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Martha Ann Edwards is the daughter of
Alpheus Edwards and Leah Shriner. She was born 11 Jul
1840 in Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio and died 27 Feb 1921 at age 80 in
Findlay, Hancock, Ohio. On 1 March 1921, she was buried at Maple Grove
Cemetery, Findlay, Hancock, Ohio.
On 6 Aug 1859, she married Silas Tom Wagner in
Fairfield County, Ohio. He is the son of Nicholas Wagner and Emily Evans. He was born 16 Apr 1837 in Ohio.
He died 10 March 1932 at age 94 in Perkins, Erie, Ohio at the Ohio Soldiers'
and Sailors' home - being one of the last remaining Civil War veterans. On
12 March 1932, he was buried at Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio. This marriage
apparently ended in divorce sometime before 1895.
Children of Martha Ann Edwards and Silas Tom Wagner:
- Charles Clinton Wagner was born 6 May 1860 in
Ohio.
- Emily Jane Wagner was born 24 Jun 1862 died 24 Oct 1866 at age
4.
- Eva Maria Wagner was born about 1867 in Blanchard, Hancock,
Ohio. She died 3 Sep 1887 at age 20.
- Lodema Ellen Wagner was born 25 Jul 1869 in Blanchard, Hancock,
Ohio. She died about 1959 at about age 90.
- Cora Irene Wagner was born 9 Feb 1872. She died 9 Mar 1956 at
age 84.
- Milton Wesley Wagner was born 25 Jul 1874.
- Olive May Wagner was born 5 Apr 1878. She died 31 Jan 1904 at
age 27.
Sources
Martha:
- Marriage from Marriages of Fairfield County Ohio.
- Birth, Death and Burial from her
death certificate.
Silas:
- Birth, Death and Burial from his
death certificate.
- Death and Burial from the following article that appeared in the
Lima News, Lima, OH, 11 Mar 1923.
"CIVIL WAR VET DIES
SANDUSKY, O., March 11 - (AP) - Silas Wagner, 95, Civil war veteran, who
died yesterday at the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' home here, will be
buried at Lancaster. His death reduced to 42 the veterans now remaining
at the home."
Census Listings
The individuals in this family appear in the following census
listings.
- Martha: 1850 census.
Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio. Page 809.
- 1860 census. Blanchard,
Hancock, OH. p. 243.
- 1870 census. Blanchard,
Hancock, OH. p. 21.
- 1880 census. Brady,
Williams, OH. p. 500.
- 1900 census. Brady,
Williams, OH. p. 3.
- 1910 census. Findlay
City, Hancock, Ohio.
- 1910 census. Findlay,
Hancock, OH. p. 16.
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