Biography of Henry L Hagey
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| Henry L. Hagey, a native son of Oregon, was born August 8, 1855, of eastern
parents, his father, Levi Hagey, having come from Iowa in 1847, locating near
Dundee, this state. Here he took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres
and quickly proved his right to be numbered among the men who were to give to
Oregon her statehood, by hewing out a pathway through her dense forests and
spreading out like an unrolled map, the broad meadows and fertile fields. On this
farm he engaged extensively in the raising of poultry, having in his great
barnyards the most valuable fowls, and finding in the city of Portland a ready
market for his produce. Mr. Hagey is now living in McMinnville, being retired
from the active cares of life. His wife, Elizabeth Hagey, who shared the trials and
dangers and loneliness of his early life, was also of eastern birth, having come
with him on that long, hard journey across the plains, proving herself a loyal
helpmeet and a brave pioneer. In their western home she passed away, leaving
husband and nine children, four sons and five daughters, Henry L. being next to
the youngest. In the common schools of Oregon he received a limited education, attending but little, being prevented by the many difficulties attendant upon the educational efforts of the early settlers. He had been well and easily educated, however, in that which lay nearest at hand and he became, under his father's instruction, another of the successful farmers of Oregon. Through his own efforts he bought fifty-eight acres of land, following this purchase with a later one of sixty-five. In addition to this his father gave him fifty-eight acres, making a large farm which he has well improved and cultivated, carrying on at present general farming. Mr. Hagey married a daughter of Oregon, Miss Bertha A. Brutcher, her father being Sebastian Brutcher, a native of Germany who emigrated many years before, settling on a farm in this state. Mrs. Hagey's death occurred in 1899. Mr. Hagey interests himself in public affairs, being a Democrat as to his political inclinations, and though not aspiring to political honors, still does his duty as a member of his community, serving at the present time as road supervisor. He is fraternally connected with the Woodmen of the World. "Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon." Chapman Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1300.
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