Mary Ann Hazard

GEDCOM Note

Died age 81

Buried-Gardners' Cor., Michigan

From "Portrait and Biographical Setches of Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The original subject was Mary Ann's husband, James Hazard. Mr. Hazard was wedded to Miss Mary Gable May 1, 1849, and for more than forty years they have shared life's joys and sorrows, and their union has proved a tru marriage in every sense of that term. Mrs. Hazard was born in Franklin County, Pa., January 12, 1831, a daughtr of William and Nancy (Swisher) Gble, who were also natives of Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1839. Mr. Gable developed a small farm and worked at shoemaking, a trde at which he was engaged all his life. He died in Ashland County, Ohio, at the age of fifty. His wife lived to be seventy-five years old. Both were members of the Church of God, and he was a Whig in politics. They were the parents of five sons and five daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Hazard have had eleven children, five of whom grew to maturity, namely: Mathias B., who is engaged in selling agricultural implements in this township; Thomas M., who is in the mototr car business at Ashtabula, Ohio; Jesse W., a graduate of the scientific course in the Ypsilanti State Normal, who is a teacher of the school at Fulton, and is Supervisor of this townsip; James G., a teacher in st. Joseph County; and Mary N., Mrs. Holdcomb, a resident of Vicksburg. Mr. Hazard has taken great interest in educating his children, as he is a thorough believer in training the minds as well as the physical faulties, and they are thus provided with a capital of stable value.