Photos from Evelyn Hazen Parsons

Malinda and Harry Hazen with son John

Harry Hazen

Mary Jane Miles Hazen

This picture was taken after the young widow Mary Umfleet brought her children back to Lawrence County, Illinois, discovering her mother had married again and left town. Having no family support, she was forced to take a job at the hotel to support herself and Baby Jacob. The other children had to be fostered out to work as she was allowed only to have the baby with her at the hotel. The Carmony family took in Pheobe May with the promise that she would be allowed to attend school until she learned to read. After the third grade, they decided she read well enough and put her to work full time in the Carmony home. Pheobe had a hard life. Mrs. Carmony made very free with the hairbrush as a form of punishment. There was no alternative for Pheobe but to submit to this harsh treatment and do her best to please her "benefactors". Pheobe is no more than seven years old in this photo.

Working on the Henry Culler farm c. 1917

Al Hazen, age 6, on horse, Jake Umfleet, Larry Hazen age 5, on horse, Ralph Hazen in front of barn on Henry Culler farm. The barn still is in good repair today and is listed in the roster of historical barns of Ohio. Ralph and Jake worked on the farm. At that time Ralph and May Hazen lived in a house in a hollow on the east side of the road a little south of the barn's location. Today there is no trace of a dwelling in that shady wooded spot.

William Pleasant Umfleet family on Missouri homestead c. 1900

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Man and woman beside house are William and Mary Umfleet. William is holding daughter Rosie and Pheobe May is holding her mother's hand. Oldest son Fred is standing with the draft animals. The twins Jannie and (?) are with the white cow. Notice the bull securely tied to the fence facing away from the cow. Mary is pregnant with Jake, their youngest son. This pictures was apparently taken in late summer or early fall before the winter William died of the flu. One of his brothers actually had filed on the homestead. William and his family were only occupying it though family stories indicate the brother intended it to be their home. One of the twins died that winter as well and the other did not survive to adulthood. Mary and the little girls had also been sick with the flu, but survived. In the spring she traveled with her surviving children back to Pinkstaff in Illinois where she took work in the hotel. There she was not permitted to have any but the baby with her.Both little girls were fostered out at age six. Next entry here will be a photo of Pheobe with her foster family. Son Fred appointed himself his mother's protector, also worked to support the family. Fred continued throughout his life to care for his mother who never remarried. More photos of Fred later.

Doss Family Photo c. 1860

This was scanned from a 6" x 8" tintype which has since deteriorated beyond restoration. From left to right, these are Mary Elizabeth Doss (who would marry William Pleasant Umfleet in Lawrence County, Illinois, homestead with him in Missouri, and become Pheobe May Umfleet (Mrs. Ralph) Hazen's mother), To her right are Mary's mother, brother Tom, father William Doss, and older son Steven Doss. This family had roots in  Kentucky and members still live in that state as well as in Illinois.

John, Iva, Emma, Ralph Hazen

The first four of Harry Miles and Malinda Zehner Hazen's children c. 1892 --
John
Iva, Emma
J. Ralph

Aunt Iva

Iva Hazen Dimmer was the second daughter of Harry Miles and Malinda Zehner Hazen. She graduated from the Hayesville Academy and her name was found on an Ashland College (Ohio) class roster dated 1900. Iva married Jack Dimmer of San Diego, CA. They continued to return to Ohio for the family reunions through the 1950s.