HENRY WAGNER.

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         Henry Wagner, an agriculturist residing on section 4, Concord township, has won a gratifying measure of prosperity as a farmer and stockman, now owning nine hundred and forty acres of valuable land. The farm on which he now lives is the one on which his birth occurred December 26, 1872. His parents, Jesse and Fannie (Kipple) Wagner, were both natives of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and were married in Iowa. The father was successfully identified with general agricultural pursuits until called to his final rest in 1904. His widow, who still survives at the age of seventy-six years, makes her home at Fredonia, Iowa. Their children were six in number, namely: Martha, the wife of Leonard George, of Louisa county, Iowa; Henry, of this review; Maggie, the deceased wife of John Lupton, of Davenport, Iowa; Josie, who is the wife of Samuel Johnson and resides in this county; Cynthia, the wife of Robert Lee, of Fredonia, Iowa; and Levina, who is the wife of Walter James and likewise makes her home in Fredonia.

         Henry Wagner obtained his education in the common schools and remained under the parental roof until he had almost attained his majority, when he was married and established a home of his own. Following that important event in his life he started out as an agriculturist on his own account, operating a portion of his father’s land until 1896. In that year he purchased a tract of one hundred acres and has been busily engaged in its cultivation to the present time. His holdings now embrace nine hundred and forty acres of land, six hundred acres thereof being under a high state of cultivation. He attributes his success to his operations as a stockman, having fed and shipped stock on an extensive scale.

         On the 23d of November, 1892, Mr. Wagner was united in marriage to Miss Maud Pence, who was born in Illinois on the 17th of July, 1875, her parents being John and Nelia (Pettigrew) Pence, likewise natives of the Prairie state. A short time after their marriage they removed to Kansas but at the end of three years returned to Illinois. Soon afterward, however, they came to Iowa and took up their permanent abode at Columbus Junction. John Pence passed away in January, 1909, but his widow still resides at Columbus Junction and is sixty years of age. They were the parents of four children, as follows: Araminta, who died at the age of seven months; Mrs. Wagner; May, the wife of Benjamin Cranor, of Louisa county; and William, a practicing physician of Columbus Junction, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have four children, namely: Etta, who was born on the 14th of October, 1893, and is the wife of Frank Orr of Louisa . . .

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. . . county; Madeline, whose birth occurred on the 3d of April, 1895; Pence, whose natal day was January 22, 1898; and Fannie, who was born on the 26th of December, 1907.

         Mr. Wagner is a republican in politics and has served as school treasurer for four years. Both he and his wife belong to the Church of God and take an active and helpful interest in its work. Upright character and sterling worth have gained them a favorable place in the regard of many friends, and Concord township numbers them among her leading and respected residents.

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