The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-15
KAMAAlNA
DEAD.
DR.. Martin Hagan
Expires in Los
Angeles.
HAD CHARGE OF
LEPROSY HOSPITAL
Came TO Honolulu in the sos
and Became Identified With
Health Department.

The following notice taken from Los
Angeles paper of the death of DR.. Nj.
Hagan will be read with regret by
many kamaainas of Honolulu, as the
deceased was well and popularity known
in this city both as a veteran of the
Civil War member of the Board of
Health, as well as personally. As a
surgeon and in the army he won I'M
usual distinction and his death Is
public loss as well as source of per-
sonal sorrow:
DR.. Martin Hagan, one OF the promi-
nent physicians of Los Angeles, died
at his home, 500 South Spring street.
at 4:15 O'Clock yesterday afternoon. A
third stroke of apoplexy brought death.
while the patient sufferer slept.
DIR. Hagan was at one time health
officer and later county physician. He
was one of the incorporators of the
Southern California bank and was one
of the five men who started the move
ment which ended In the establishment
of Westlake park.
The deceased leaves widow and two
sons, DR. Ralph Hagan, ex-police sur
geon and Harry w. Hagan. An estate
Iapproximating $50 600 was decided to the
heirs after the second stroke of apo
plexy.
In accordance with the wishes of the
deceased frequently expressed, there
Will be no ostentation at the funeral
services, which will ha held Thursday
Though a prominent member of West
gate lodge, f. &, A. NJ. It was Or. Ha-
gans' request that his remains be Gre
mated as soon as convenient after
death and that no elaborate funeral
services be held.
Martin Hagan was born in Tuscara-
was county, Ohio. December %. 1882.
He completed his literary education in
Columbia college, New York city. and
graduated in medicine from the Star
ling Medical college, Columbus, Ohio, in
1856
In August 1861. he entered the mill
tary service as assistant surgeon Fiji
ty-first regiment, Ohio Volunteer In
! fantry., Army of the Ohio. He was
present at the battles OF Fort Donel-
son, Perryville Stone River and Chat
tanooga. Owing to Ill health he resign
ed his position and after few months
rest he returned to the services as sur
geon of the One Hundred and sixty
first regiment, Ohio Volunteer infan-
try, which was sent to the Shenandoah
Valley, Virginia, being a part of the
time with General Sheridan. He par
iticipated in the battles of Harper's Fer
ry, Maryland Heights and Winchester
and frequently acted as brigade sur
geon. After being honorably discharged
in 1864 he returned to Tuscarawas
county, Ohio. where he was elected
county treasurer the same fall.
After serving his term as treasurer,
he again entered college and in 1857 he
graduated from the College of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, New York city.
In August, 1867, he removed to ST.
Paul, Minnesota. where he engaged in
the practice of his profession for four
teen years. He went to the Hawaiian
Islands. starting from st. Paul in June,
1851. In 1882 he was placed in charge
of the Hawaiian Insane ASYLUM and
Leprosy Hospital by appointment from
the king Resigning his position IN
1884 he removed to Los Angeles. He
at once took an active mart :" 49,
growth and progress of the CITY and
invested largely in real estate He was
elected health officer in 1887 and in
January, 1898. he was appointed county
physician, which position he held until
his health failed. He resigned in the
latter part Of 1895. While in the hos
pital he contracted blood poisoning.
which was the cause Of his prolonged
illness. In November, 1895, he suffered
his first stroke OF apopleXv, which left
him paralyzed on the left side. The
second stroke Of anoplevy was in No
vember. 1898, which left him n total
paralytic. While sleeping yesterday
afternoon, as was Hie custom. h" o"'-
dainty bad a third stroke which
brought his life to an end.