Samuel Adam Wagner (1850 - 1922)

Born 2 Oct 1850 in West Beaver Township, Union, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Nov 1922 at age 72 in West Beaver Township, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

The son of Adam Wagner Jr and Martha (Ritter) Wagner, Samuel Ritter was born in West Beaver Township, Pennsylvania^{[citation needed]} in 1850, residing there with his family.^[1][2]

He married Oceola Agnes Arnold (1856-1897), the daughter of John A. Arnold and Catherine Sanders, marrying in Snyder County, Pennsylvania on July 6, 1873^{[citation needed]} and having seven known children together:

1. Henry A. Wagner (1875-1935)
2. Isaac Elmer Wagner (1877-1935)
3. Mary Elizabeth (Wagner) Gordon (1879-1962)
4. Herbert S. Wagner (1884-1959)
5. Matilda E. Wagner (1885-)
6. Clayton Milton Wagner (1890-1961)
7. John Adam Wagner (1893-1959)

They made their home in West Beaver Township, where Samuel worked as a laborer.^[3] Widowed in 1897, in 1900, Samuel lived with his children in Washington Township, Pennsylvania, farming.^[4]

Samuel remarried in 1902, marrying Cora Ellen Paige (1880-1961), the daughter of Daniel Paige and Catherine Fogel, marrying in Freeburg, Pennsylvania on November 20, 1902^[5] and having three known children together:

1. Lera Alvesta Wagner (1902-)
2. Murray Roosevelt Wagner (1904-1970)
3. Homer Wilson Wagner (1911-)

They made their home in Perry Township, Pennsylvania, where Samuel worked as a farm laborer.^[6] By 1920, they had returned to West Beaver Township, where his daughter worked at a shirt factory.^[7]

Samuel Wagner passed away at the age of 72 and is buried at Union Cemetery in Troxelville, Pennsylvania.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4Z3-XC3 : Tue Jul 18 02:56:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Adam Wagner and Magdalena Wagner, 1850.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXRD-162 : Tue Jul 18 03:03:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Adam Wagner and Magdalene Wagner, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWV8-FPR : Wed Aug 02 22:19:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wagner and Ocola A. Wagner, 1880.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M34M-K3Q : Thu Aug 03 09:06:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel A Wagner and Mattie E Wagner, 1900.
5. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF4Z-MZC : 10 March 2021), Samuel A. Wagner and Cora Ellen Paige, 20 Nov 1902; citing Marriage, Freeburg, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDB-HV5 : Wed Jul 19 02:43:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel A Wagner and Cora E Wagner, 1910.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF1R-6L8 : Thu Aug 24 20:52:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wagner and Cora E Wagner, 1920.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV4-ZM3B : 26 July 2019), Samuel Adam Wagner, 1922; Burial, Troxelville, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Union Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #5049021