El Dorado County Biographies


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WILLIAM W. WAGNER
 
            Was born four miles from Alton, in Madison county, Illinois, April 
29, 1826.  His ancestors were among the first settlers in southern Illinois, 
some of them having participated in and lost their lives in the Indian massacre 
at Fort Madison.  When a child he removed with his parents to Pike county, Ill., 
where he grew to manhood, and was married to Drucilla Thomas on the 11th of May, 
1855.  They have had five children, viz.:  Eveline (deceased), Alice A., now 
Mrs. Frank Veerkamp; and infant child that died; Jessie F. and John B.  In 1850 
Mr. Wagner crossed the plains to California, returned East to be married, and in 
1862 again returned to the Pacific coast and settled where he now resides, on 
the bank of the South Fork of the American river.
 
Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California with Illustrations & 
Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers - Oakland, Cal. - Paolo 
Sioli, Publisher, 1883. p - 267
Transcribed by Kathy Sedler