George Wagoner spent his boyhood days on the home farm, attending district schools of the neighborhood. Generally speaking, he worked on the farm during the summer and attended the schools during the winter, until about eighteen years old. He remained at home until reaching his majority.
When he was twenty-one years old, Mr. Wagoner took the lease of twenty acres of land to clear for four crops. This proved to be a very profitable experiment and afterwards he and his brother Henry took another lease of Mr. Barber of twenty acres, which Mr. Wagoner subsequently purchased. With Henry he bought eighty acres of land, and afterwards traded his interest in the home place for forty acres of this tract. He acquired further land an he now owns a magnificent farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres and one which is highly productive, and also has property in Flora.
On October 4, 1873, George Wagoner was married to Sarah E. Cook, who was born in Carroll County, in 1853, and whose father was Hezekiah Cook. Mrs. Wagoner was reared in the same neighborhood as her husband and they knew each other from childhood.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner have been born four children, namely Edward D., who is a physician and surgeon at Burrows, Indiana; Stella M. is a graduate of the Wheeling schools and the wife of K.R. Flora, and the mother of five children; Roscoe married Roxie Barnard and lives in Monroe Township; Edit M. is unmarried and lives at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wagoner are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wagoner is one of the trustees and is an active member and one of the most liberal supporters of the church. Politically, he belongs to the Prohibition Party, being an implacable foe of the liquor traffic and an ardent believer in temperance.
George lived for: 77 years, 6 months and 7 days.
When he was twenty-one years old, Mr. Wagoner took the lease of twenty acres of land to clear for four crops. This proved to be a very profitable experiment and afterwards he and his brother Henry took another lease of Mr. Barber of twenty acres, which Mr. Wagoner subsequently purchased. With Henry he bought eighty acres of land, and afterwards traded his interest in the home place for forty acres of this tract. He acquired further land an he now owns a magnificent farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres and one which is highly productive, and also has property in Flora.
On October 4, 1873, George Wagoner was married to Sarah E. Cook, who was born in Carroll County, in 1853, and whose father was Hezekiah Cook. Mrs. Wagoner was reared in the same neighborhood as her husband and they knew each other from childhood.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner have been born four children, namely Edward D., who is a physician and surgeon at Burrows, Indiana; Stella M. is a graduate of the Wheeling schools and the wife of K.R. Flora, and the mother of five children; Roscoe married Roxie Barnard and lives in Monroe Township; Edit M. is unmarried and lives at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wagoner are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wagoner is one of the trustees and is an active member and one of the most liberal supporters of the church. Politically, he belongs to the Prohibition Party, being an implacable foe of the liquor traffic and an ardent believer in temperance.
George lived for: 77 years, 6 months and 7 days.
George Wagoner spent his boyhood days on the home farm, attending district schools of the neighborhood. Generally speaking, he worked on the farm during the summer and attended the schools during the winter, until about eighteen years old. He remained at home until reaching his majority.
When he was twenty-one years old, Mr. Wagoner took the lease of twenty acres of land to clear for four crops. This proved to be a very profitable experiment and afterwards he and his brother Henry took another lease of Mr. Barber of twenty acres, which Mr. Wagoner subsequently purchased. With Henry he bought eighty acres of land, and afterwards traded his interest in the home place for forty acres of this tract. He acquired further land an he now owns a magnificent farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres and one which is highly productive, and also has property in Flora.
On October 4, 1873, George Wagoner was married to Sarah E. Cook, who was born in Carroll County, in 1853, and whose father was Hezekiah Cook. Mrs. Wagoner was reared in the same neighborhood as her husband and they knew each other from childhood.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner have been born four children, namely Edward D., who is a physician and surgeon at Burrows, Indiana; Stella M. is a graduate of the Wheeling schools and the wife of K.R. Flora, and the mother of five children; Roscoe married Roxie Barnard and lives in Monroe Township; Edit M. is unmarried and lives at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wagoner are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wagoner is one of the trustees and is an active member and one of the most liberal supporters of the church. Politically, he belongs to the Prohibition Party, being an implacable foe of the liquor traffic and an ardent believer in temperance.
George lived for: 77 years, 6 months and 7 days.
When he was twenty-one years old, Mr. Wagoner took the lease of twenty acres of land to clear for four crops. This proved to be a very profitable experiment and afterwards he and his brother Henry took another lease of Mr. Barber of twenty acres, which Mr. Wagoner subsequently purchased. With Henry he bought eighty acres of land, and afterwards traded his interest in the home place for forty acres of this tract. He acquired further land an he now owns a magnificent farm of one hundred and sixty-five acres and one which is highly productive, and also has property in Flora.
On October 4, 1873, George Wagoner was married to Sarah E. Cook, who was born in Carroll County, in 1853, and whose father was Hezekiah Cook. Mrs. Wagoner was reared in the same neighborhood as her husband and they knew each other from childhood.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner have been born four children, namely Edward D., who is a physician and surgeon at Burrows, Indiana; Stella M. is a graduate of the Wheeling schools and the wife of K.R. Flora, and the mother of five children; Roscoe married Roxie Barnard and lives in Monroe Township; Edit M. is unmarried and lives at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wagoner are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wagoner is one of the trustees and is an active member and one of the most liberal supporters of the church. Politically, he belongs to the Prohibition Party, being an implacable foe of the liquor traffic and an ardent believer in temperance.
George lived for: 77 years, 6 months and 7 days.
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