JAMES V. HAGAN
James Vinton Hagan (1874-1929) was born at New Orleans, Louisiana on May 3, 1874 to James P. Hagan (1852-1875) and Olivia C. Vinton (1853-1918).
Lelia Marie Bousquet (1875-1936) married James Vinton Hagan (1879-1929), native of New Orleans on June 24, 1897 at the Notre Dame Catholic Church in New Orleans. Mr. Hagan was the son of James P. Hagan (1875-1852) and Olivia C. Vinton (1853-1918). After the death of his father, Mrs. Hagan married Charles Golden N. Golden (1836-1913) at New Orleans in January 1881.(The Daily Picayune, July 2, 1897, p. 4 and The Daily Herald, November 30, 1936, p. 5 and The Daily Picayune, January 9, 1881, p. 2)
James and Lelia B. Hagan were the parents of seven children: Elise B. Hagan (b. 1898) m. John P. Tierney of Hattiesburg; Marie Ruth Hagan (1900-1979) m. Paul Rosell Brielmaier (1900-1958) and Uriah Sylvester Joachim; Eugenia Soborin [sic] Hagan m. George Thompson Cosgrove (1892-1972); Charles Hagan (b. 1904) ; James V. Hagan Jr. (b. 1905) m. Ginette Louise Klein (1910-1980); and Joseph Earl Hagan (1910-1969) m. Yvonne Elizabeth Newman (1918-1997).(The Daily Picayune, July 2, 1897, p. 4 and The Daily Herald, November 30, 1936, p. 5)
James V. Hagan made his livelihood at Biloxi, Mississippi as a seafood dealer (1905); merchant; Harrison County, Mississippi deputy sheriff; and City Clerk of Biloxi. The family resided at 418 West Beach on the northeast corner of Reynoir Street.
Biloxi home and pier
In April 1887, Olivia V. Hagan Golden (1853-1918). the mother of James V. Hagan, acquired for $1400 a lot at Biloxi situated on the northeast corner of Reynoir and West Beach from Emilie Anais Leger Perkins (1845-1900) of New Orleans. Mrs. Perkins was the spouse of Louis W. Perkins (1839-1900+), a commissions merchant in the Crescent City. Their sons, Louis Leger Perkins (1869-1920+), a Washington D.C. attorney and Paul Felix Perkins (1870-1913), a railroad clerk in New Orleans also owned lots at Biloxi north and east of the Hagan tract, which had a 60-foot front on West Beach and ran north along Reynoir Street for 330 feet.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 22, p. 149 and 1870 Orleans Parish, La. Federal Census M593_522, p. 140, 7th Ward and 1900 Washington D.C. Federal Census T623_160, p. 1B, ED 48)
In the spring of 1921, Mr. Hagan built a long, recreational pier in front of his home. It had a large pavilion and became know as Hagan’s Bathing Pier. Here he served refreshments, rented bathing suits, and held dances.(The Daily Herald, June 10, 1921, p. 6 and June 18, 1921, p. 8)
Leo M. Scholtes
In March 1935, Mrs. Lelia M. Hagan leased Hagan’s Bathing Pier to Leo Martin Scholtes (1893-1954). Leo M. Scholtes was born at Cicero, Cook County, Illinois the son of Nicholas Scholtes (1860-1920+), an 1867 German immigrant, and Mary Scholtes (1869-1920+), a Wisconsin native whose parents were German born. Circa 1893, the Scholtes family relocated to Crichton Village, Mobile County, Alabama where Nicholas Scholtes, worked as a sawyer in a sawmill.( Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 208, p. 96 and 1900 Cook Co., Illinois T623_292, p. 20B, ED 1152)
Circa 1915, Leo M. Scholtes, a mechanic and welder, married Marguerite Strocker (1893-1962) in Mobile County, Alabama. They came to Jackson County, Mississippi about 1919 with their young family and eventually settled at Biloxi, Mississippi. Leo Joseph ‘Joe’ Scholtes (1917-1994), their eldest who married Colleen Cornic (1917-1996), became one of Biloxi’s local historians. He and Colleen made a very important contribution to Biloxi’s history when they co-wrote Biloxi and the Mississippi Gulf Coast: A Pictorial History (1985). Mrs. Sholtes also wrote for Down South Magazine under the nom de plume, Holt.(1920 Jackson Co., Mississippi Federal Census T625_879, p. 5A, ED 65 and Larry Cosper, December 15, 2009)
Sale
In March 1937, the Hagan Heirs, Earl Hagan, Charles Hagan, James V. Hagan, Elise Hagan Tierney, Ruth Hagan Brielmaier, and Eugenia Hagan Cosgrove conveyed for $10,000 their familial home on West Beach and Reynoir Street to Thomas James Barry.(d. 1942) The sale was inclusive of improvements, littoral and riparian rights, and subject to the ten year, Hagan Pier lease to L.M. Scholtes.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 214, p. 295)
At this time, the Charles W. Wachenfeld (1871-1929) family was living east of the Hagan place and J. Bremer to the north. The Wachenfelds had also built an amusement pier just east of Hagan’s Bathing Pier. In the spring of 1922, it was doubled in size and featured a new high diving board. The bathing pier was dedicated in early June 1922.(The Daily Herald, June 8, 1922, p. 3)
Thomas J. Barry
Thomas J. Barry was married to Edna Osborn. Also owned 841 Reynoir Street and property in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at Biloxi on November 16, 1942. (Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 252, p. 139)
Merchant
James V. Hagan was in business at Biloxi as early as 1897.
JAS. V. HAGAN
GROCER and SHIP CHANDLER
CornerPassChristian and Magnolia Street
HaganBuilding
The lot upon which the Hagan Building was erected in the summer and fall of 1895 was situated on the southeast corner of Howard Avenue and Magnolia Street. J.V. Hagan acquired it in May 1895 for $1200 from Bernard Picard (1853-1896) and Sarah Levy Picard (1859-1927). Bernard Picard had come to Biloxi from New Orleans in 1889 and opened Picard's Emporium, a dry goods store. Picard’s Emporium was located in the Eistetter Building on Howard Avenue at Magnolia. Mr. Picard expired on May 23, 1896, of stomach cancer at his Main Street residence. His remains were interred at New Orleans.(Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 32, p. 389 and The Biloxi Herald, May 23, 1896).
Giles Harness (1871-1915) built the Hagan Building for James V. Hagan. During its construction, it was described as “it will be one of the handsomest and most substantial business houses in the city.” It was financed by Olivia C. Golden who loaned J.V. Hagan $4000 in July 1895.(The Biloxi Herald, September 7, 1895 and Harrison Co., Mississippi Land Deed Bk. 32, p. 486).
Tenants
Two of the earliest tenants of the Hagan Building were Frank Sutter and Dr. W. Saucier. Mr. Sutter was in the fire, marine and accidental insurance business and succeeded Mayer & Theobald and D.M. Mayers in this enterprise. His office was on the second floor. Dr. Saucier was a dentist.(The Biloxi Herald, August 31, 1895, p. 10 and October 5, 1896, p. 4)
Dr. William O. Talbot who came to Biloxi in 1894 was also an early occupant of the Hagan Building. He was in the office at Biloxi on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Dr. Talbot was a native of Scott County, Mississippi and had studied at the Northwestern University dental school and Angle’s School of Orthodontia. In addition to his dental services to Biloxi’s citizens, Dr. Talbot was elected to represent Ward III of the city in 1906.(The Biloxi Herald, March 7, 1896, p. 8 and The Biloxi Daily Herald, January 7, 1907, p. 4)
Deputy Sheriff
City Clerk
Hagan’s Pier
In the spring of 1921, Mr. Hagan built a long, recreational pier in front of his home. It had a large pavilion. Here he served refreshments, rented bathing suits, and held dances.(The Daily Herald, June 10, 1921, p. 6 and June 18, 1921, p. 8)
In March 1935, Mrs. Hagan leased her pier to Leo M. Scholtes (1893-1954).
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T.H. Glenn, The Mexican Gulf Coast on Mobile Bay & Mississippi Sound Illustrated, (Delchamps: Mobile, Alabama-1893).
Brother Jerome Lepre, GulfCoastGenealogy-The Caillavet Family, Volume II, (Mississippi Coast History and Genealogical Society: Biloxi, Mississippi-1984).
Brother Jerome Lepre, Catholic Church Records Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi, Volume I, (Catholic Diocese of Biloxi, Mississippi-Biloxi, Mississippi-1991).
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Harrison County, Mississippi Chancery Court
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Journals
The Biloxi Herald,“Local Happenings”, December 2, 1893.
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”,August 31, 1895.
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”,September 7,1895.
The Biloxi Herald, “Latest City News”,, .
The Biloxi Herald, “Dr. W. Saucier [advertisement]”,October 5, 1896.
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The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Latest City News”,July 17, 1897.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Latest City News”,July 17, 1897.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Latest City News”,December 11, 1897.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Latest City News [obit of Marie Caillavet Bousquet]”,June 25, 1898.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Feed-Shoes-Groceries-Drugs”,December 5, 1900.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Biloxi’s new administration”, January 7, 1907.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City Council Last Night”,May 9, 1908.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “City News”,October 7, 1908.
The Biloxi Daily Herald, “Necrology”,December 14, 1908.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Golden dead”, June 3, 1918.
The Daily Herald, “Brielmaier-Hagan”, May 3, 1921.
The Daily Herald, “Building summer pier”, June 10, 1921.
The Daily Herald, “Hagan’s Gulf bathing”, June 18, 1921.
The Daily Herald, “Ocean Springs”, October 11, 1921.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Cowand dead”, October 21, 1921.
The Daily Herald, “To dedicate handsome pavilion”, June 8, 1922.
The Daily Herald, “Tierney-Hagan”, July 28, 1923.
The Daily Herald, “Cosgrove-Hagan”, January 17, 1929.
The Daily Herald, “James V. Hagan dies in New Orleans today”, December 7, 1929.
The Daily Herald, “Hagan-Klein”, November 22, 1932.
The Daily Herald, “Hagan-Newman”, June 12, 1934.
The Daily Herald, “Mrs. Hagan died in Biloxi today”, November 30, 1936.
The Daily Picayune, “Married’, January 9, 1881.
The Daily Picayune, January 5, 1885.
The Daily Picayune, “Married”, July 2, 1897.
The Daily Picayune, “Bousquet”, December 14, 1908.
The Daily Picayune, “John A. Bousquet”,December 14, 1908.
The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, “Local News”, January 9, 1885, p. 3.
Personal Communication
Larry Cosper, son-in-law of Leo Joseph ‘Joe’ Scholtes (1917-1994)-telephone conversation on December 15, 2009.
Interred Biloxi Cemetery:
Mary Bousquet - no date
Baby Stagan 12/19/1900
John A. Bousquet 12/12/1908 63 yrs old Born 1845
Daniella B Coward 10/14/1921 - dob 1/21/1878
Eugenie Sabouvin Bousquet (Mrs J.A.Bousquet) 40 yrs old 6/21/1898 B
Mary R.
John Bousquet 3/24/1947 B
(On back side of tombstone)
Rosa 11/28/1848