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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Virginia V. Waggener: Birth: 09 DEC 1829 in New Madrid, New Madrid Co., Missouri. Death: 17 FEB 1888 in Missouri

  2. Heloise Josephine Waggener: Birth: 01 JUL 1832 in Missouri. Death: 06 MAY 1898

  3. Benjamin Franklin Waggener: Birth: 25 NOV 1834 in Missouri. Death: 28 FEB 1868

  4. Joseph Edmund Waggener: Birth: 22 AUG 1839 in Missouri. Death: 16 DEC 1889

  5. James Waggener: Birth: BET 1826 AND 1830 in Missouri. Death: AFT 1840


Sources
1. Title:   1860 United States Federal Census
Page:   Year: 1860; Census Place: New Madrid, Missouri; Roll: M653_636; Page: 788; Image: 280; Family History Library Film: 803636
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
2. Title:   Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012
Author:   Ancestry.com
Publication:   Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;

Notes
a. Note:   From the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 62, New Madrid County, Missouri, page 318/ 635, taken October 9, 1850, household 713; from ancestry.com, image 94 of 98: Zelia Wagoner; age- 48, female, real estate- $1,400, born- Missouri Eliza " ; age- 18, female, born- Missouri Frank " ; age- 13, male, born- Missouri, in school Edmund " ; age- 11, male, born- Missouri, in school (Daughter Heloise Josephine seems to be listed incorrectly as Eliza. It would seem very likely that Zelia's husband Robert was deceased at this point. RW) ------------------ From the 1850 Federal Census Slave Schedules, New Madrid County, Missouri, taken October 11, 1850; from ancestry.com, image 3 of 3: Zelia Wagoner: 1- 35 year old female Black, 1- 19 year old female Black, 2- 13 year old male Blacks, 1- 8 year old male Mulatto, 1- 5 year old female Black, 1- 3 year old female Black, 1- 2 year old male Black, 1- 1 year old female Mulatto, 1- 1 year old male Mulatto. =========== From the 1860 Federal Census of New Madrid County, Missouri, pages 82-82, taken July 19-20, 1860, household 567; from ancestry.com, images 72-73 of 88: Zelia Waggoner; age- 57, female, occupation- farmer, real estate- $4,800, personal property- $6420, born- Missouri B. F. Waggoner; age- 25, male, born- Missouri Edmund Waggoner; age- 20, male, born- Missouri John A. Mott; age- 33, male, merchant, born- Kentucky Josephine H. Mott; age- 28, female, born- Kentucky Cate Mott; age- 2, female, born- Missouri Zelia Mott; age- 6/12, born- Missouri (Josephine is Zelia's daughter and John Mott is her husband. Zelia died the next year, as did the two grandchildren, Cate and Zelia Mott. RW) ------------------- From the Federal Census Slave Schedule, New Madrid County, Missouri, page no. 19, taken July 19, 1860; from ancestry.com, image 16 of 20: Zelia Waggonner: 1- 35 year old female Black, 1- 29 year old female Black, 1- 24 year old mald Black, 1- 20 year old male Black, 1- 16 year old male Mulatto, 1- 9 year old male Black, 1- 9 year old female Black, 1- 6 year old female Black, 1- 5 year old female Black, 1- 5 year old male Black, 1-1 year old female Black; 2 slave houses =========== Zelia is buried with her sons Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Edmund in the Dawson Cemetery in New Madrid County, Missouri. Her daughter Heloise Josephine Mott is also buried there with her husband John and a couple of their children. I believe her husband Robert Garnett Waggener is also buried there. Her headstone reads: Zelia A.G. wife of Robert G. Waggener Born Dec 31, 1803 Died Jan 17, 1861


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