Jonathan Bon Wagner was born 1 Aug 1846 in Shade
Township, Somerset County, PA, the eleventh of 13 children born to Jonathan
& Sevilla Wagner.
Jonathan served in Company K, 5th Regiment, PA Heavy Artillery
under the name John Wagner. He enlisted as a private on 30 Aug 1864
at Johnstown, PA and was mustered out with his company at Washington, DC
on 30 Jun 1865. Regimental hospital records show him with catarrh on
6 Dec 1864, but he returned to duty 8 Dec 1864. His records show no
further disability.
On 3 May 1868, Jonathan married Catherine McGregor at Buckstown,
Shade Township, Somerset County, PA.
Jonathan applied for a pension on 9 Oct 1886, but no pension records
were found.
Jonathan died 28 Oct 1889 in Buckstown, PA and is buried in McGregor
Cemetery, Cairnbrook, PA.
Catherine applied for a widow’s pension on 10 July 1890.
The pension record lists 6 of their 10 children were under the age of 16
and still at home, the oldest of these being 14 and the youngest not quite
2. Catherine received her widow’s pension until her death in April
1925. She is buried in McGregor Cemetery, Cairnbrook, PA beside
her husband and their son, Martin Luther Wagner.
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