Robert Hager
Inscription
Born in 1810 in present-day Boone County, Methodist minister Robert Hager was a delegate to the state’s first constitutional convention in Wheeling, 1861-1863. He supported including a provision for gradual emancipation in WV and also a free school system. Between 1863 and 1869, Hager served terms in both houses of the state legislature.
He died in Kentucky in 1878
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