Hagar, (George, Col.) Memoriam, 1902

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Title:: Hagar, George, Col. Memoriam
Dates:: 1902
Abstract:: This hand-illuminated memoriam covers the main events in George Hagar’s life from his birth to his death, including his education, his arrival in California during the Gold Rush, his business, his marriage, and his appointment to the Vice-Presidency of the Society of California Pioneers in 1897. Includes a reproduction of Hagar’s Society of California Pioneers membership certificate.
Containers:: Box: B001620
Folder: C058477
Extent:: 1.0 folder (1 bound volume)
Language:
Preferred citation:: Colonel George Hagar Memoriam. The Society of California Pioneers.

Scope and content:: This hand-illuminated memoriam covers the main events in George Hagar’s life from his birth to his death, including his education, his arrival in California during the Gold Rush, his business, his marriage, and his appointment to the Vice-Presidency of the Society of California Pioneers in 1897. Includes a reproduction of Hagar’s Society of California Pioneers membership certificate.
Biographical / historical:: George Hagar was born in Lincoln, Massachusetts on 01/17/1820. As a young man he was Colonel of the Twentieth Regiment of the New Hampshire militia. He left New Hampshire on 03/01/1849 bound for San Francisco, taking a ship around Cape Horn. He arrived in San Francisco 6 months later and tried his hand, unsuccessfully, at gold mining. He ran a general store in Stockton for a time before moving to Colusa in 1860. He married Sarah A. Winship in 1867. He was President of Colusa County Bank from 1870 until his death on 08/12/1902.
Acquisition information:: Created by The Society of California Pioneers in 1902.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Journeys to the Pacific Coast
Pioneers--California
Society of California Pioneers.
Pioneers--California--History--19th century
Names:: Hagar, George, Colonel, 1820-1902
Places:: Colusa (Calif.)

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Carolee Gilligan Wheeler
Date Prepared:: 07/31/2003
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-04-24T15:33-0700

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Preferred citation:: Colonel George Hagar Memoriam. The Society of California Pioneers.

Location of this collection:: Society of California Pioneers

300 Fourth Street

San Francisco, CA 94107, US