Oliver C. Hagan, well known gas and oil man of Mt. Vernon, was born May 17, 1853, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of William and Mary Jane (Rairden) Hagan, the father a farmer and lumber man, who never became a resident of Ohio.
Oliver C. Hagan grew up on the home farm and when old enough assisted with the work there and in the lumber business, attending the district schools in the mean time. When .seventeen years of age he became interested in the oil business and first secured employment with operators
at Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania. Later he went to northern New York and operated in that locality for some years. In the intervening years up to 1894 he operated in the fields of Pennsylvania, northern New York and West Virginia, gaining a vast amount of information and experience along all the different lines of the business from field man to operator.
In 1894 he came into the Ohio field, locating at New Lexington, Perry county, operating in all the counties of that section of the state both as a contractor and oil producer. For about two years he operated independently and met with considerable success. In 1896 he realized the practicability and saw the advisability of co-operation and with this idea he became one of the pro-moters and organizers of the Ohio Fuel Company as one of the first stock-holders and directors of the company. The organization of this company resulted in the consolidation of a number of small companies and individual interests in the southern Ohio oil field, and Mr. Hagan has been actively
connected with the management and operation of the company from its organization and has charge of all the drilling department of the company in its Ohio territory. The company organized with a capital stock of seventeen thousand dollars and with one or two producing wells; today it is capitalized at fifteen million dollars, with over six hundred producing wells and supplies most of the principal cities of southern Ohio with fuel gas.
Mr. Hagan is also a stockholder in the United Fuel Company, operating in West Virginia with about three hundred producing gas wells and one hundred and fifty producing oil wells.
In 1906 Mr. Hagan became a resident of Mt. Vernon and has since resided here, being nearer the center of the company's field of operations. As superintendent and manager of the producing department of the Ohio Fuel Company, Mr. Hagan has drilled over four hundred wells up to March 1, 1911 since coming to Mt. Vernon and fully seventy-five per cent of these are producing wells, working sometimes as high as twenty- five different drilling outfits and employing only the best expert operators.
In May, 1896, the Hagan Drilling Company was organized with Mr. Hagan as president and general manager, operating all over southern Ohio for gas and oil, and, like the other concerns with which he has been connected, has grown rapidly and been very successful under his able management and judicious counsel.
Mr. Hagan is a recognized oil and gas expert and has probably done more than any other single individual to develop the Ohio field and he has extensive and valuable holdings. The Ohio Fuel Company has the largest pumping station in the world, located at
Homer, just over the Knox county line in Licking county and this has been largely constructed and equipped during Mr. Hagan's management in this field.
Mr. Hagan's entire life since he was seventeen years of age has been wholly given to gas and oil development and production and he has a most accurate knowledge of formations and conditions that are likely to produce oil and gas, which makes him a valuable asset in any field. He is an organizer and promoter by nature, a man of keen discernment, rare business
acumen and foresight, being enabled to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction and he ranks with the leading business men of the state.
Politically, Mr. Hagan is a Democrat, but has never been active in party affairs, yet always interested in the welfare of his community and state and has kept well informed on public matters. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second-degree Mason. Personally, he is pleasant, genial, courteous, makes and retains friends without eflfort, and, being honest and straightforward in his
business relations, he has the good will and confidence of all who have come into contact with him.
Mr. Hagan has been twice married, first, on October 12, 1872, at Bolivar, New York, to Catherine Albaugh, daughter of William and Mary Albaugh, which union resulted in the birth of four children, namely: Minnie, who married Robert Dailey, of New Lexington, Ohio; Axie Olwilda married John Minesinger, of Granville, Ohio ; Luemma Gertrude married Arthur Denman, of Sedan, Kansas; William H., of Granville. Ohio. The wife and mother passed to her rest on August 12, 1890.
Mr. Hagan's second marriage was solemnized on October 12, 1892, to Ocie Oleta Hagerson, daughter of Asa and Elizbeth Hagerson, of Bolivar, New York. This union has been
without issue. The familv home, a modern, commodious and beautiful dwelling, is located on East Gambier street, Mt. Vernon, in one of the most desirable sections of the city, and here the many warm friends of the family frequently delight to gather, finding an old time hospitality and good cheer ever prevailing.
Published in Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio, Volume 2, by Albert B. Williams, B. F. Bowen & company, 1912 (OCR copy)
Contributed by Starfishin [48860385]
Oliver C. Hagan grew up on the home farm and when old enough assisted with the work there and in the lumber business, attending the district schools in the mean time. When .seventeen years of age he became interested in the oil business and first secured employment with operators
at Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania. Later he went to northern New York and operated in that locality for some years. In the intervening years up to 1894 he operated in the fields of Pennsylvania, northern New York and West Virginia, gaining a vast amount of information and experience along all the different lines of the business from field man to operator.
In 1894 he came into the Ohio field, locating at New Lexington, Perry county, operating in all the counties of that section of the state both as a contractor and oil producer. For about two years he operated independently and met with considerable success. In 1896 he realized the practicability and saw the advisability of co-operation and with this idea he became one of the pro-moters and organizers of the Ohio Fuel Company as one of the first stock-holders and directors of the company. The organization of this company resulted in the consolidation of a number of small companies and individual interests in the southern Ohio oil field, and Mr. Hagan has been actively
connected with the management and operation of the company from its organization and has charge of all the drilling department of the company in its Ohio territory. The company organized with a capital stock of seventeen thousand dollars and with one or two producing wells; today it is capitalized at fifteen million dollars, with over six hundred producing wells and supplies most of the principal cities of southern Ohio with fuel gas.
Mr. Hagan is also a stockholder in the United Fuel Company, operating in West Virginia with about three hundred producing gas wells and one hundred and fifty producing oil wells.
In 1906 Mr. Hagan became a resident of Mt. Vernon and has since resided here, being nearer the center of the company's field of operations. As superintendent and manager of the producing department of the Ohio Fuel Company, Mr. Hagan has drilled over four hundred wells up to March 1, 1911 since coming to Mt. Vernon and fully seventy-five per cent of these are producing wells, working sometimes as high as twenty- five different drilling outfits and employing only the best expert operators.
In May, 1896, the Hagan Drilling Company was organized with Mr. Hagan as president and general manager, operating all over southern Ohio for gas and oil, and, like the other concerns with which he has been connected, has grown rapidly and been very successful under his able management and judicious counsel.
Mr. Hagan is a recognized oil and gas expert and has probably done more than any other single individual to develop the Ohio field and he has extensive and valuable holdings. The Ohio Fuel Company has the largest pumping station in the world, located at
Homer, just over the Knox county line in Licking county and this has been largely constructed and equipped during Mr. Hagan's management in this field.
Mr. Hagan's entire life since he was seventeen years of age has been wholly given to gas and oil development and production and he has a most accurate knowledge of formations and conditions that are likely to produce oil and gas, which makes him a valuable asset in any field. He is an organizer and promoter by nature, a man of keen discernment, rare business
acumen and foresight, being enabled to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction and he ranks with the leading business men of the state.
Politically, Mr. Hagan is a Democrat, but has never been active in party affairs, yet always interested in the welfare of his community and state and has kept well informed on public matters. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second-degree Mason. Personally, he is pleasant, genial, courteous, makes and retains friends without eflfort, and, being honest and straightforward in his
business relations, he has the good will and confidence of all who have come into contact with him.
Mr. Hagan has been twice married, first, on October 12, 1872, at Bolivar, New York, to Catherine Albaugh, daughter of William and Mary Albaugh, which union resulted in the birth of four children, namely: Minnie, who married Robert Dailey, of New Lexington, Ohio; Axie Olwilda married John Minesinger, of Granville, Ohio ; Luemma Gertrude married Arthur Denman, of Sedan, Kansas; William H., of Granville. Ohio. The wife and mother passed to her rest on August 12, 1890.
Mr. Hagan's second marriage was solemnized on October 12, 1892, to Ocie Oleta Hagerson, daughter of Asa and Elizbeth Hagerson, of Bolivar, New York. This union has been
without issue. The familv home, a modern, commodious and beautiful dwelling, is located on East Gambier street, Mt. Vernon, in one of the most desirable sections of the city, and here the many warm friends of the family frequently delight to gather, finding an old time hospitality and good cheer ever prevailing.
Published in Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio, Volume 2, by Albert B. Williams, B. F. Bowen & company, 1912 (OCR copy)
Contributed by Starfishin [48860385]
Oliver C. Hagan, well known gas and oil man of Mt. Vernon, was born May 17, 1853, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania. He is the son of William and Mary Jane (Rairden) Hagan, the father a farmer and lumber man, who never became a resident of Ohio.
Oliver C. Hagan grew up on the home farm and when old enough assisted with the work there and in the lumber business, attending the district schools in the mean time. When .seventeen years of age he became interested in the oil business and first secured employment with operators
at Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania. Later he went to northern New York and operated in that locality for some years. In the intervening years up to 1894 he operated in the fields of Pennsylvania, northern New York and West Virginia, gaining a vast amount of information and experience along all the different lines of the business from field man to operator.
In 1894 he came into the Ohio field, locating at New Lexington, Perry county, operating in all the counties of that section of the state both as a contractor and oil producer. For about two years he operated independently and met with considerable success. In 1896 he realized the practicability and saw the advisability of co-operation and with this idea he became one of the pro-moters and organizers of the Ohio Fuel Company as one of the first stock-holders and directors of the company. The organization of this company resulted in the consolidation of a number of small companies and individual interests in the southern Ohio oil field, and Mr. Hagan has been actively
connected with the management and operation of the company from its organization and has charge of all the drilling department of the company in its Ohio territory. The company organized with a capital stock of seventeen thousand dollars and with one or two producing wells; today it is capitalized at fifteen million dollars, with over six hundred producing wells and supplies most of the principal cities of southern Ohio with fuel gas.
Mr. Hagan is also a stockholder in the United Fuel Company, operating in West Virginia with about three hundred producing gas wells and one hundred and fifty producing oil wells.
In 1906 Mr. Hagan became a resident of Mt. Vernon and has since resided here, being nearer the center of the company's field of operations. As superintendent and manager of the producing department of the Ohio Fuel Company, Mr. Hagan has drilled over four hundred wells up to March 1, 1911 since coming to Mt. Vernon and fully seventy-five per cent of these are producing wells, working sometimes as high as twenty- five different drilling outfits and employing only the best expert operators.
In May, 1896, the Hagan Drilling Company was organized with Mr. Hagan as president and general manager, operating all over southern Ohio for gas and oil, and, like the other concerns with which he has been connected, has grown rapidly and been very successful under his able management and judicious counsel.
Mr. Hagan is a recognized oil and gas expert and has probably done more than any other single individual to develop the Ohio field and he has extensive and valuable holdings. The Ohio Fuel Company has the largest pumping station in the world, located at
Homer, just over the Knox county line in Licking county and this has been largely constructed and equipped during Mr. Hagan's management in this field.
Mr. Hagan's entire life since he was seventeen years of age has been wholly given to gas and oil development and production and he has a most accurate knowledge of formations and conditions that are likely to produce oil and gas, which makes him a valuable asset in any field. He is an organizer and promoter by nature, a man of keen discernment, rare business
acumen and foresight, being enabled to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction and he ranks with the leading business men of the state.
Politically, Mr. Hagan is a Democrat, but has never been active in party affairs, yet always interested in the welfare of his community and state and has kept well informed on public matters. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second-degree Mason. Personally, he is pleasant, genial, courteous, makes and retains friends without eflfort, and, being honest and straightforward in his
business relations, he has the good will and confidence of all who have come into contact with him.
Mr. Hagan has been twice married, first, on October 12, 1872, at Bolivar, New York, to Catherine Albaugh, daughter of William and Mary Albaugh, which union resulted in the birth of four children, namely: Minnie, who married Robert Dailey, of New Lexington, Ohio; Axie Olwilda married John Minesinger, of Granville, Ohio ; Luemma Gertrude married Arthur Denman, of Sedan, Kansas; William H., of Granville. Ohio. The wife and mother passed to her rest on August 12, 1890.
Mr. Hagan's second marriage was solemnized on October 12, 1892, to Ocie Oleta Hagerson, daughter of Asa and Elizbeth Hagerson, of Bolivar, New York. This union has been
without issue. The familv home, a modern, commodious and beautiful dwelling, is located on East Gambier street, Mt. Vernon, in one of the most desirable sections of the city, and here the many warm friends of the family frequently delight to gather, finding an old time hospitality and good cheer ever prevailing.
Published in Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio, Volume 2, by Albert B. Williams, B. F. Bowen & company, 1912 (OCR copy)
Contributed by Starfishin [48860385]
Oliver C. Hagan grew up on the home farm and when old enough assisted with the work there and in the lumber business, attending the district schools in the mean time. When .seventeen years of age he became interested in the oil business and first secured employment with operators
at Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania. Later he went to northern New York and operated in that locality for some years. In the intervening years up to 1894 he operated in the fields of Pennsylvania, northern New York and West Virginia, gaining a vast amount of information and experience along all the different lines of the business from field man to operator.
In 1894 he came into the Ohio field, locating at New Lexington, Perry county, operating in all the counties of that section of the state both as a contractor and oil producer. For about two years he operated independently and met with considerable success. In 1896 he realized the practicability and saw the advisability of co-operation and with this idea he became one of the pro-moters and organizers of the Ohio Fuel Company as one of the first stock-holders and directors of the company. The organization of this company resulted in the consolidation of a number of small companies and individual interests in the southern Ohio oil field, and Mr. Hagan has been actively
connected with the management and operation of the company from its organization and has charge of all the drilling department of the company in its Ohio territory. The company organized with a capital stock of seventeen thousand dollars and with one or two producing wells; today it is capitalized at fifteen million dollars, with over six hundred producing wells and supplies most of the principal cities of southern Ohio with fuel gas.
Mr. Hagan is also a stockholder in the United Fuel Company, operating in West Virginia with about three hundred producing gas wells and one hundred and fifty producing oil wells.
In 1906 Mr. Hagan became a resident of Mt. Vernon and has since resided here, being nearer the center of the company's field of operations. As superintendent and manager of the producing department of the Ohio Fuel Company, Mr. Hagan has drilled over four hundred wells up to March 1, 1911 since coming to Mt. Vernon and fully seventy-five per cent of these are producing wells, working sometimes as high as twenty- five different drilling outfits and employing only the best expert operators.
In May, 1896, the Hagan Drilling Company was organized with Mr. Hagan as president and general manager, operating all over southern Ohio for gas and oil, and, like the other concerns with which he has been connected, has grown rapidly and been very successful under his able management and judicious counsel.
Mr. Hagan is a recognized oil and gas expert and has probably done more than any other single individual to develop the Ohio field and he has extensive and valuable holdings. The Ohio Fuel Company has the largest pumping station in the world, located at
Homer, just over the Knox county line in Licking county and this has been largely constructed and equipped during Mr. Hagan's management in this field.
Mr. Hagan's entire life since he was seventeen years of age has been wholly given to gas and oil development and production and he has a most accurate knowledge of formations and conditions that are likely to produce oil and gas, which makes him a valuable asset in any field. He is an organizer and promoter by nature, a man of keen discernment, rare business
acumen and foresight, being enabled to foresee with remarkable accuracy the future outcome of a present transaction and he ranks with the leading business men of the state.
Politically, Mr. Hagan is a Democrat, but has never been active in party affairs, yet always interested in the welfare of his community and state and has kept well informed on public matters. Fraternally, he is a thirty-second-degree Mason. Personally, he is pleasant, genial, courteous, makes and retains friends without eflfort, and, being honest and straightforward in his
business relations, he has the good will and confidence of all who have come into contact with him.
Mr. Hagan has been twice married, first, on October 12, 1872, at Bolivar, New York, to Catherine Albaugh, daughter of William and Mary Albaugh, which union resulted in the birth of four children, namely: Minnie, who married Robert Dailey, of New Lexington, Ohio; Axie Olwilda married John Minesinger, of Granville, Ohio ; Luemma Gertrude married Arthur Denman, of Sedan, Kansas; William H., of Granville. Ohio. The wife and mother passed to her rest on August 12, 1890.
Mr. Hagan's second marriage was solemnized on October 12, 1892, to Ocie Oleta Hagerson, daughter of Asa and Elizbeth Hagerson, of Bolivar, New York. This union has been
without issue. The familv home, a modern, commodious and beautiful dwelling, is located on East Gambier street, Mt. Vernon, in one of the most desirable sections of the city, and here the many warm friends of the family frequently delight to gather, finding an old time hospitality and good cheer ever prevailing.
Published in Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio, Volume 2, by Albert B. Williams, B. F. Bowen & company, 1912 (OCR copy)
Contributed by Starfishin [48860385]
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