Brief Life History of John Prewitt
When John Prewitt Hagler was born on 27 June 1844, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, his father, Wiley Alexander Hagler, was 27 and his mother, Hazeltine Ann Lee Lee, was 27. He married Sarah Ann Martin about 1869, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 7 Cowden (Dodsons), Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 January 1929, in Samantha, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Arbor Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Samantha, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States.
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- John P Hagler in household of William A Hagler, "United States Census, 1860"
- John P. Hagler, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
- John Hagler in entry for Sallie Swindle, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
South German (also Hägler): topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or enclosure, Middle High German hac, + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant; or a habitational name for someone from a place called with this word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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