Irish Ancestors from Ireland to Virginia...
This being St. Patrick's Day, reminds me of how strong the Irish heritage is on my mother's side of the family. My most recent Irish ancestry goes to the Hagan family- originally O'Hagan in Ireland. They migrated to the Richmond, Virginia area just before the large potato famine in Ireland. The Patriarch, John O'Hagan, was born in Clancoe- Tyrone County, Ireland (Now Northern Ireland). He was landed farmer and proprietor there with a nice living for himself in that area. His son, John C. Hagan , was my 3rd Great Grandfather. He immigrated to Richmond, Virginia where he already had friends, family, and a church. He served in the Confederate Army. Much is written about the Hagan family in Richmond in this article here: The Hagans of Ireland and Virginia.
Hagan, John Campbell
This branch of the Hagan family in America springs from the O'Hagans of Ireland, the "O" being generally omitted on this side of the Atlantic. The family has been noted for prominence in business, law and literature, in both Ireland and the United States. The grandfather of John Campbell Hagan of Richmond, Virginia, was John Hagan, a farmer and landed proprietor, a man of education and resolute character, who was born, lived and died in Ireland. His wife, Ellen (Campbell) Hagan, was of bright intellectual qualities, a lover of the good, beautiful and true, inspiring in her children the same ambitious hopes that the limitation of her Irish home denied fruition.
(II) John (2) Hagan, son of John (1) and Ellen (Campbell) Hagan, was born in Clanoe, county Tyrone, Ireland, died at Richmond, Virginia, October 14, 1874. After coming to the United States and settling in Richmond, he engaged in mercantile life. He was a soldier in the Confederacy, serving in Company A, Tenth Virginia Battalion, enlisting as private and attaining the rank of sergeant. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Catherine Downey, born in Richmond, Virginia, who survives him. Children: John Campbell; John Felix, died in infancy; Mary Catharine, died in infancy.
(III) John Campbell Hagan, son of John (2) and Catherine (Downey) Hagan, was born in Richmond, Virginia, December 25, 1857, now an honored financier of his native city. He was educated in the Richmond private schools and at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., and began his business career in the freight department of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company, continuing two years. He spent the next two years with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Charlottesville, then accepted an offer from a Massachusetts shoe manufacturing concern and spent twelve years in their employ. He then returned to his native city, where he became financially interested with several manufacturing enterprises, but was not actively connected with any until he engaged in the wholesale leaf tobacco trade as senior partner of the Hagan-Dart Tobacco Company, doing largely an export business. While in this business he became interested in Richmond banking enterprises, later being elected president of the Capital Savings Bank. He continued at the head of that institution until it passed out of existence by merger with the Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Shortly after the merger the Main Street Bank of Richmond was organized and its presidency offered Mr. Hagan. He at first refused, but upon further solicitation from the board of directors he accepted the position of chief executive. A worker all his active years, Mr. Hagan has risen to high position, not by favor, but by merit. He holds an excellent position in public regard and justifies the confidence of his many friends. He was sergeant in Company B, Captain Dr. Henry C. Jones, First Virginia Regiment (Walker Light Guards), and is a member of the Old First Regiment Association. He is past state deputy Knights of Columbus; member of the Westmoreland, Commonwealth and Country clubs of Richmond . He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and the societies St. Vincent De Paul and McGill's Catholic Union. His children are also communicants, his wife being a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Hagan married, in Richmond, September 14, 1887, Alice May Nipe, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in October, 1861, daughter of James W. and Emma (Bennett) Nipe, the former a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Arrington & Nipe. Children: John Morton, graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in the class of 1911, now connected with the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, residing at Ensley, Alabama; Catherine Downey; William Campbell, a student at the Virginia Military Academy; Joseph Addison, a student at the Virginia Military Academy; John Campbell (2), a student at McGuire's School, Richmond. [Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. IV Transcribed by Chris Davis]
My Great Grandmother was Catherine Downey Hagan- descended of this line. She married John Gifford Skelton in Richmond, and had two daughters- one of them my grandmother, Catherine. Catherine with a "C" as I learned later, is the Irish variant of that name.
More remote Irish:
Andrew Meade of Ireland (and Virginia) is my 7th Great grandfather, as well as my own namesake. My great great great grandmother was the last to bear this surname in the family before she married Dr. John Skelton. Marianne O. Meade was the descendant of this branch of Irish-Virginians. Andrew Meade migrated to Virginia some time in the late 17th Century. His son , David, married Sussanah Everard- the daughter of the early Governor of North Carolina. They had several children. Through that line, eventually came my 4th Great Grandfather- Benjamin Lincoln Meade, the son of famous Revolationary War General Everard Meade. The Meades had an extensive line in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi areas.
I plan to visit Ireland one day, and visit County Cork (The Meades), and also the Northern part of Ireland where my more recent ancestors the Hagans originated. The country of Ireland is a beautiful place. The grounds there are well established. What a great place to try and do a shows some time!
Hagan, John Campbell
This branch of the Hagan family in America springs from the O'Hagans of Ireland, the "O" being generally omitted on this side of the Atlantic. The family has been noted for prominence in business, law and literature, in both Ireland and the United States. The grandfather of John Campbell Hagan of Richmond, Virginia, was John Hagan, a farmer and landed proprietor, a man of education and resolute character, who was born, lived and died in Ireland. His wife, Ellen (Campbell) Hagan, was of bright intellectual qualities, a lover of the good, beautiful and true, inspiring in her children the same ambitious hopes that the limitation of her Irish home denied fruition.
(II) John (2) Hagan, son of John (1) and Ellen (Campbell) Hagan, was born in Clanoe, county Tyrone, Ireland, died at Richmond, Virginia, October 14, 1874. After coming to the United States and settling in Richmond, he engaged in mercantile life. He was a soldier in the Confederacy, serving in Company A, Tenth Virginia Battalion, enlisting as private and attaining the rank of sergeant. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Catherine Downey, born in Richmond, Virginia, who survives him. Children: John Campbell; John Felix, died in infancy; Mary Catharine, died in infancy.
(III) John Campbell Hagan, son of John (2) and Catherine (Downey) Hagan, was born in Richmond, Virginia, December 25, 1857, now an honored financier of his native city. He was educated in the Richmond private schools and at Georgetown University, Washington, D. C., and began his business career in the freight department of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company, continuing two years. He spent the next two years with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad at Charlottesville, then accepted an offer from a Massachusetts shoe manufacturing concern and spent twelve years in their employ. He then returned to his native city, where he became financially interested with several manufacturing enterprises, but was not actively connected with any until he engaged in the wholesale leaf tobacco trade as senior partner of the Hagan-Dart Tobacco Company, doing largely an export business. While in this business he became interested in Richmond banking enterprises, later being elected president of the Capital Savings Bank. He continued at the head of that institution until it passed out of existence by merger with the Bank of Commerce and Trusts. Shortly after the merger the Main Street Bank of Richmond was organized and its presidency offered Mr. Hagan. He at first refused, but upon further solicitation from the board of directors he accepted the position of chief executive. A worker all his active years, Mr. Hagan has risen to high position, not by favor, but by merit. He holds an excellent position in public regard and justifies the confidence of his many friends. He was sergeant in Company B, Captain Dr. Henry C. Jones, First Virginia Regiment (Walker Light Guards), and is a member of the Old First Regiment Association. He is past state deputy Knights of Columbus; member of the Westmoreland, Commonwealth and Country clubs of Richmond . He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and the societies St. Vincent De Paul and McGill's Catholic Union. His children are also communicants, his wife being a member of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr. Hagan married, in Richmond, September 14, 1887, Alice May Nipe, born in Baltimore, Maryland, in October, 1861, daughter of James W. and Emma (Bennett) Nipe, the former a member of the wholesale grocery firm of Arrington & Nipe. Children: John Morton, graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in the class of 1911, now connected with the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, residing at Ensley, Alabama; Catherine Downey; William Campbell, a student at the Virginia Military Academy; Joseph Addison, a student at the Virginia Military Academy; John Campbell (2), a student at McGuire's School, Richmond. [Source: Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Vol. IV Transcribed by Chris Davis]
My Great Grandmother was Catherine Downey Hagan- descended of this line. She married John Gifford Skelton in Richmond, and had two daughters- one of them my grandmother, Catherine. Catherine with a "C" as I learned later, is the Irish variant of that name.
More remote Irish:
Andrew Meade of Ireland (and Virginia) is my 7th Great grandfather, as well as my own namesake. My great great great grandmother was the last to bear this surname in the family before she married Dr. John Skelton. Marianne O. Meade was the descendant of this branch of Irish-Virginians. Andrew Meade migrated to Virginia some time in the late 17th Century. His son , David, married Sussanah Everard- the daughter of the early Governor of North Carolina. They had several children. Through that line, eventually came my 4th Great Grandfather- Benjamin Lincoln Meade, the son of famous Revolationary War General Everard Meade. The Meades had an extensive line in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi areas.
I plan to visit Ireland one day, and visit County Cork (The Meades), and also the Northern part of Ireland where my more recent ancestors the Hagans originated. The country of Ireland is a beautiful place. The grounds there are well established. What a great place to try and do a shows some time!
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