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Samuel Joseph “Sam” Wagner

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Birth	:	20 Jul 1840 Chatham, Licking County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	22 Nov 1926 Grafton, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Grafton Cemetery, Grafton, Fillmore County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.6157990, -97.7106018
Plot	:	Lot 50
Description	:	From an area newspaper, August 1923; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wagner of Grafton, Nebraska, last week passed a milestone in their lives, seldom reached by man and wife. They celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on last Wednesday. When Mary Smith and Sam Wagner were sweethearts many, many years ago, back in the days when they attended the same little country school in Licking County, Ohio, little did they dream of the day in the far off future, when they would celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. The years rolled by, as they have a habit of doing, and last Wednesday was the auspicious... Read More	From an area newspaper, August 1923; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wagner of Grafton, Nebraska, last week passed a milestone in their lives, seldom reached by man and wife. They celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on last Wednesday. When Mary Smith and Sam Wagner were sweethearts many, many years ago, back in the days when they attended the same little country school in Licking County, Ohio, little did they dream of the day in the far off future, when they would celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. The years rolled by, as they have a habit of doing, and last Wednesday was the auspicious day. Sam knew long before Mary did that he was going to marry her. He decided that, when he carried her books, as they strolled down the dusty roads to the little school house. Much has happened since those school days in Ohio. Just about the time the school days were over, there came the war. Sam was the first man to volunteer from his township. He served under George C. McClelland in West Virginia, with Company B of the Seventeenth Ohio Volunteers, which was known as the Granville Company. He later was transferred to the Seventy-Sixth Ohio Volunteers and took part in the battle of Fort Donelson, serving under John M. Thayer, who was governor of Nebraska from 1887 to 1893. He was wounded in the battle of Arkansas Post and for four days, received no care or medical attention, as he was believed to be dead. But a long and useful life had been destined for Sam Wagner, and he recovered and was discharged from the army May 4, 1863. He was given a certificate of total disability. On August 8 of that same year, he was married to his sweetheart of the school days. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner spent the first ten years of their married life in the east. In 1873, fifty years ago, they started for the west in a covered wagon to take up pioneer life in Nebraska. Their homestead was located in, what is now the southern part of York County. A one room sod house, which was almost palatial in those days, for it was the only sod house for many miles, was their home for four years. Their neighbors lived in dugouts. Those were days, which tested the courage, bravery, and endurance of those pioneer men and women. Food was scarce, and one scarcely ever saw any real money. There were crop failures. There was illness and death in the little sod house as the babies came, sickened, and died. The sod house often sheltered the family of six or eight and the team of mules, which otherwise would have perished in the Nebraska blizzards. For two years, there was no well on the place, and all of the water had to be hauled. When times became more prosperous, a frame house was built, and for over twenty years, the family lived on the farm. It became one of the best improved farms in that part of the county. Twenty-five years ago, the family moved into the town of Grafton, and there the two are enjoying the last days of a very happy, useful life in peace and quiet. They have five children, twenty-four grandchildren, and fifteen great grandchildren. The children are Mrs. H.E. Bosserman of Dorchester, Edward L of Seattle, Washington, Zoeth of Holyoke, Colorado, and Lawrence and Bertram of Wilsonville, Nebraska. Mr. Wagner was born July 20, 1840, and Mrs. Wagner in 1845. Mary Elizabeth "Molly" (Smith) Wagner and Samuel Joseph (Sam) Wagner had nine children, and raised two more children of their oldest daughter, Cora Walters, when both of their parents passed away. The other four children, not buried at Grafton, are Edward Lewellen "Eddy," Lawrence Labree "Bud," Zoeth Washington and Ione (Wagner) Bosserman.

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Samuel Joseph “Sam” Wagner's memorial is located at: Grafton Cemetery, Grafton, Fillmore County, USA.
When did Samuel Joseph “Sam” Wagner death?
Samuel Joseph “Sam” Wagner death on 22 Nov 1926 in Grafton, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.6157990
Longitude: -97.7106018

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Mary Elizabeth “Molly” Smith Wagner

(1845 - 1933)

Siblings

Ann Eliza Wagner Howell

(1842 - 1918)

Children

Ora L. Wagner

(1864 - 1886)

Cora U. Wagner Walters

(1873 - 1894)

Bert Drew Wagner

(1875 - 1927)

Seattie G. Wagner

(1879 - 1912)

Reuel H. Wagner

(1882 - 1894)

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