Thanks, Anna. Do you know which of Matthias' children or grandchildren are the line that we want? William Henry Wagoner/Wagner. If anyone else is familar with this line or any of the listed children of Matthias, I would love to know about it. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Anna Blake <annamarie@pennswoods.net> To: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 1:03 pm Subject: Re: William H Wagoner William H. Wagoner died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Wood, in Chest township, March 31, 1903, aged 84 years. He was born at Middletown, Cumberland County, on the 30th of January 1819, and was the son of William and Mary Wagoner. On the 12th of September, 1839, he was married to Miss Katherine Rorabaugh. To this union were born twelve children. One son and five daughters survive him: Henry Wagoner, of Sylvis; Mary A. Young, of Patton; Filinda Wood, of Five Points; Adeline Michael, Five Points; Sarah E. Gallaher, Oil City; Emma Gallaher, Flinton. He has 43 grandchildren and 66 great grandchildren. He was converted in 1841, and was a constant member of the Evangelical church. We miss the in our home, dear father. We miss thee from they place. A shadow o'er our life is cast. We miss the sunshine of thy face. We miss thy kind and willing hand. Thy fond and earnest care. Our home is dark without thee. We miss thee everywhere. This was from the Raftsmen Journal 3 June 1903. ----- Original Message ----- From: marilyn To: annamarie@pennswoods.net Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:22 AM Dear Anna, I sat and looked at the details in the Woods Book you sent, especially the cemeteries. Whenever I don't fell up to par, I sit and read [or translate] genealogy material. I spent a week or two at the Bellefonte Genealogy Library a few years ago and went through the Wagner research of Mrs. Spangler, who donated her home as a genealogy library and also donated her research.. She was on the same Wagner line as we are. She found the first Wagner emigrant was Matthias. A "relative,' Joann Dorner, also a Wagner descendant, told me to use Google and put in Lowery Family Genealogy and Kinship. I can't remember all the details, but I did find the original emigrants: Matthias Wagner married to Sara Jane McKee . Matthias Wagner was born in 1776 in Germany and died January 1862 in Liberty Township, Center County. He was buried in the Wagner Cemetery in Liberty Township. Liberty Township is the immediate predecessors to Clearfield County for our Wagner family. Sara Jane McGee, d. of James McGee, from Northern Ireland, [this might be scrambled] d. 19 Jan -- 4 June 1822 -Liberty Township, then part of Howard Township] d. of Hannah Warden b about 1776 in Northern Ireland, d about 1856 in Liberty Township Children. James W. Elizabeth Levi John [has son William b 1884-d 10 Dec 1954] Mary Hannah William C Joseph Samuel Jane Ellen WAGNER, WILLIAM son of Mathias Wagner and Sara Jane McGee of Centre County, Pa., was born 1 January, 1920, probably in Howard Township, Centre County, Pa. Where his parents resided. He married Mary Catherine Baker about 1838. In 1864 the family moved to Michigan. William died there 12 May 1903. [This is from the Lowery papers. There is a photo of William C. Wagner. There is also a photo of two women, not named.]. I am not sure where our known ancestor, William Henry Wagner, comes in. . Marilyn Kline Washington