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Caddo Gap (Arkansas): Bert Hazen and his wife Elnora were on their way to a Christmas party on Saturday night Dec. 22nd at six o'clock, and while attempting to cross the highway near his home, Mr. Hazen was struck by an approaching automobile, said to be driven by H. T. Ellis of Murfreesboro causing his immediate death.
Caddo Gap Man Killed by Car:
Albert Hazen, 76, of Caddo Gap died December 22. He was born in Franklin County, Indiana, but had lived in Caddo Gap many years. He was a Spanish-American War vetreran. Funeral services were conducted by Dr. John T. Barr, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Caddo Gap, Wednesday. Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery. In chanrge was Davis Funeral Home. Mr Hazen died as a result of a car accident about 6:15 p.m. Saturday in Caddo Gap. Homer Elis, Murfreesboro, driver of the car which struck Hazen is on bond pending investigation by the authorities in Mt. Ida, according to Sheriff Tidwell.
Albert Wesley Hazen was the son of Samuel Albert Hazen and Emily Lanning.
As a young boy he traveled with his parents and younger brother in a covered wagon Nebraska. The family appears in the 1880 & 1885 Census living in Leslie, Wayne, Nebraska.
In September 1893 the Hazens made a run for land during the opening of the Cherokee Strip in what is now the state of Oklahoma although as nature has it, they arrived a week late.
Ponca City was their first destination before settling in Fairfax, Osage County where Albert Wesley worked with his father as a caprenter. Some of the homes they built in Fairfax & Ponca City are still stading today.
Albert was a Spanish-American War veteran enlisting on 7 May 1904 in Ponca City, OK as a Private in Company D, 14th U. S. Infantry. He was medically discharge 6 May 1907 at Vancouver, WA due to colitis.
On 12 Sep 1918 in Ponca City, OK he registered for the WW-I Draft. On 7 Jun 1927 Albert was admittied to the U.S. National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Leavenworth, KS, also referred to as the old soldiers home.
Albert married Bertha A. Moritz in Fairfax, OK.
Children:
1. Albert Carl Hazen 1908-1994
2. Evert Hazen 1911-
3. Ernest Hazen 1912-
4. Murriel Emily Hazen 1914-
5. Walter Hazen 1916-1976
6. Theadore Roosevelt "Ted" Hazen 1920-1983, married Rachel Gladdin.
Bertha died in 1923 and was buried in the Fairfax Cemetery, Fairfax, Osage, OK.
On 28 August 1936 Albert married Elnora Russell in Caddo Gap, Montgomery, Arkansas. She brought a son named Lloyd Weeks.
Marriage Source: Montgomery Co., Arkansas Marriages 1933-1939, Cert. No. 19871, Vol 0001, Page 946.
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