Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Wagoner, Leonard J. 1839 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

LEONARD J. WAGONER.

   The venerable Leonard J. Wagoner, one of the oldest living citizens in Clay
township, Carroll county, who for many years was prominent as a fanner in this
county and who now lives retired on his farm of one hundred and fifty-four
acres, is a native of Clay township, born on February 21, 1839.

   Mr. Wagoner is the son of John and Mary (Cripe) Wagoner, the former of whom
was born in Pennsylvania and who emigrated with his parents to Montgomery
county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood. The latter was born near Dayton, Ohio,
and was there married to John Wagoner, who had been previously married to Miss
Winebright, who bore him five children, all of whom are deceased. Of these
children, Elizabeth married David Ulrey, and they lived and died in Carroll
county; David died in Illinois; Benjamin died in Nebraska; Susannah died at the
age of twenty-one; Ester married Washington Musselman, who went West during the
gold rush in 1849, and who never returned. She was married the second time to
Aaron Ulrey and lived with him in Carroll county until his death, when she
removed to LaPlace, Illinois, where she died at the age of ninety-four years.
The first Mrs. John Wagoner died in Ohio, and he was later married to Mary
Cripe, who bore him nine children, all of whom are deceased, except Leonard J.,
the subject of this sketch, and Mary, the widow of John Cripe, who died in 1905.
They are the eighth and ninth in the family of John and Mary (Cripe) Wagoner.
The other children, in the order of their birth, were as follow: Daniel died at
the age of five years, and his remains were the first interred in the cemetery
at Pyrmont; John died at the age of twenty-one and was buried at Pyrmont; Samuel
died about 1910 at the age of eighty-one and was buried at Pyrmont; Abraham died
in 1903 and is buried in the old German Baptist graveyard; his wife is still
living in Genesee county, Michigan; Jacob died in middle life and was buried at
Pyrmont; Christian died on the farm where his brother, Leonard J., now lives;
Catherine, the wife of Daniel Deal, is deceased, and both are buried in the
cemetery at Pyrmont.

   The late John Wagoner removed to Carroll county about 1835. He built the
first grist-mill and the first saw-mill on Wild Cat creek and, after operating
the mill for a number of years, sold out to George Opp. At the time of his death
he owned about two hundred acres of land and was a farmer and mill operator by
occupation. Both he and his wife were members of the German Baptist church. He
died on February 4, 1848, and his wife about the same time; both are buried in
the cemetery at Pyrmont.

   Leonard J. Wagoner was educated in the public schools of Carroll county and,
in 1862, was married to Hannah Ulrey, a daughter of Jacob and Susan Ulrey. The
marriage took place on May 4, 1862. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner have had the following
children: John H., born on February 23, 1863, was educated in the public schools
of Clay township. On August 28, 1891, he was married to Sarah Hensel, who has
borne him two children, Iva F., the wife of Arthur Ganger, and Harry E., who
lives at home. Mrs. John H. Wagoner died in September, 1903, and after her death
the husband married, on February 22, 1913, Jennie A. Prowant. He operates the
home farm and is known as one of the most successful and skillful farmers in
Clay township.    He is prominent in the agricultural life of the township and
takes a worthy interest in all commendable public enterprises, Jacob S., born on
January 21, 1866, lives in Clay township; Isom, January 12, 1872, died in
infancy; Emanuel, March 23, 1874, lives in Clinton county; Anna, June 6, 1877,
died on January 12, 1903.

   Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Wagoner own one hundred and fifty-four acres of
well-improved land. The family are all members of the German Baptist church. Mr.
Wagoner was elected the minister of the church more than thirty years ago and
has served during the intervening period. There is no family living in Clay
township which is more favorably known than that of. the venerable Leonard J.
Wagoner, who has lived a long and useful life in this community and has
neglected no duty, public or private, in all of the years of his life.


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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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