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John Hagelstein, who is actively engaged in the cultivation of the soil in Royal Oak township, Oakland County, where he owns and operates a handsome farm of 120 acres in section 10, was born in Germany in 1842 and is a son of John and Dora Hagelstein, who were natives of Germany and never left the Fatherland.

John Hagelstein received his education in the common schools of Germany and in 1865 came to America, locating in Michigan in the Waldenburg settlement near Mount Clemens, where he remained one year. He then removed to the city of Detroit, where he engaged in general work, continuing to be thus employed for eight years. In 1875 he engaged in farming in Wayne County, which occupation he continued for two years, and then in 1877 located on his present farm where he has since followed agricultural pursuits with good results. Politically our subject is a Republican, but takes no active interest in any political affair other than to vote as a true citizen.

Mr. Hagelstein’s first marriage was to Dora Wittenburg, who was born in Germany in 1842, and was a daughter of John Wittenburg, being six months younger than our subject. She died in 1883, being survived by her husband, and five children, whose names are given herewith: John, who resides in Tuscola, Michigan; Lewis, who resides in Detroit; William, also a resident of Tuscola, Michigan; Mary, who married William Hamilton of Southfield township, Oakland County; and Elizabeth, who married Earl Simonson, and lives in Royal Oak township, Oakland County. In 1884 our subject was married to Eva Sulkofski, who was born in West Prussia in 1852. She was the widow of Charles Klon, by which union she had two children, namely: Gust and Rheingold, both of whom accompanied her to this country. Mr. Hagelstein by his second union has four children, namely: Fred, Bertha, Rosa and Rudolph. Our subject and family are members of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Hagelstein is a Republican.