Oliver E Hazard (1836 - 1896)

Born 23 Sep 1836 in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1896 at age 59 in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Oliver Hazard is a part of US Black heritage.

Oliver E. Hazard was born in 1836 in Shirley, Massachusetts. He was the son of Emerson Hazard and Caira Boston.

Oliver married Emeline (Messer) Hazard (1839-1916), a white woman whose grandfather, (Jonathan Messer (abt.1760-1841)), was a Revolutionary War Veteran. They married sometime after 1865 when her first husband died of disease. Oliver and Emeline had two sons and one died young.

Oliver died on July 13, 1896 in Leominster, Massachusetts. His death record shows that he was a farmer who died of dysentery at the age of 57 and 9 months. Oliver was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts.

Education

In 1850, he is attending school, probably in or near Townsend, Massachusetts.

Occupations

• 1863^[1], 1880: Laborer

Residences

• 1897: Leominster, Massachusetts^[2]
• 1880: Sterling, Massachusetts with his wife and son Alpheus
• 1850: Townsend, Massachusetts with his mother, stepfather, and siblings

Military Service

Private in Company D of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first regiment in the United States made up entirely of enlisted men of color. He was 35 years old, single and working as a laborer when he enlisted on 22 December 1863 in Townsend, Massachusetts. He was wounded in action on 20 February 1864 at the Battle of Olustee. Mustered out 20 August 1865 with his regiment.^[1]

His brother Horace and first cousins Henry and Theodore Hazard also served in the 54th Massachusetts. His brother Nahum served with the 55th Massachusetts.

Military Pension

Military Pension Application No. 207343 Certificate No. 168049 (9 August 1875)

Military Pension (Widow's) Application No. 638479 Certificate No. 442344 (5 August 1896)

Research Notes

Research To Do

☐ Birth record at Ancestry.com Library Edition

☐ Death record at Ancestry.com Library Edition

Research Done

☑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project

☑ Military pension at Fold3.com Raymoure-1 21:18, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Projects

• 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Emilio, McKay Roster
2. ↑ Military pension file for Private George Fisher, Co. D

• 1850 United States Federal Census Year: 1850; Census Place: Townsend, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: M432_323; Page: 82A; Image: 516
• 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll: 563; Page: 558D; Enumeration District: 829
• Emilio, Luis Fenollosa. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book Co., 1891 (1st ed.) and 1894 (2nd ed.)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #45051714
• Fold3.com. "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900." National Archives Catalog #2588825. "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900, compiled 1949 - 1949, documenting the period 1861 - 1942." Free Access Black History Collection Records 5-28 February 2019.
• Massachusetts Vital Records Project: Shirley Births

See also;

• "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Shirley, Vital Record Transcripts," Ancestry.com, Oliver Hazard, Record Type: Birth, Birth Date: 23 Sep 1836, Birth Place: Shirley, Massachusetts, USA, Father: Emerson Hazard, Mother: Caira Hazard; Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records; Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Provo, UT, USA

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWJC-FQX : 2 March 2021), Oliver E. Hasgard, 13 Jul 1896; citing Leominister, Massachusetts, 648, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 961,520.