury, NJ. They lived in a 1/2 double home next to the Methodist Church which is across the street from the Presbyterian Church. His grandparents are buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Family Members Parents Ezekiel Phillips Hagaman 1810–1886 Elizabeth Duckworth Hagaman 1813–1876 Spouse Sarah Crater Hutchings Hagaman 1847–1927 Siblings John D. Hagaman* 1832–1933 Charles Walton Hagaman* 1833–1836 Hannah Marie Hagaman Foose* 1835–1919 Joseph Henry Hagaman* 1840–1929 Spencer Alpaugh Hagerman* 1842–1862 Jennie H. Hagaman Young* 1845–1934 Hattie Elizabeth Hagaman* 1846–1848 Theodocia Hagaman* 1847–1866 Isaac Hagaman* 1849–1851 Sanford Hagaman* 1852–1930 Furman Hagaman* 1853–1936 Children May Belle Hagaman Frey* 1868–1963 Spencer Alpaugh Hagaman* 1870–1957 Cora E. Hagaman Snyder* 1873–1949 Willard Rubert Hagaman* 1876–1962 Albert Sanford Hagaman* 1881–1972 Grover Cleveland Hagaman* 1884–1968 Raymond Clinton Hagaman* 1888–1977 Grace Hagaman* 1890–1890 END findagrave.com BEGIN Sarah Crater Hutchings Hagaman Birth 23 Sep 1847 Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Death 8 Nov 1927 (aged 80) Bloomsbury, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USA Burial Bloomsbury Cemetery Greenwich Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USA Memorial ID 39494486 · View Source Benjamin Hutchings, the first member of his family to become Hutchings identified with Warren County, New Jersey, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He is said to be a descendant of the Ezra Hutchings who served during the Revolution. Benjamin Hutchings left Boston when he was a young man and settled at first in Hampton, where he married. Later, he removed to Washington, New Jersey, where he became a successful and prominent man and a justice of the peace. He was a Republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1893, and is buried in Washington Cemetery. He married Sophia, daughter of Philip Crater, of Hampton, who was born in 1818, and died in 1890. Children: Ezra Judson, referred to below; Mary Elizabeth, married McNamara, of Newark, New Jersey; Sarah, married WILLIAM HAGAMAN, of Bloomsbury, New Jersey; Margaret, married William Thatcher, of Raymond, Nebraska; Philip, now deceased, served in the civil war; Birchstead, killed as a young man in a railroad accident; William, living in Washington, New Jersey; Edith, married Edward Teats, of Brooklyn, New York; Emma, died in childhood; Peter, now deceased. Ezra Judson Hutchings, son of Benjamin and Sophia (Crater) Hutchings, was born in Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, January 16, 1841, and died there, January 9, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of Washington, and then took up the trade of shoemaker. He enlisted during the civil war, and was enrolled as private May 22, 1861, in Company D, First Regiment New Jersey Volunteers, commanded by Captain Charles Sitgreaves, Jr., and was discharged June 23, 1864. He took part in twenty-one engagements, and at the battle of Manassas was wounded and taken prisoner, but escaped. After his discharge he worked for nine months in the employ of the government, rebuilding railroads, and returned home in May, 1865. The original order of the war department for his transportation from North Carolina to Washington, New Jersey, is now in the possession of his son, Monford E. Hutchings, referred to below. Mr. Hutchings then found employment with the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, working at first in their freight depot at Washington and afterwards as trainman on a freight. When the Daniel F. Beatty Organ Company was formed he took a position there and remained until the firm went out of business, being foreman of the plant for about ten years. He then took a position with the Cornish Organ & Piano Company. He was a Republican in politics, and at one time served as street commissioner. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Improved Order of Red Men. He married, August 5, 1865, Emma, daughter of James and Hilda (Lance) Harding, who was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, December 12, 1843, and is now living in Washington. Children: 1. Esther, born May 14, 1866; married John Smith; children: John, Leslie, Woodford and Monford, of whom the last two are deceased. 2. Monford E., referred to below. 3. Philip, born April 2, 1868; a piano-maker, living at Richmond, Long Island; married Caroline Smith; children: Fern. Judson, Margaret, Lillian, Mildred, Oscar. 4. Oscar D., born August 8, 1874; living at Westfield, Union County. New Jersey, and foreman of the Aeolian Company's plant at Garwood, New Jersey; married (first) Arvilla Britton, and (second) Blanche Smith; children, one by each marriage: Lenola and Emma, 5. Benjamin, born April 8, 1881, a piano-maker, living in Washington, New Jersey. Monford E. Hutchings, son of Ezra Judson and Emma (Harding) Hutchings, was born in Washington, Warren County, New Jersey, August 1, 1867, and is now living in that town, where he conducts one of the largest and best stocked furniture stores in Northern New Jersey. He received his education in the public schools of Washington, and then entered the. employ of the Daniel F. Beatty Organ Company, with which he remained for twenty years and eight months. For seven years of this time he was in the experimental department of the company, his principal work being connected with the player attachments to pianos and organs, one of the most important parts of the musical instrument business. In 1892 he resigned this position and spent two years in the furniture and undertaking establishments of C. S. Amerman, and April, 1904, purchased the business from his employer. In 1902 he purchased the lot 45 Youmans Avenue, Washington, from the Cole Land Company, and built on it his present beautiful residence. He has always taken a great interest in educational matters and has served for a number of years on the board of education, being chairman of the committee on textbooks and supplies, and of that on rules and regulations. He has been treasurer of the Baptist Church in Washington for ten years, and a deacon for eight years. He is a member of Mansfield Lodge, No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Union Encampment, No. 57, of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, No. 12, and for eight years has been clerk and treasurer of the Modern Woodmen of America. He married, August 7, 1889, Ella G, daughter of John T. and Harriet (Williams) Smith, of Bloomsbury, Warren county. New Jersey, who was born there June 25, 1864. Children: Marion, born September 7, 1892, died July 7, 1895; Ruth S., born January 9, 1905. SOURCE: HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, BY GEORGE WYCKOFF CUMMINS, Ph.D., M.D., Lewis Publishing, 1911. Family Members Parents Benjamin B. Hutchings 1817–1894 Sophia Crater Hutchings 1820–1892 Spouse William Harrison Hagaman* 1837–1913 Siblings Ezra Judson Hutchings* 1838–1906 Philip Crater Hutchings* 1842–1863 Margaret Hutchings Thatcher* 1844–1906 William Crater Hutchings* 1852–1932 Children May Belle Hagaman Frey* 1868–1963 Spencer Alpaugh Hagaman* 1870–1957 Cora E. Hagaman Snyder* 1873–1949 Willard Rubert Hagaman* 1876–1962 Albert Sanford Hagaman* 1881–1972 Grover Cleveland Hagaman* 1884–1968 Raymond Clinton Hagaman* 1888–1977 Grace Hagaman* 1890–1890 END