HISTORY LESSONS: Meeker’s Founding Fathers — George Hazen

George Stillman Hazen, one of Meeker’s founding fathers was one of our earliest settlers and stockholders of the Meeker Town Company. He was born Sept. 17, 1837 in Hiram, Portage, Ohio. His brother, William was a career officer in the army who had won recognition during the Indian Wars of the Southwest before the Civil War. Both brothers served in the Civil War. George advanced during the war to First Lt. with the 9th Independent…