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Born 1840, Jefferson County
From Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910), A Centennial biographical history of Hancock County, Ohio : embellished with portraits of many well known people of Hancock County, who have been or are prominent in its history and development (1903)
WILLIAM G. WAGGONER.
William G. Waggoner, one of the toreniost and most successful farmers of Marion township, Hancock county, Ohio, resides on a farm of eighty acres, which he devotes to general farming, and on which are a number of valuable gas and oil wells. Mr. \Vaggoner was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 4, 1840, and removed with his parents to this county when ten years of age. He has lived on his present farm since the vear 1875. For a number of years he was engaged in the grocery business in Marion townsiiip, but finally abandoned it for the present occupation. In public life he has done his duty to his fellow citizens, having served them in the officesof township trustee, supervisor and school director. He is ever ready to take part in anything, that will inure to the benefit of society in his county and state. He was united in marriage to Miss Rachel, the daughter of William and Margaret Davis on the /ih day of October, 1866. The children born to this union are: Edward L.. Charles D., and Mary M. The eldest son. Edward L. married Laura Wisely, and now resides in Findlay; Mary is the wife of John Welsch, and resides in Findlay. Mrs. Waggoner was born in Marion township in 1843, for the further consideration of her family the reader is referred to a sketch of Mary A. Wolfe. William G. Waggoner is a son of Edward and Eliza (Allen) Waggoner. His father was born in Jefferson county in 181 1, his mother in the same county in 1812. They were married on the 13th day of April, 1837, and their family num- bered seven children, five of whom are now living. William G. is the only one residing in Ohio, the others being residents of Michigan.
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Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner enjoy the esteem and confidence of a very large circle of the best citizens of Hancock cminly, whom they delight to receive and entertain in their pleasant rural home. In politics he is an earnest Republican and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.
As printed in A Centennial biographical history of Hancock County, Ohio : embellished with portraits of many well known people of Hancock County, who have been or are prominent in its history and development (1903). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
WILLIAM G. WAGGONER, an enterprising farmer and much esteemed citizen of Marion Township, Hancock County, O., resides on a fine farm of 79 acres located in Section 12, and has spent the greater part of his life in Hancock County, O. He was born March 4, 1840, in Jefferson County, Ohio, a son of Edward and Eliza (Allen) Waggoner, and a grandson of William Waggoner, who was a native of Germany and one of the early settlers of Jefferson County, Ohio.
William Waggoner and a brother came to this country to avoid military service, their father being a member of the German royalty. William first located in Pennsylvania, but later came to Jefferson County, Ohio, and located near Steubenville, where he resided until the time of his death. His brother went to Canada, and each thought the other dead until some years later, when a brother of our subject went to Canada on a visit. William married a Miss Jackson, who was a distant relative of President Jackson, and of their union were born the following children: John, Caleb,
William, James, Edward, Josiah, Louisa, Jane, Sarah, Keziah, and Joseph, all now deceased.
Edward Waggoner, father of our subject, grew to manhood in Jefferson County, Ohio,' where he was joined in marriage with Eliza Allen, also a native of that county. In 1849 they came to Hancock County and settled on a tract of timberland in Cass Township, where he built a log cabin and made a clearing. He subsequently sold this land and removed to Michigan, where he and his wife both died. They were the parents of seven children: Aaron Jackson, deceased, who served in the Civil War; William Glenn, our subject; Mary, who is the wife of David Reichard; James, who served in the Civil War; Samuel; Sarah, is the wife of Joseph Wang; and Keziah, who died young.
William Waggoner was reared in Cass
Township, Hancock County, Ohio, where his parents settled when he was quite young, and his education was obtained in the old log pay school of this district. He assisted in clearing the farm, and when young worked at carpentering, and also worked as a tanner seven years, which was also his father’s trade. He purchased 40 acres, and his wife inherited 40 of the Davis farm (80 acres in all) and follows general farming. He has cleared all the land with the exception of 25 acres, has erected all of the buildings, and has had five oil wells in operation.
Mr. Waggoner was married in 1866 to Rachel Davis, a daughter of William Davis, and sister of Isaac Davis. Three children have been born to our subject and wife; Edward, who married Laura Wisley, and is the father of three children — Catherine, William and Edward; (he is a resident of Lima, O., and is employed on the railroad); and Charley and Mary May, twins. Charles, who lives near our subject, married Catherine Fisher and has one daughter, Ruth. Mary May married John Welch of Kansas, and has two children: Helen R. and Mary Margaret. Mr. Waggoner is politically a Republican.
As printed in Twentieth century history of Findlay and Hancock County and representative citizens (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Isaac Davis (b. 1837) Mary A. Wolfe
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