Civil War Veteran Henry and Elizabeth Hagadorn

The “Companion” marker for Herbert J.,6, and Liddie Hagadorn,10 who died in October 1870 and are buried at Pioneer and Soldiers Cemetery. In the 1800”'s “Companion” markers were often used for children who died within a short time. They were two of ten children of Henry and Elizabeth Hagadorn who later moved to Brainerd.

Two of ten children”'s early deaths remembered with “Companion” marker

By Sue Hunter Weir

Herbert and Liddie Hagadorn are buried side by side, their graves spanned by a single marker. Theirs is what is known as a companion marker. In the 21st century, double markers usually mark the graves of married couples, but in the 19th century, they often marked the graves of siblings””children who died during an epidemic or from communicable disease, often within days of each other.

Herbert and Liddie”'s marker is worn now and almost illegible. There is a dove carved into the marble over Liddie”'s name and what appears to be a lamb over Herbert”'s. You can still make out their father”'s name; they were the children of Henry J. Hagadorn, a Civil War veteran, who served in Company H of the 7th Minnesota Infantry and his wife Elizabeth. Liddie was born two years before her father enlisted; Herbert was born three years after his father came home.… Read the rest “Civil War Veteran Henry and Elizabeth Hagadorn”