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AARON V. HAGEMAN, farmer, Sec. 5, Town 21; P. O. Heyworth; born in Somerset Co., N. J., May 13, 1845. He emigrated with his parents, when upwards of 3 years of age, to Illinois, and located in Fulton Co. His father, Peter V. Hageman, was born in New Jersey, Feb. 24, 1811. He married Helen Voorhees, Jan. 18, 1843, in Somerset Co., N. J. She was born in the same county, Jan. 8, 1821. She died in Fulton Co., Ill., July 21, 1854. Mr. H. died May 27, 1863. They now lie buried in the cemetery near Farmington, Fulton Co., Ill. The children of Peter V. and Helen (Voorhees) Hageman were four in number, of whom one died in infancy. The living are — A. V., born May 13, 1845; Celena, June 2, 1848, now Mrs. F. L. Morris, of Batavia, Ill.; Cynthia, May 29, 1851, now Mrs. D. W. Bradley, living in Abilene, Kan. The subject of this sketch attended school, and assisted his father in farming, until the decease of the latter, when he attended school a portion of the time for three years, among which was the Batavia Institute one term. He located upon his present place in 1870, where he purchased eighty acres of land, where he has since lived. His marriage with Margaret W. Hughes was celebrated Dec. 19, 1871. She was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, Sept. 12, 1845; she is a daughter of Richard Hughes, who was born in Hamilton Co., Ohio, in 1808, and died Aug. 26, 1850. He married Elizabeth Elder; she was born in Pennsylvania in 1808, and died in Ohio Sept. 6, 1870. There were eight children, of whom six are now living. Mr. Hageman is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a ruling elder. His wife is also a member of the same church.