Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Wagoner, Isaac N. 1838 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ISAAC N. WAGONER.

   Some of the greatest achievements in our individual lives are often
accomplished by simple means and well-applied energy. The career of Isaac N.
Wagoner, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, has not been along
difficult lines of pursuit, but one that required close attention and watchful
care of the smaller matters that combined to make a successful whole.

   Isaac N. Wagoner, retired farmer, of Wheeling, Indiana, proprietor of the
Walnut Grove farm, was born on September 15, 1838, in Carrollton township, two
miles west of where he now resides, and is a son of Martin and Rosanna (Martin)
Wagoner. His boyhood days were spent-on his father's farm, assisting with the
work during the summer months and attending the district schools in the winter
seasons. He helped his father clear and improve his farm, and was married at the
age of twenty-four, when he started out for himself on a farm rented from the
widow McCain, and which he cultivated for four years. He bought a team, and
later rented another farm near Camden, Indiana. At the end of seven years, he
bought eighty acres of land in Carrollton township, which he improved with
substantial buildings. After putting the place in good condition, Mr. Wagoner
sold it to his son and bought the place where he now resides. Politically, he is
a stanch Prohibitionist, while his religious membership is with the Presbyterian
church, of which he is an elder and to the support of which he is a liberal
contrbutor. He owns consderable property in Carroll and Cass counties, where his
wealth has been accumulated.

   Martin Wagoner, father of the subject, was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, and his wife was Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner, to whom he was married
in Ohio, prior to their coming to Indiana. Mr. Wagoner entered land in
Carrollton township, Carroll county, which was thickly covered with timber and
had to be cleared before they could build their log cabin, in which the subject
was born and which was later replaced by a frame dwelling. This farm is now
owned by his sons, David and Henry. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner spent the remainder of
their lives on the home place. They were the parents of twelve children, only
five of whom are living in 1915, namely: Isaac N., George, William F., David and
Henry. Mr. Wagoner was a millwright, and built the old Harter mill on Deer
creek, which is well remembered by the old settlers. Politically, he was a
Democrat, while his religious membership was with the Second Presbyterian church
at Wheeling, Indiana, which he helped to build and of which he was a pillar and
liberal supporter. Isaac N. Wagoner was united in marriage, September 22, 1864,
with Sarah C. Bone, daughter of Adam and Susan (La Fearer) Bone. She was born
near Lebanon, Ohio, in 1838, and came to Carroll county when quite small. Her
death occurred in March, 1910. She was an earnest member of the Presbyterian
church. To Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner were born two children, Orion M., who follows
farming in Carrollton township, and Zulema, who became the wife of James Bridge,
with whom the subject makes his home. Mr. Wagoner is a gentleman of quiet and
unassuming manners, and is well liked by his neighbors and many friends.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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