ID: I35903
Name: William Wagner
Sex: M
Birth: ABT. 1805 in Indian Creek, Barren County, Kentucky
Death: 1863 in McLennan County, Texas
Occupation: Texas Ranger
Note: William Wagner was born about 1805 on Indian Creek of Barren County, Kentucky and moved to Franklin County, Tennessee in 1807 with his parents Solomon and Dicey Russell Wagner and Grandparents Major William [1763-1825] and Agnes Russell. After he married Juliann Embrey he resided in Hardeman County, Tennessee where four daughters were born Julia Ann Wagner Basham, Isabella Wagner Winn, Elizabeth Wagner Couch and Dicey Wagner Basham. William moved to Tippah County Mississippi where four sons were born Solomon, William Russell, Murry Embrey and John A Wagner. William Wagner moved to Jasper County, Missouri then to Crawford County, Arkansas. In 1854 he settled on the Old home place. After the death of his first wife Juliann he married Elizabeth Coop of Bedford County, Tennessee in Bell County, Texas. William mustered in the Civil War and died in 1862 leaving Elizabeth to rear two minor sons James William and Jefferson Davis Wagner on the Texas Frontier.--Richard Wagner, richard1776@sbcglobal.net
Father: Solomon Wagner b: 1776 in Presswood Creek, Orange County, North Carolina
Mother: Dicey Russell b: 1783 in Watauga Settlement, North Carolina
Marriage 1
Julia Embry b: 1801 in Kentucky
Children
Julia Ann Wagner b: 9 JUL 1828 in Hardeman County, Tennessee Mary Elizabeth Wagner b: 23 APR 1830 in Hardeman County, Tennessee Isabella Wagner b: ABT. 1832 in Hardeman County, Tennessee Dicey Ann Wagner b: 8 MAR 1834 in Hardeman County, Tennessee Solomon Wagner b: 6 JAN 1836 in Tippah County, Mississippi William Russell Wagner b: 23 SEP 1838 in Tippah County, Mississippi Murray Embrey Wagner b: 3 SEP 1841 in Tippah County, Mississippi John Anderson Wagner b: 18 NOV 1842 in Tippah County, Mississippi Marriage 2
Elizabeth Coop b: 6 JUL 1821 in Bedford County, Tennessee
- Married:
17 JUL 1856
in Bell County, Texas
Children
James William Wagner b: 28 AUG 1858 in Middle Bosque River, McLennan County, Texas Jefferson Davis Wagner b: 16 DEC 1861 in McLennan County, Texas | |