Albert Hazlett

[8] In 1850, Absalom (12) lived on a farm in Green Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania with his parents, an older brother Washington (16), and younger siblings Peter (10), Jeremiah (9), Henry (7), Mary (3) and Sarah (1).

[5] According to the Indiana Gazette, Hazlett participated in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.

Summarizing the event, the newspaper said, Fights over the very concept of slavery itself — the ownership of people and forced servitude — began well before the start of the war in 1861, and arguably the most notorious was the October 1859 attack led by John Brown on the federal arsenal and rifle factory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.

[6]At Harpers Ferry, Virginia, Hazlett fought next to Aaron Dwight Stevens, a commander of the raid.

[9] Hazlett's intended bride, Miss Stephenson accompanied the corpse to Eaglewood Cemetery in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

[2][6] It states: A staunch abolitionist, Hazlett became a lieutenant in John Brown’s provisional army and participated in the raid on Harper’s Ferry Arsenal in 1859.

This incident, intended to arm slaves to fight for their own freedom, was a major catalyst for the outbreak of the Civil War.

[2] Spencer Sadler wrote the biography Absalom Hazlett: A Loyal Soldier in John Brown’s Army, which was one of the series "America Through Time: Adding Color to American History" that was commissioned by Fonthill Media LLC.