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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sarah Elizabeth "Betty" Wagster: Birth: 7 Jun 1853 in Wagster Homeplace, Petersburg, Lincoln County, TN. Death: 12 Mar 1943 in Petersburg, Lincoln Co, TN

  2. John W. Wagster: Birth: 7 Jun 1853. Death: 1 Sep 1853

  3. Rezin A. Wagster: Birth: 6 Nov 1854. Death: 17 Jun 1930

  4. Washington Culpepper Wagster: Birth: 6 Jul 1856. Death: 1900

  5. David Wagster: Birth: 18 Dec 1858. Death: 17 Jun 1931

  6. Joseph C. Wagster: Birth: 27 Mar 1861 in Lincoln Co., TN. Death: 30 Dec 1937 in Petersburg, Lincoln Co., TN

  7. John Randolph Wagster: Birth: 2 Apr 1864 in Lincoln Co., TN. Death: 3 Oct 1928 in Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN

  8. Martha Ann Wagster: Birth: 5 Sep 1866 in Lincoln Co, TN. Death: 22 Mar 1948 in Lewisburg, Marshall Co, TN

  9. Robert L. Wagster: Birth: 18 Jun 1868. Death: 20 Aug 1899

  10. Peter Roberts Wagster: Birth: 4 Mar 1870 in TN. Death: Feb 1925 in Bedford Co., TN

  11. M. "Callie" Caledonia Wagster: Birth: 14 Sep 1878.


Notes
a. Note:   He is listed in the Hannah's Gap Church Records with his death date recorded there. He was wounded at the battle of Murfreesboro. He is listed as a private in Company C of the 8th Tennessee Infantry. The book said that Company C was comprised of men from Lincoln Co., TN.
  U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
 Name: W C Wagster
 Rank at enlistment: Private
 State Served: Tennessee
 Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Tennessee 8th Infantry Regiment.
 Sources: Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
  "He went to cut wood on a hill behind the house. Callie was the baby and had typhoid fever. His dog went with him. The dog came home alone. The family started looking for him and the dog led them to the place where he had died." (Vida Redd Sorrells)
  1850 United States Federal Census
 Name: William Wagster
 Age: 18
 Birth Year: abt 1832
 Birthplace: Tennessee
 Home in 1850: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee
 Gender: Male
 Family Number: 285
 John Wagster 36
 Tobitha Wagster 36
 William Wagster 18
 James Wagster 14
 Eliza Wagster 13
 Martha Wagster 12
 Robert Wagster 10
 Mary Wagster 8
 John Wagster 7
 David Wagster 5
 Pannthea Wagster 4
 Samuel Wagster 0
  1850 United States Federal Census
 Name: Wm Wagster
 Age: 18
 Birth Year: abt 1832
 Birthplace: Tennessee
 Home in 1850: District 10, Lincoln, Tennessee
 Gender: Male
 Family Number: 288
 James Foster 48
 Nancy Foster 48
 Willis Foster 20
 Ridin Foster 16
 Ace Foster 14
 James Foster 12
 Nancy Foster 11
 Peter Foster 7
 Wm Wagster 18
  1860 United States Federal Census
 Name: William C Wagster
 Age in 1860: 25
 Birth Year: abt 1835
 Birthplace: Tennessee
 Home in 1860: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee
 Gender: Male
 Post Office: Chestnut Ridge
 William C Wagster 25
 Maryann Wagster 21
 Sarah Wagster 6
 Addison Wagster 5
 Washington Wagster 3
 David Wagster 1
  Fayetteville Observer, 5 Mar 1868: Real Estate transfers: James Richardson to W. C. Wagster, 16 acres.
  1870 United States Federal Census
 Name: W C Waxter
 Age in 1870: 38
 Birth Year: abt 1832
 Home in 1870: District 5, Lincoln, Tennessee
 Race: White
 Gender: Male
 Post Office: Lynchburg
 W C Waxter 38
 M A Waxter 35
 S E Waxter 17
 R A Waxter 16
 W C Waxter 15
 David Waxter 11
 Joseph Waxter 9
 J K Waxter 6
 Martha Waxter 4
 Robt Waxter 9
 Peter Waxter 4/12
  1880 Moore Co., TN Census 8th Civil District taken on 2 Jun 1880 lists:
 W. C. WAGSTER 48 Farmer b in TN
 M. A. age 45 Keeping House b in TN
 David age 21 Labor/Farm b in TN
 Joseph age 19 Labor/Farm b in TN
 John age 16 Labor/Farm b in TN
 Martha age 14 At Home b in TN
 Robert age 12 b in TN
 Peter age 10 b in TN
 Caledonia age 1 b in TN
  !BIRTH-CHILDREN-DEATH:Wagster Family Bible a copy in my possession.
  !MARRIAGE-SPOUSE:Wagster Family Bible, a copy in my possession.
  Photograph in my possession of William C. Wagster and wife Mary Ann Gilbert.
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 or other presentation. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/lincoln/lct-l/9612001a.txt: Article for Elk Valley Times taken from The Fayetteville (TN)Observer
 (Publish 11/13/96)
 SPANNING THE YEARS
 by Jane Warren Waller
 100 YEARS AGO
 November 12, 1896
 * * *
 CHESTNUT RIDGE - "A singing meeting was held at the home of W.C. Wagster Saturday night, and a pleasant time was reported. Those present were Messrs. C.T. Stallings, Ollie Bartlette, Eugene Prosser,Barnie and Walter Locker, Ottie Wagster, James Redd and Misses Eliza Redd, Rose Foster, Mary Wagster, Addie Stallings and Onie Locker.


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