Hager, Wilson bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 916, Vermont Township
Wilson Hager, farmer and stock-raiser, sec. 12; P. O., Ipava; was born in Belmont county, O., in 1827, son of Jacob Hager, an Ohio farmer who died many years ago, and whose widow died in Vermont township more recently. The subject of this paragraph grew up in his western home, and in 1871 marred Martha Middleton, daughter of John and Martha Middleton. Katy is their only child. In this township and McDonough county Mr. H. owns 500 acres of land; is an extensive dealer in stock.