"Portrait & Biographical Record of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Chapman 
Publishing Company, 1903. p. 1300.
 
HENRY L. HAGEY

     a native son of Oregon, was born August 8, 1855, of eastern parents, his
father, Levi Hagey, having come from Iowa in 1847, locating near Dundee, this
state. Here he took up a donation claim of six hundred and forty acres and
quickly proved his right to be numbered among the men who were to give to Oregon
her statehood, by hewing out a pathway through her dense forests and spreading
out like an unrolled map, the broad meadows and fertile fields. On this farm he
engaged extensively in the raising of poultry, having in his great barnyards the
most valuable fowls, and finding in the city of Portland a ready market for his
produce. Mr. Hagey is now living in McMinnville, being retired from the active
cares of life. His wife, Elizabeth Hagey, who shared the trials and dangers and
loneliness of his early life, was also of eastern birth, having come with him on
that long, hard journey across the plains, proving herself a loyal helpmeet and
a brave pioneer. In their western home she passed away, leaving husband and nine
children, four sons and five daughters, Henry L. being next to the youngest.
     In the common schools of Oregon he received a limited education, attending
but little, being prevented by the many difficulties attendant upon the
educational efforts of the early settlers. He had been well and easily educated,
however, in that which lay nearest at hand and he became, under his father's
instruction, another of the successful farmers of Oregon. Through his own
efforts he bought fifty-eight acres of land, following this purchase with a
later one of sixty-five. In addition to this his father gave him fifty-eight
acres, making a large farm which he has well improved and cultivated, carrying
on at present general farming. Mr. Hagey married a daughter of Oregon, Miss
Bertha A. Brutcher, her father being Sebastian Brutcher, a native of Germany who
emigrated many years before, settling on a farm in this state. Mrs. Hagey's
death occurred in 1899.
     Mr. Hagey interests himself in public affairs, being a Democrat as to his
political inclinations, and though not aspiring to political honors, still does
his duty as a member of his community, serving at the present time as road
supervisor. He is fraternally connected with the Woodmen of the World.
     
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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2007 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.