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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

HENRY WAGONER.

   Physical infirmities in a large measure mar the usefulness of a man in a
community, but a stroke of paralysis which the venerable Henry Wagoner, of
Flora, Indiana, suffered in 1904, has hardly affected his buoyancy or
enthusiasm, even though he is totally disabled. Altogether he served six years
and one month as commissioner of Carroll county and gave to the people of this
county most efficient and honorable service in the administration of his duties.

   Born in Carrollton township, this county, on April 28, 1844, Henry Wagoner is
a son of Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner, and was the seventh in order of
birth in a family of twelve. When old enough Henry Wagoner attended the district
schools of his home township during the winter seasons, working on his father's
farm during the summers. At the age of eighteen years he left school, and two
years later was drafted for service in the Union army, but hired a substitute,
and immediately thereafter, in company with his brother, George, took the job of
clearing twenty acres of land for his father, for which the sons were to receive
the first four crops for their work. This was a prosperous venture and having
turned out well, they took another twenty acres, and in this way were able to
pay for eighty acres of land. Henry sold his share of the eighty acres to his
brother, receiving in return George Wagoner's share in the old home farm, which
consisted of two hundred and forty acres. Henry Wagoner now owns one hundred and
twenty acres of this land.

   On August 2, 1873, Henry Wagoner was married to Rebecca Kirkpatrick, who is a
native of Carroll county, receiving her education in the public schools of the
county. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are the parents of four children: William H., a
graduate of the local high school, afterward took the medical course in the
college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is now practicing his profession at Peru,
Indiana; Nellie, a graduate of the common schools, is the wife of F. F. Hunt, of
Kokomo, Indiana; Hugh married Queen Woodington, and they live on his father's
farm in Carrollton township, and Chester, a graduate of the Flora high school,
employed as a clerk in the Myer clothing store, married Delilah Brower, and they
live in Flora.

   Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are faithful and earnest members of the Presbyterian
church. As a Democrat, Mr. Wagoner was elected as a member of the board of
county commissioners in 1896, the year in which Bryan made his first race for
the presidency. In 1898 Mr. Wagoner was renominated and re-elected, serving
altogether six years and one month as commissioner of the county.

   In November, 1904, the Wagoner family moved to Flora, Mr. Wagoner having
suffered a stroke of paralysis in January previously. Although he has been
totally disabled for a period of eleven years, he retains his early mental vigor
and is in full possession of all his mental faculties. He has been an indulgent
father and a kind and loving husband, as well as an upright and honorable citizen.


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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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