William Van Fleet Hoagland
William Van Fleet Hoagland was born on July 24, 1817, in Somerville, New Jersey. He married Sarah Beekman on October 31, 1841, and they had at least nine children: Henry, born on November 2, 1842; Sarah, born around 1849; Catherine, born around 1851; Richard, born around 1854; Jennett, born around 1857; Susan, born around 1860; William, born around 1862; Elizabeth, born around 1864; and James, born around 1868. They lived in New Jersey until around 1856, when they moved to Macoupin County, Illinois.
Hoagland worked as a farmer and a carpenter, and by 1860, he owned $1,200 of real estate and $300 of personal property. A decade later, he owned $3,000 of personal property. The family moved to Pitman, Illinois, in the 1870s and then to Lincoln, Nebraska in the 1880s. He died in Lincoln on January 27, 1904.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (3951) | Hoagland, William Van Fleet | 1817-07-24 | 1904-01-27 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (11098) [recipient] ~ Henry V. Hoagland to William V. F. Hoagland and Sarah Hoagland, 11 January 1865
People - Records: 3
- (3952) Hoagland, Sarah is the [wife of] (3951) Hoagland, William Van Fleet
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com; The Nebraska State Journal, 28 January 1904.
