BIO: Jacob Wagner, Jefferson County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including 
the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion, Containing 
Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens. 
Chicago, Ill.: J. H. Beers, 1898, pages 1095-1096.
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JACOB WAGNER.  Success worthily won and well deserved has crowned the 
efforts of this gentleman, and to-day he is living a retried life, 
enjoying the fruits of his former toil. His life has been a busy and 
useful one, and he is numbered among the worthy citizens of Worthville.
  Born in Northumberland county, Penn., August 28, 1827, Mr. Wagner is 
a son of Jacob and Rebecca (Geist) Wagner, natives of the same county.  
His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Wagner, was a farmer and veterinary 
surgeon who died in Schuylkill county, Penn., at an advanced age. The 
maternal grandparents were Andrew and Christina (Snyder) Geist, natives 
of Lancaster and Northumberland counties, respectively. The parents of 
our subject were married in Northumberland county, whence they removed 
to Schuylkill county, where the father engaged in farming. He was a 
member of the Lutheran Church, and gave his political support to the 
Democracy. He died in 1827, just six months before the birth of our 
subject. His widow afterward married Solomon Shunkwiller, and returned 
to Northumberland county, where she died an estimable lady, whose many 
excellences of character have won her a large circle of friends. She 
was born in Northumberland county June 11, 1835, and is a daughter of 
Henry and Barbara (Hoff) Haines, who were born and married in 
Northumberland county. In 1838 they removed to Clearfield county, and 
after two years came to Jefferson county, locating at the present site 
of Freedom. The father died in 1840, at the age of eighty-seven, and 
was buried in Hawthorn churchyard in Clarion county, Penn. both were 
active members of the Reformed Church. The mother was blind six years 
prior to her death.
  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wagner are: Malinda, wife of 
Samuel W. Shick, a merchant of Reynoldsville, Penn.; Elizabeth, wife of 
George W. Graham, a farmer and merchant of Ringgold township; Alice, 
wife of Albert M. Smith, a carpenter of Johnsonburg, Penn.; Jacob E., 
who married Anna Shaffer, and operates the home farm; Flora, wife of 
Seth Shaffer, a blacksmith of Marionsville, Penn.; John, who is 
attending the normal school in Lock Haven, Penn., and Minnie, at home. 
The father of this family holds membership in the Lutheran Church. In 
politics he is a Democrat, and is leading citizen of Worthville, whose 
deep interest in the welfare of the town has led him to give an active 
support to all measures calculated to prove of public benefit. He is a 
man of progressive views, who keeps abreast with the times in all 
particulars, and his well-spent life is indeed worthy of emulation.
  Mrs. Wagner is one of the three surviving children of her father's 
family, the others being: Mary, wife of George Neece, a retired farmer 
of Oakridge, Penn.; and Catherine, wife of Van Lawhead, a miner and 
farmer of Oakridge.  There were also three children, now deceased: Eli; 
Anna, who died at the age of three years, and Samuel.