1.2.1.3 J. Hazen Johnson 
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15 May 1822, Plymouth, Vt. |
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1868, Lexington, KY |
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(Capt. John, Isaac, Nathaniel, John, Edward, John, John, Noah.) |
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Hazen was born in Plymouth, Vermont, May 18, 1832. He studied law in Rutland, Vermont, in the office of Senator Foot. In 1851 he went to Kentucky, where he practiced law till 1855, at which time he gave up law practice and entered into newspaper work. He was connected with the "Frankfort Yeoman" and "Lexington Statesman." In 1856 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention which nominated James Buchanan for President. He was clerk of the Kentucky Senate in 1858.
At the breaking out of the war, Hazen was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 12th Kentucky (Union) regiment, and was promoted for gallantry in March, 1863, and served during the war with rank of captain.
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