Two of their sons crossed into Coshocton County: Harrison, born in 1821, came to Tuscarawas Township in 1854 and to the city of Coshocton in 1870 as a carpenter and contractor, and John, born in 1834, came to Tuscarawas Township in 1859 and then to Franklin Township. John taught school for fifteen years, raised Merino sheep on 193 acres, served twelve years as justice of the peace, and was appointed road commissioner for four townships in 1907. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Coshocton County history.
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John Wagoner and Barbara (Shurtz) Wagonerborn 1796Most recent in our records
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Pioneer farmers, Muskingum County
Carpenter and contractor, Coshocton
WAGONER HARRISON, Coshocton; carpenter and contractor; born September 2, 1821, in Muskingum county; son of John and Barbara (Shurtz) Wagoner, and came to Tuscarawas township in 1854, and to this city in 1870. Mr. Wagoner was raised on the farm until nineteen years of age, when he went to his trade, which lie followed three years; then rented a farm and conducted it four years, when he bought a fama, which he worked in connection with his trade for about seven years prior to coming to this-county. Since coming to this city he has given his entire attention to contracting and building. Mr. Wagoner served about four months in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-third 0. N. G. He was married March 19, 1843, to Miss Malinda. daughter of John Shroyer, of Mviskingum county, Her mother's name was Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Susannah Wertz. Their children are — Mary Elizabeth; Barbara Jane, deceased; Eliza Annie, Margaret, John Oliver and George Bartholomew.
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Teacher, farmer, justice of the peace and road commissioner, Franklin Township
WAGONER JOHN, Franklin township; farmer; P. 0. Coshocton, Ohio; born June 21, 1834, in Adams township, Muskingum county; son of John and Barbara (Shurtz) Wagoner, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. John remained with his father on the farm until he be- came twenty one years of age, when he began teaching school in the winter ai.d working on the farm in the summer seasons, In 1859 he located on the Robinson farm in Tuscarawas township, and remained four years. He came to Franklin township in 1863, and to his present residence in 1859. Mr. Wagoner was married August 18, 1858, to Miss Catharine, daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Buchanan) Zimmer, natives of Alsace, France. They became the parents of six children: Ada Alice, married to Andrew Brannon; Henry H.; Elizabeth F., deceased; Judson E.,William A. and Alta Theodosia. Mr.
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WAGONER ELIJAH, Franklin township; farmer; born in Muskingum county; son of John and Barbara Wagoner. His father was born July 18, 1793, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and emigrated from that State to Muskingum county shortly after the close of the war of 1812; married in December, 1850, to Elizabeth Sturtz whose parents brought her from Pennsylvania to Muskingum county when six years old. Mr. Wagoner moved to Franklin township in March, 1855; his three children, viz: Lavinia (Wirtz), Mary Ann (Aronhalt) and Melinda Catharine, are all living in this township.
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Grandparents of J. W. Perkins
Mother of George Wolfe
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