BIO: William Henry WAGONER, Beaver County, PA
  
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  BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
  of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
  Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 247-248.
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  WILLIAM HENRY WAGONER, a noted machinist, whose portrait is presented on the
  opposite page, has been a resident of Beaver Falls since 1883, when he
  accepted a position with the Hartman Steel Company, but subsequently engaged
  with the American Steel & Wire Company. He learned the trade of a rod roller,
  - becoming quite an expert at that business. On December 22, 1892, he was
  promoted to the position of a boss roller of that mill. The plant is an
  important one, and, when running full time, night and day, furnishes
  employment to 151 men, many of whom are under the direct supervision of Mr.
  Wagoner. August 24, 1899, Mr. Wagoner accepted a more responsible position
  with the same company, at Rankin, Pa., and has charge of the company's works
  there, as boss roller.
  
  Besides the important position he occupies with the above-mentioned firm, Mr.
  Wagoner is also interested in various other enterprises of minor note. In the
  many years he has exercised his right of suffrage, Mr. Wagoner has always
  voted with the Republican party, and takes an unusually active part in
  politics. He is a thorough advocate of good systems of public instruction and
  was elected to the office of school director from the sixth ward; he has taken
  a deep interest in affairs under consideration by the directors, and has
  served on some of the most important committees. Our subject is a member of
  the Masonic fraternity, in good standing, - being a past master of that
  order. He is also a member of Lodge No. 225, Knights of Pythias; of Lodge No.
  311, Royal Arcanum, and is a member of Sr. O. U. A. M., Council No. 385.
  
  William Henry Wagoner was born January 7, 1867, in Sewickley, Allegheny
  county, Pa., and is a son of Andrew and Sarah Jane (Marlatt) Wagoner, and
  grandson of Joseph Wagoner. Joseph Wagoner was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and
  was one of the pioneer settlers of Sewickley, Allegheny county, Pa., where he
  lived many years, and finally died. He was a carpenter by trade, and a
  steamboat builder. He assisted in building many boats on the Ohio River, and
  was an excellent workman. Andrew Wagoner, father of William Henry, was born
  in Sewickley township, December 16, 1832. He was reared in the same locality,
  and attended the district schools, remaining there even after attaining his
  majority. Like his father, he also engaged in carpenter work
  
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  and steamboat building, and is now located in Van Wert, Ohio.
  
  He was joined in matrimony with Sarah Jane Marlatt, a daughter of Joseph
  Marlatt. She was also a native of Allegheny county, and bore her husband
  eight children, four of whom are now deceased. The names of the children are:
  Elias, who resides in Little Chippewa township, where he follows the
  occupation of a farmer; Cecelia, deceased; William Henry, the subject of this
  sketch; Frank L., who died at the age of twenty-two years; James and Joseph,
  twins, who died young; Mary Luella, wife of W. J. Harris, of Beaver Falls;
  and Alfred. William Henry Wagoner was the recipient of a practical education
  acquired in the public schools of Sewickley., After leaving school his first
  position was with the Bentley & Goehring Works, of New Brighton, where he
  remained until 1883, when he went to Beaver Falls, as before mentioned.
  
  The subject of this record was joined in marriage with Elizabeth A. Tucker,
  an attractive young lady. Their home was brightened by the presence of four
  children, one of whom is now deceased. Their names are: Winifred M.; Samuel
  Anderson; Warren Henry, deceased; and Merle Edwin. Besides his cares and
  duties, Mr. Wagoner has time to devote to other affairs, and takes much
  interest in the progress and welfare of his community. He is abundantly
  qualified to fill his present, or any similar, position, for his life has
  been spent in factories and in following mechanical arts. He is found ready
  and willing to, undertake new projects, but is still conservative enough to
  withhold his support from visionary and wild cat schemes. He is broad and
  liberal in his ideas, and is esteemed and respected by his many
  acquaintances; he performs the varied duties which fall to his lot with a
  ready tact and ease that come only from thorough experience.