Davis J. Hagen ¹³⁰

   Cause of his death was Cerebral Hemorrhage.

  General Notes:

The 1880 Federal Census for Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA, District 169, page 389B, dated June 4, 1880 records Davis Hagen (32 - PA/PA/PA) and his wife Angeline (39) and son Henry C. (7). Next door is his brother John Hagen (39 - Blacksmith) with wife Emma (30) and daughter Ida (12) and son Aldus W. (10). Davis has given up blacksmithing and is now a laborer; however, his brother John contunues the Blacksmithing tradition.

The 1890 Veterans Schedule for Drumore Township, Lancaster Co., PA records Davis J. Hagen as a Private, Co. K, 50th PA Vol. [Infantry - The Martic Rifles], June 29, 1863 to Aug 15, 1863. His enlistment was due to Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania which resulted in the Battle of Gettysburg. Both he and his brother, John, served in this unit.

The 1900 Federal Census (ED#89, page 216B) records Davis and Angeline living in Martic Township, Southern District, Lancaster Co., PA: Davis (Feb 1847) and Angeline (Nov 1840) Hagan (sic) married 27 years with one child. Davis is employed as a day laborer.

The 1910 Federal Census for Lancaster Co., PA, District 98, page 275B records the widower Davis Hagen (60 - PA/Ireland/Ireland) [The ethnicity of his parents is not correct] living with his son Harry and family in Lancaster Township, PA. Davis is listed as a farm laborer who is "working out" ... see general notes on his son Harry C. Hagen


His headstone at Rawlinsville United Methodist Church reads:
Davis Hagen
Feb. 3, 1847
Dec. 22, 1917
There is a separeate bronze star commemorating his service with the Union Army during the Civil War.

  Research Notes:

American Civil War Regiments ,www.ancestry.com>
REGIMENT: 50th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania
Date of Organization: 1 Jul 1863
Muster Date: 15 Aug 1863
Regimental History
Pennsylvania - Emergency Troops of 1863.

Early in the summer of 1863, rumors were constantly afloat concerning a threatened invasion of border states by the Confederates and in June two new departments were established by the war department -- the Department of the' Monongahela and the Department of the Susquehanna -- in order that the state might be protected from any such movement of the enemy.

Volunteers were called for by Gov. Curtin to serve "During: the pleasure of the president or the continuance of the war."

Slow to believe that their homes were really endangered, the greatly reduced number of men available for military service hesitated to respond. On June 12, the governor published the notice that the troops requested would be mustered into the service of the United States for six months, or during the existing emergency, as they should themselves elect.

In a short time eight regiments were mustered in for the "emergency" and became the 20th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 28th, 30th, 31st and 33rd emergency regiments. Other companies and organizations volunteered their services and need for them was soon found.

The Confederates had occupied Chambersburg and Gettysburg and when it was discovered that the main body of their forces had actually crossed the Potomac, another proclamation was issued by Gov. Curtin on June 26, calling for 60,000 men at once to be mustered into the state service for a term of 90 days and to be discharged as soon as the danger was over. [It was at this time that, among others, the 50th PA Infantry Volunteers was organized.]

To this urgent message twenty-eight regiments responded and were organized in the two departments previously mentioned, at Huntingdon, Reading, Philadelphia and Harrisburg. A force under Gen. Knipe approached Chambersburg, but found it in the hands of the enemy and was obliged to retire gradually before the advance of Johnson's division of Ewell's corps.

The Confederates reached Oyster Point, but were withdrawn to Gettysburg on account of the advance of the Army of the Potomac and within a few days was fought the battle of Gettysburg.

A portion of the militia joined the Army of the Potomac in Maryland after the battle, but were soon afterward returned to Harrisburg.

The emergency regiments were mustered out soon after the battle of Gettysburg, the regiments of militia a little later, various duties within the state requiring their services for a short time.

Some were employed at Gettysburg, some at Philadelphia in preserving order, and at other points they rendered valuable service.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 1, p. 498

  Medical Notes:

Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1944
Name: Davis Hagen
Residence: 440 E. Strawberry St [Davis was living with his son, Harry, at the time of his death.]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 70
Birth Date: 3 Feb 1847
Birth Place: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Death Date: 22 Dec 1917
Death Place: Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Burial: Dec 26, 1917 at Rawlinsville M. E. Cemetery
Father Name: Davis Hagen
Father Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother Name: Margaret
Mother Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Certificate Number: 129550
Informant: Harry Hagen [son] of Lancaster

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Blacksmith, Farmer. Davis apprenticed as a Blacksmith but decided as a young man, sometime in the 1870s, to work in farming the remainder of his life.

Davis married Angeline Heeps, daughter of John Heeps and Catharine Galen, circa 1872 in Martic Township, Lancaster PA. (Angeline Heeps was born on 20 Nov 1840 in Pennsylvania, died on 21 Jan 1907 in Martic Township, Lancaster PA. and was buried on 24 Jan 1907 in Rawlinsville Methodist, Martic Township, Lancaster Co., PA.) The cause of her death was Apoplexy.