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Born 1866
From History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present (1910)
J. F. WAGGONER.
The farmer of today dominates the situation in Iowa because he holds the balance of power. There are three million more Americans engaged in farming today than in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits, and Iowa is one of the states that contributes many agriculturists to the United States. One of the thoroughly modern farmers of Jones county is J. F. Waggoner, of Jackson township, who was born in that township on his father's homestead, February 26, 1866. He is a son of Charles and Mary (May) Waggoner, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work, and the second in order of birth in their family of four children.
As printed in History of Jones County, Iowa, past and present (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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