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Biography of William Wagner

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 1069

WILLIAM WAGNER, farmer, P.O. La Fayette, was born in Franklin County, Ohio, Montgomery Township, September 2, 1842; he is a son of Martin and Sarah (Devore) Wagner. He is a farmer, and owns thirty acres of land near where he lives. He was married August 7, 1873, to Mary Elizabeth Akerson, daughter of William Wesley and Susanah (Tillman) Akerson. She was born June 23, 1854. Her father was a native of Ohio, and her mother of Vermont. Our subject's grandfather was Henry Tillman. Our subject is the father of five children, viz.: Cora Melissa, born September 1, 1874; William Harvey, born December 15, 1875, and died July 6, 1877; Christopher Martin, born September 11, 1877, died October 23, 1877; Virginia Mayne, born November 3, 1878; and Robert Jefferson, born January 5, 1881. Mr. Wagner served eighteen months in the United States Cavalry, Company E, with Capt. Sandford, and participated in several battles. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, Penn., in the hand, for which he receives a pension.



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