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ORLANDO J. HAGER, contractor and builder, of the firm Riffle & Hager, P. O. Ansonia: residence, Dallas; another of our old settlers; born in Montgomery County upon the 12th of November, 1847; he is a son of James W. Hager, who was born in the same county, and came to Darke County in 1851, and now resides in Richland Township. The subject of this sketch came to this county with his parents when only 3 years of age, and located, in Richland Township, where he was raised to agricultural pursuits until 19 years of age, when he started out in the world to seek his fortune, and, upon the 13th of August, 1867, commenced to learn the carpenter’s trade, and for one year received wages of $1 per day, and the second year his wages were $1.25, the third, $1.50, and the remainder of the time he received $1.75; he worked for the same party for nearly five years, when he returned to Darke County, and for two years was employed by John Longnecker, at his trade, at Pikesville; he then engaged one year in agricultural pursuits, and, upon the 17th of February, 1874, he located in Dallas and started in the carpenter business, and the following year, associated with Silas Riffle, under the above firm name, which business he has since followed. Upon May 1, 1873, he was married to Elizabeth Warvel; she was born in Darke County Sept. 25, 1853; they have one child, viz., Pearl I., born Nov. 11, 1876; Mrs. Hager is a daughter of John H. Warvel, one of the early pioneers of Darke County, whose sketch appears among the biographies of Greenville Township, in another part of this work.