Bio: Wagner, William (History - 1859) 

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Surnames: WAGNER SHAFER DIAMOND VANNEUPORT SHAFER

----Source: Biographical Sketch of Clark and Jackson Counties, Wisconsin, published by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 page 200

WILLIAM WAGNER, editor and proprietor of the Courier, Thorp, Clark County, was born in Beaver Dam, Dodge County, Wisconsin, July 28, 1859, the son of Joseph Wagner, deceased, late of Beaver Dam, where he had lived since 1844, when the place was known as Grubville. The parents had five children, namely: Theresa, wife of Samuel J. Shafer, editor of the Phonograph of Colby, this county Joseph, a business man of Beaver Dam Mary L., now Mrs. Carl Van Neuport, a druggist of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Belle, who is still in Beaver Dam.

William Wagner, our subject, was educated in the public schools of his native city, where he also learned the printer's trade in the Argus office, and also in the Phonograph office, of Colby. He worked a short time in Chicago, Illinois, and Buffalo, New York, and in November 1883, came to Thorp, where he established the Courier, a spicy little sheet, a quarto, five-column. Mr. Wagner served as Postmaster during Cleveland's administration.

He was married December 23, 1885, to Kate Diamond, who was born in St. Lawrence County, New York, March 8, 1867, the daughter of Daniel Diamond, of Eagle River, Wisconsin. They have two children: Maud, born December 3, 1886, and Florence K., born March 30, 1889.

WAGNER SHAFER DIAMOND VANNEUPORT SHAFER