BIO:  W. H. WAGNER, M. D., York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 52

W. H. WAGNER, M. D., was born in Dover Township, December 26, 1853, is a son of 
Joseph and Levina (Lauer) Wagner, and is of German origin.  His father was born 
in Adams County, Penn., in 1824, and his mother in York County, in 1829.  Our 
subject was reared a farmer, and at eighteen years of age began teaching school, 
and taught seven years.  In 1878 he began the study of medicine in the office of 
Dr. J. R. Spangler, afterward attended lectures at Jefferson Medical College, at 
Philadelphia, and graduated in 1881.  He then began the practice of his 
profession in York.  He was married in 1883, to Miss Mattie J. Stuart, a native 
of Philadelphia, and a daughter of James and Elizabeth Stuart.  The Doctor and 
Mrs. W. are members of the Lutheran Church, and in politics he is a Republican.