Elisha Wagner From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 961.

TOWN OF LIMA

ELISHA WAGNER, of the Washburn Mills. The subject of this sketch was born in Ohio Oct. 9, 1819; emigrated to Wisconsin in 1852; bought 160 acres of land in Clifton; sold and bought a half interest in the mill; also owns 100 acres of land. The mill is one of the best in the county. His wife, Sarah Taylor, was born in Lancashire, England, Aug. 15, 1814; emigrated to America in 1817, with her parents, who located in Ohio, and died there; they were married Feb. 19, 1844; she died April 10, 1878, and left five children - Charles Wesley, born in Ohio Dec. 11, 1846; miller by trade, and employed in the Washburn Mills; William Thomas, born in Ohio Aug. 22, 1848, and now in Kansas; Margaret Elizabeth, Sarah Ann, Mary E. In politics, Republican; religion, Methodist for forty-one years, and held the offices of Steward, Class Leader and Trusteee. Has been Pathmaster, District Treasurer; was Assessor in Ohio. They have a granddaughter, Tillie Draper, who resides with them.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.