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Born 1881
From Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910)
CHARLES W. WAGONER.
A young man of highly respected family and with many advantages in the heritage of character left to him by his forefathers, and himself one of many attainments, personal worth and splendid character, Charles W. Wagoner has engaged in business in Odessa and is meeting with the success which he deserves.
The Rev. William F. Wagoner was born eight miles south of Odessa, May 6, 1852, son of William G. Wagoner, who was a native of Kentucky, came to Lafayette county in the forties, and settled on the farm where William F. was born. His mother was a native of Kentucky and is dead. William F. grew up in Lafayette county and is now a clergyman of the Methodist church South. He was married in Lafayette county to Ella Triplett, a native of the county. She bore to him five children: Mayme, wife of Max Kahn, of Montrose, Missouri; Charles W.; Ruby, wife of Carl Kahn, of Montrose, Missouri; Anna, wife of Dr. Hayden Osborn, of Odessa; and Helen. The Rev. Mr. Wagoner has served many stations and is an able and godly minister.
Charles W. Wagoner was born in Gunn City, Cass county, Missouri, May II, 1881. He was educated in different public schools in central Missouri, in which field most of his father's pastorates have lain, and graduated from the Central College of Fayette, Missouri. After graduation, he, in 1904, entered the mercantile business in Odessa, as a member of the firm of Conner Brothers & Wagoner, and has since been engaged in that business. His business affairs have flourished and are in a very prosperous and promising condition. He takes great interest in all public affairs and is always ready to lend a hand to any enterprise which has for its object the bettering of the community. The Methodist church South relics upon him as one of its most active members and he has been superintendent of their Sunday school for three years. We know of no more deserving or promising young man in the county than Mr. Wagoner, and he has already placed himself well on the road to success.
As printed in Young's history of Lafayette County, Missouri (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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