Flame and Steel (1948), yearbook of Murrell Dobbins Vocational-Technical High School, Philadelphia.

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In the 1930 census of Toisnot township, Wilson County, North Carolina: auto shop mechanic Joe Hagans, 29; wife Estelle, 28; sons Joseph, 2, and William I., 1; and father-in-law Van Dawson, 55, farmer, widower.

In the 1940 census of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania: Brown Street garage mechanic Joseph Haggan, 39, widower; sons Joseph Jr., 12, and William, 11; and lodgers Sylvestia Edwards, 29; wife Carrie, 21; and Henry Counts, 46, auto mechanic.

In 1946, William Hagans registered for the World War II draft in Philadelphia. Per his registration cards, he was born 26 August 1928 in Elm City, North Carolina; lived at 4650 Brown Street, Philadelphia; his contact was father Joseph Hagans; and was a student.