Milford chronicle., 1951-07-06
AlphOnsO Hazard
Erects Memorial

I = "a ~AN1N0 ~ e1AC AlElAAUIN UE
long line of ancestors who had
contributed So much to the de-
velopment and history of the State
Of Delaware, AlphOnsO Hazard
retired merchant, who for many
years has resided in PHILADELPHIA.
t has had erected at st. Georges
Chapel, Indian River Hundred
? the historic place of Worship built
more than two centuries ago-one
of the most picturesque memor-
/ lal grave stones to be found any
/ where in this section of the coun-
try.
Placed in that quaint old ceme-
terry in Sussex County where MANY
OF the most prominent and emf
nent persOnages of the earlv davs
OF Delaware are at rest, this mem
orial stone is representative of the
untlring efforts of the antecedents
OF Mr., Hazard to develop it into
one of the leading common
Wealths of the nation.
Mr.. Hazards ancestral line
which extends back through the
centuries, includes the names of
some Of the earliest settlers of the
state who contributed tremendous
ly to it's progress and history
through the years of it's earliest |
development Their names have
been inscribed on the memorial
stone, which is rather UNIQUE. and |
the list includes David Hazard, the
l4th Governor of Delaware-wbO |
was born at BrOadkiln Neck. Sus-
sex County on May 18th, 1881. He
was the only son of John and Mary
Purnell (HoustOn) Hazard. Coard
Hazard, the first ancestor con-
eernlng whom there is definite in
formation, settled in BroadkiIn
Neck in 1900, having come from
virginia. He was of English des-
cent. His grandson, the Cover
nOrs father, was a major in
delaware regiment during the
Revolutionary War, having re-
celVed his commission from Gov
ernOr Clayton. Mary Purnell Hons
ton was the daughter of Robert :
Houston, who resided near Mil
FORD. During the War of 1912 Da-
va Hazard was an ensign in Can
tain Peter Wright's Company. Pre-
Viously he had held the Office of
justice of the peace. He was elect
ed Governor on the American Re-
publican ticket in 1929. Upon his
retirement he was elected to the
state Senate. During his admins i
trat1on a constitutional convention c
was held at Dover in 1881 which S
revised the constitution of the G
state, increasing the Governors
term from three to four years. In p
1874 he was appointed associate 7
Judge, being the last to receive q
that honor, but resigned three years p
later. He again was sent to the n
legislature and in 1852 was chos- 9
en- as a member of the constitu-
-lOnaI convention, from which he -.
later retired to private life. He "
was a resident of Milton, his home !,
stead on Union street. which is =
now owned by the heirs of the late a
Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Grav. Mil -
-on also gave to the State of Del y
aware another governor, James v
Ponder. "
Governor Hazard was of strong
IND vigorous intellect and of broad
which endeared him to
ne people. On July 18th, 1904. he -
married Elizabeth, daughter of
.ohn Collins, who had been a can
ain in the Revolutionary Army
-helr eldest sOn-JOhn Alexander
1azzard-whO was beloved and re-
pected, was also a member of the
state Senate and filled other Of
ices in both church and state
Ohm AleXander's sons, William
nd David, Joined the regular u.
I. Army during the Civil War. one
erVing in the cavalry and diving
n action, and the other in the in
antry. Governor Hazard died
uly Sth, 1854. He has many des-
now living in George
own, Milton, Lewes, Angola and
throughout the State of Delaware.
AlphonsO Hazard - donor of
his memOrialZwas born in An
ola, Sussex County, Delaware.
uly 4th, 1875, son of Alphonso
I'D Caroline Stevenson Hazard.
eft an orphan at the age of eight
e worked on a farm with his un-
le until he became fifteen. He
leh went to sea on sailing ves-
els and later entered the service
the U. S. Engineers Department.
-e married Mary Alberta Calhoun
n August 29th, 1901, and at the
ge of 20 entered the haberdash-
~ business with a chain of stores.
-e was president of the Ramey
ire and Rubber Company, presi-
ent OF the Hazard Hosiery Com
any and the owner and operator
a 300 acre farm, beside being
etive in the real estate business
e IS a member of the Odd Eel
'Ws, Red Men, knights of Golden
agile, Woodmen of the World and
ons Of Delaware. He was a trus-
e OF Ebenezer Methodist Church
Philadelphia, and is a member
FRANKLIN Lodge No. 70, A. F.
"a A. M. He retired from his
any activities at the age of 65.
e is a cousin of Ernest Haz-
.rd of Angola and w. r. Hazard
rmerly Of Milton.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Alberta
azzard, passed away on NAV %
AZ, at the age of SO years. She
as porn in Philadelphia, the only
.ughter Of the late William and
ester Calhoun, and was a direct
.scendant of John c. Calhoun
no served several terms in Con-
.ess, was Secretary of War and
ter was twice elected as Vice
Of the United States
lrlng the first World War Mrs.