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HOAGLAND FAMILY
ARTHUR EUGENE HOAGLAND
History of Kern County – 1914, pg. 1427 - Submitted by Marji Turner
The excitement caused by the discovery of gold in California imbued William Hoagland with a desire to visit the
vast unknown west. At the time of joining a part of Argonauts he was still a mere lad, yet he was able to do a
man’s work and assumed responsibilities equal to those thrust upon men many years his senior. As a boy he had attended
the schools of Springfield, Ill., where his birth ad occurred about 1835 and where his parents had made their home
for years. The trip across the plains during the summer of 1849 he still recalls as one of the most interesting
experiences of his eventful life and scarcely less interesting was the return voyage by water. Settling upon a
farm in Missouri, he gave himself industriously to agricultural pursuits and for some time continued to live and
labor in that state. Meantime he served in the Union army during the Civil war and remained at the front until
the expiration of his period of service. About 1884 he became a pioneer of Kansas and took up a claim in Barber
county, where he engaged in farming for some years. When he made his second trip to the Pacific coast in 1891 he
found conditions in the west far different from those of the earlier period. Oregon, to which state he removed
from Kansas, was becoming known for riches of soil and growth of commerce. For a number of years he served as assessor
of Klamath county and made his home in Klamath Falls, but more recently he has removed to California, where he
and his wife, Cassie [Fulton], now are living in Butte county.
The family of William Hoagland comprised eleven children and eight of these are still living. One of the younger
members of the family, Arthur Eugene, was born July 7, 1876, during the residence of the parents near Rolla, Phelps
county, MO., were he remained until eight years of age and then accompanied the other members of the family to
Kansas. Later he attended the public schools of Medicine Lodge, Barber county. At the age of fourteen he began
to be self-supporting and from that time he has made his way unaided in the world. The Santa Fe Railroad had a
line through his home town and offered an opportunity for an honest livelihood through day labor. At first his
wages were very small, but his worth found appreciative recognition and at seventeen he was promoted to be a foreman.
Later he was transferred from Kansas to Illinois as a construction foreman, after which he was similarly employed
in Arizona. During 1899 he was transferred to Bakersfield and from this city was sent north on construction work.
The year 1900 was spent mainly in Hanford. During 1901 he returned to Bakersfield and this city has been his home
since. For three years he continued in the railroad business. As general foreman of construction he had charge
of construction work between Bakersfield and Fresno.
Resigning in 1904 after a long and honorable identification with railroad interests, Mr. Hoagland turned his attention
to other lines of business. For a time he owned a cigar store and for two and one-half years he acted as local
manager for the Wieland brewery, since which time he has been a member of the firm of Hoagland & Ross, wholesale
distributors of Rainier beer, manufactured by the Seatlle Brewing and Malting Company. The firm has an agency at
Mojave and a cold storage plant at Bakersfield and ships the bottled beer throughout all of Kern county. In politics
he is a Democrat and fraternally he is identified with the Royal Arch Lodge and also has served as president of
the Eagles. By his marriage to Miss Maude Rainer, a resident of Bakersfield, but a native of Kansas, he has two
children, Bruce and Helen.
HOAGLAND FAMILY RELATED DATA
The Bakersfield Californian; Friday, December 21, 1951 pg 9 cont pg 13
Hoaglands Wed Here 50 Years Ago; Are Entertaining Today
Surrounded by hundreds of friends and all members of their immediate family, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hoagland are the
center of a happy throng today as they celebrate 50 years of wedded companionship in the city of their marriage.
Although the name Bakersfield is about the only thing that even resembles the village of 1901, the Hoaglands recall
that it was a kind community that welcomed a brave young girl, Maude Evylyn Raner, as she arrived in a western
frontier town to join the fiance who couldn’t be spared from his post as Sante Fe construction engineer, to make
the long trip back to claim his bride. The Reverend E. L. Foster performed the ceremony at the Methodist Church.
Rear Family Here.
It was in Bakersfield, too, that the five children were born. They are Arthur Bruce Hoagland, Needles; Helen Little
Powis, Hollywood; Eveyn May Dennis, East Bakersfield; Eugene Ross Hoagland, Avenal; and Kenneth William Hoagland,
San Francisco. The couple also boast 10 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Some 350 guests were invited to the anniversary part, which officially begins at 4 p.m. today at the long-time
residence of the Hoaglands, 322 South Chester Avenue.
Man Helping
Mrs. Hoagland is being assisted by the Mesdames Paul Matlock, B. B. Mahan (the first Bakersfield woman whom Mrs.
Hoagland met), Lloyd Crabtree, James McKean, Ed Rose, Lyle Brown and Clay Taylor. Mrs. Matlock is receiving at
the door, and the couple’s daughters and daughter-in-law are at the guest book. Those who have been chosen to pour,
some of whom have been friends of almost half a century are Mrs. Fred Berton, Mrs. Anna Dora Ross, Mrs. W. O. Davis,
Mrs. J. Bruce Payne, Mrs. L. J. Benzino, Mrs. W. A. Minner, Mrs. Ed Rose, Mrs. D. I. Plether,Mrs. Robert Simpson
and Mrs. Scott Powell.
At the punch bowl are Mrs. Clay Taylor, Mrs. Lyle Brown, Mrs. William Bratton and Mrs. Ted King.
ARTHUR HOAGLAND OBITUARY
KENNETH HOAGLAND OBITUARY
Bakersfield Californian articles
Picture with caption: Ensign – Kenneth William Hoagland, son of Arthur E. Hoagland, 322 South Cahester avenue,
now on duty with the navy as an ensign in the naval air force.
Local Youth in Navy Air Force [with photo]
Kenneth William Hoagland, 24 year-old son of Arthur E. Hoagland, 322 South Chester avenue, today was on duty with
the United States Navy as an ensign in the naval air force. Ensign Hoagland received his commission in graduation
ceremonies held Saturday fo the first time at the navy’s new $55.000,000 “University of the Air” at Corpus Christi,
Texas. The Bakersfield youth entered naval air trainig last March and was a member of the first Corpus Christi
class. He was a student at the University of California before enlisting in the air corps. Ensign Hoalgand planned
to enter the real estate business with his father before he became interested in naval aviation.
KENNETH HOAGLAND
Bakersfield Youth Tells of Rescue After Midway Fight [with photo]
The story of how he and comrades drifted about in the open sea while a destroyer of unknown nationality bore down
on them – not knowing whether they should open fire or welcome the ship as a rescuer as he was en route back to
Pearl Harbor from the great Mid-way sea-air battle. The letter was received by Ensign Hoagland’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Hoagland, 322 South Chester avenue.
“I personally had crossed my name off the list four times only to find that something was there to intervene in
our behalf……….some of my friends were not as fortunate as I.” wrote Ensign Hoagland in describing his rescue after
a thrilling air fight with Japanese Zeros. “It was a great victory for our side,” declared Ensign Hoagland in
referring to the Midway fight. “On the day of the attack which was the fourth we were sent out on a scouting search.
We were up in the air for 18 hours. That night we were forced down in the open sea after being attacked by Japanese
Zero fighters.
“Fortunately we were near the scene of the battle and a friendly destroyer picked me up. We had quite a few worried
moments as the destroyer bore down on us whether it belonged to our fleet or to the Japanese.
Branding Japanese claims entirely false,” he said: “When I listed to Radio Tokyo I alternately laugh and grow angry.
I laugh because they tell such enormous lies so blandly and I get angry because I can’t help but think that there
are people who believe them.”
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