Joseph Lyon Hagerman was born in Lycoming Twp., Lycoming Co., PA.

He was the son of Isaiah Hagerman and Rebecca Drake.

He married (first) Mary Hafer on 20 Mar 1851 in Lycoming Co., PA.

Joseph and Mary had 6 children:

Ellen, Asher Melick, Frank Leslie, George E., Daniel H. and James Miller Hagerman.

He married (second) Charlotte Hafer on 20 Feb 1871 in Lycoming Co., PA. The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Watson.

Joseph died in Waterloo Twp., Black Hawk Co., IA.

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Biography, Inter-State Publishing Co., 1886, "Historical and Biographical Record of Black Hawk County, Iowa" (Chicago), p. 387

Joseph L. Hagerman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 22, Waterloo Township, was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1827, a son of Isaiah and Rebecca Hagerman. His father was born on the same farm as our subject, and there died in 1861, aged seventy-four years, and his mother aged seventy-one years. He was of Dutch descent. They had a family of nine children, three sons and six daughters. Joseph L., whose name heads this sketch, had but 50 cents when he started out in life on his own account. He first obtained work at $120 per year, where he remained two years, at the end of which time he had saved $200. With this money he bought a Mexican soldier's land warrant with which he entered 130 acres of land in Richland County, Wisconsin. He then returned to Pennsylvania where he worked on shares on the same farm for ten years.

During this time he had sold his land in Wisconsin for $400. He loaned the money on interest to William McKing, who failed, and Mr. Hagerman sued him and got a judgment for the whole amount, which he gave in part payment for fifty-five acres of land. Five years later he sold this farm for $100 per acre, and in March, 1875, came to Black Hawk County, Iowa, and purchased 125 acres where he now resides, on section 22. Mr. Hagerman now owns 400 acres of land located in Black Hawk County, Iowa, and 444 in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, all of which he has acquired by his own persevering energy and economy, together with his good business management.

Mr. Hagerman was first married in Pennsylvania, March 20, 1851, to Mary Haffer, a native of that State, and daughter of Daniel and Mary Haffer who were both natives of Pennsylvania. To this union were born six children - Frank L. and Asher M., farmers, of Nobles County, Minnesota; George, farming in Dakota; Daniel and Ellen, in Black Hawk County; James, at home attending school. Mr. Hagerman was again married in Pennsylvania, February 20, 1871, taking for his second wife Charlotte Haffer, a sister of his first wife. This union has been blessed with five children - Aleda, Edgar and Edna (Twins), Maud and Rusy.

In his political views Mr. Hagerman is a Democrat. He has held the office of supervisor three terms, and has been a member of the school board ever since he has been in the county. During the late Rebellion he contributed $1,000 toward the carrying on of the war.