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Jefferson Hagens was born about 1870, probably in Spencer County, Indiana. He was the son of John Hagens and Mary Elizabeth Martin.
Jeff appears on the 1910 Muscatine County, Iowa census in Bloomington Township, living with his brother John and his family. The census shows Jeff to be 35, single, born in Indiana.
Jeff married Aletha Carter about 1910-1915. Aletha Carter was born about 1896, in Missouri according to census records.
The 1920 Muscatine County census shows Jeff, 48, born in Indiana; Leatha, 24, born in Missouri; and son Lesley, 3 years, 11 months, born in Iowa. Boarding with the family is Frank Proffitt, age 18, born in Iowa.
Child of Jefferson Hagens and Aletha Carter
1. Wesley S. Hagens, b. 1916, Muscatine Co, IA