James A Waggoner (1852 - 1929)

Born 11 Mar 1852 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Isabelle (I) Waggoner — married 17 Mar 1872 in Rusk County, Texas

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1929 at age 77 in Rusk, Texas, United States

Biography

James A. Waggoner was born on 11 Mar 1852 in Tennessee and died on 26 Nov 1929. He is buried in Goodspirngs Duncan Cemetery, Good Springs, Rusk County, Texas. ^[1] Tombstone image available on Find A Grave.

James A. Waggoner married Mary Isabelle "Belle" Henry on 17 Mar 1872 in Rusk County, Texas^[2]

1880 Federal Census: Precinct 6, Rusk, Texas. J C Wagoner, age 25, born in Tennessee. Others listed are: Belle, age 23, Texas; Mat, age 8, Texas; Alice, age 5, Texas, Tom, age 3, Texas; Tenny, age 0, Texas.^[3]

Sources

• WikiTree profile Waggoner-177 created through the import of My Family File072211.ged on Jul 25, 2011 by Grady Lucas. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Grady and others.

• Source: S11 Title: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.Original data - Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm.Original data: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, Data Changed: 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:37 CREA 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:08
• Source: S61 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Data Changed: 08 Jul 2011, 19:52:40 CREA 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:08 Text: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation wascreated. Page: [Q:1], Ancestry Family Trees, http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=14836175&pid=171518901
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Notes

Note N319

James C. WAGGONER was born Jul 1853 in Tennessee. James C. married Mary I. UNKNOWN on abt 1873. Mary I. was born Dec 1857 in Texas. They had the following children:

1. Thomas H. WAGGONER was born 1878 in Texas.

2. Tennessee WAGGONER was born Feb 1880 in Texas.

3. Edward WAGGONER was born Feb 1884 in Texas.

4. Jacob (Jake) WAGGONER was born 6 Apr 1886 in Texas. He died 31 Oct 1965.

5. Effie M. WAGGONER was born May 1888 in Texas.

6. James B. (Bee, aka Preacher) WAGGONER was born Feb 1890 in Texas.

7. Homer WAGGONER was born Jan 1892 in Texas.

8. Bonnie Ioby WAGGONER was born Apr 1896 in Texas. He died 1951.

9. Monnie WAGGONER.

Most of this information appears in the 1900 Rusk Co. census, ED 81, sht 15, line 68.

I found another family that I had heard about from someone also studying the Waggoner family:

Jacob W. WAGGONER was born Dec 1860 in Texas. He married Dumpy J. abt 1884. (I have been told her maiden name was Moyers.) Dumpy was born in Texas in Mar 1863. They had the following children:

1. Salettie was born Apr 1884(looks like Sleety in the census records). I have been told that she married Henry Irby Haskins and died 26 Apr 1964.

2. Lucy was born Sep 1889. I have been told she married a Prior and died on 10 May 1987.

3. Dreeby was born Mar 1892. I have been told she married a Padgett and died on 11 May 1975.

The information on their births is from the 1900 Rusk County census, ED 81, sht 14, line 62.

The census also says that Jacob W. Waggoner and James C. Waggoner had parents who were both born in Tennessee. Since James was born in Tennessee in 1853 and Jacob was born in Texas in 1860, my theory is that they are brothers whose family moved from Tennessee to Texas sometime between 1853 and 1860. If that is true, then James C. Waggoner named my great grandfather Jake after his brother.^[4]

1. ↑ Find A Grave [1]
2. ↑ "Texas, Marriage Index, 1814-1909 and 1966-2011", Ancestry.com[2]]James Wagoner and Mary J. Henry, Rusk Texas
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch [3], J C Wagoner, Precinct 6, Rusk, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 78, sheet 186C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1325; FHL microfilm 1,255,325.
4. ↑ Source: #S43

DNA Confirmations

all matches weaker than 7 cM and further than 3rd cousin are to be considered as supporting evidence, not proof of relationship

Further segment details at Kent Creamer, bottom of page

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by:
  • a 5.2 cM match between Kent Creamer GEDmatch M521133 and his fifth cousin once removed Patsy (Welch) Pool GEDmatch BM1497355 (Total of 1 matching segment > 5, Largest segment = 5.2 cM). Common ancestors: Johann Jacob Waggoner Jr. & Anna Catherine Younts.