WAGNER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WAGNER, Frank
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 462
residence: Deepwater Twp

Frank Wagner, owner of a nicely improved farm of 106.66 acres of land in 
Deepwater township, south of Montrose, was born in Germany in 1846, near the 
Swiss boundary line, and he naturally belongs more to the Swiss nationality than 
to the German. He is a son of Frank and Catherine Wagner, who emigrated from 
their native country to America in 1852 and resided in Illinois for the next seven 
years. In the fall of 1859 the family located in Henry County, Missouri, and Frank 
Wagner, the father, followed his trade of carpenter and builder, and cabinet 
maker. He made his first home in Bogard township on a farm which he cultivated 
in addition to following his trade in various parts of the county. He located in 
Deepwater township in 1872 and purchased a tract of unimproved prairie land 
consisting of 160 acres. In the course of time he added another quarter section 
which, upon his death, was divided among his three sons, Frank, Joseph, and 
Jacob, who all live on adjoining farms at the Cross Roads south of Montrose. 
Frank Wagner, subject of this review, placed all of the improvements upon his 
land and has tilled his acreage successfully up to recent years or until his 
retirement from actual labor in the fields. Mr. Wagner was married in 1874 to 
Mary Schissler (born 1852, died 1891), a native of Deepwater township, and the 
daughter of David Schissler, a Henry County pioneer. Mr. Wagner has reared eight 
children out of ten born to this marriage: Kate, wife of Joseph Kaumans, living in 
Wyoming; Joseph, eldest of the family, lives in Kansas; Henry lives in Kansas; 
Mary, wife of William Hueser, who is tilling the home place, has seven children, 
Lenora, John, Ida, Loretta, Margaret, Bernard and Bertha; John lives at Rock 
Island, Illinois; Mrs. Annie Montague, resides at Grand Island, Nebraska; Mrs. 
Josephine Currie, lives at Rock Island, Illinois; Herman is a farmer in Deepwater 
township; Frank is deceased. Mr. Wagner is a Democrat. He is a member of the 
Montrose Catholic Church and is affiliated with the Knights of Columbus. His 
work here has been well done. He has reared a splendid family and accumulated a 
sufficient competence to care for his declining years, and has the honor of being 
one of the real old settlers of Henry County, and being universally respected and 
esteemed by all who know him.

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WAGNER, Joseph - b: 1814 Huntingdon Co, PA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 726
residence: Walker Twp

Joseph Wagner was born on the Juniata River, in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, 
May 26, 1814, and is the eldest of a family of eight children, three of whom, 
beside himself are living. John T. Wagner, his father, was also a native of the 
Keystone State. His mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Cross, originally from 
Maryland. While quite young Joseph was taken to Licking County, Ohio, where he 
grew to maturity and on September 13, 1836, when in his twenty-third year, he 
was married to Miss Elizabeth Covey, born in Maryland. They rented a farm for ten 
years, when he settled in Union County, on land given him by his father. After 
living in that locality for nine years he returned to Licking County, and remained 
there until 1864, when he emigrated west and located in Green County, Iowa, 
where he made his home until 1869. Coming to Henry County in the spring of that 
year he settled where he now resides. The family has consisted of eight children: 
Martha Jane, the eldest, (wife of Samuel Carrier), and living at Rich Hill; Francis 
Marion, lives at Monroe, Wisconsin; James Monroe, married Mary M. Bailey, and is 
in Leadville, Colorado; Mary Ann is wife of Nathan Lake; Nancy Elizabeth is the 
wife of J. W. Bennett, at Rich Hill; Emily Eliza married David T. Owens; John 
Wesley married Elizabeth Harrison, and lives in Davis Township; the youngest, 
Samuel Cox, was recently married to Miss Marian Birge, and lives with his father. 
Mr. Wagner has been a justice of the peace for about six years, a position which 
he has filled with credit.

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