William Tom Waggoner (1852 - 1934)

Born 31 Aug 1852 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, TX, USA

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Died 11 Dec 1934 at age 82 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, TX, USA

Biography

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W.T. Waggoner was born in Hopkins County, Texas He formed the W.T. Waggoner Estate in 1923. He had three children, Electra, Guy and E. Paul. At 14, W.T. had said, "I want to run the most cattle, breed the best horses and work harder than anyone." When he was 17, his Dad made him a full partner. By the time he was 27, Tom had full reins of the Waggoner Cattle Empire. To W.T. "Tom" Waggoner, whose ranch sprawled across more than 500,000 acres in north Texas the salt water & traces of oil found in repeated wells he had sunk in the early 1900s added up to frustration. He had failed in his attempt to get artesian water for his cattle, suffering through droughts that dried up the tanks and ponds on his ranch. Texaco was an early entry into the plans. Waggoner may have been disgusted with the oil, but he was a practical man and leased approximately 250,000 acres to Texaco in 1909 near Beaver Switch - the name was later changed to Electra, after Waggoner's daughter - where the disappointing water wells were drilled.

With the increase in the size of their cattle herds, W. T. and Dan continued to move west settling first in Clay County. They eventually established headquarters near China Creek at the western edge of Wichita County near Electra, Texas. The Waggoner commissary was built at this site in the 1870s. The Waggoner commissary has been preserved and moved to the Ranching Heritage Center located in Lubbock, Texas.

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Name: William Tom /Wagner (Waggoner)/

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Sources

• "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W1D-664 : 3 June 2020), Wm. T. Waggoner in entry for Electra Waggoner, 1925.
• WikiTree profile Wagner-815 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: S93 Author: Randy Regan Reference: Web Site Data Changed: 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:37 CREA 07 Jul 2011, 10:09:08 Page: [Q:1]

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