Alice married FRANKLIN, Abraham on 11 Feb 1847. Abraham and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth: 1780
Pennsylvania, USA
Death: Apr. 24, 1852
Monroe County
Indiana, USA

Johannes Wagaman, or "John" as he was usually known, was born in Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. He was the son of a shoemaker, William Wagemann, Sr., and his first wife. William, referred to by later generations as William the Pioneer, was born in 1753. John's father was married 3 times over the years.

John's mom was the mother of 8 children when she died in the mid to late 1790's. John's siblings were Margaret, Christian, Michael, Elizabeth, Jacob, Mary and Susannah.

After the death of John's mother, his father married Sarah "Sally" (unknown surname) around 1801 in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. William, Sr. and Sally had 3 children--William, Jr., Henry and Sarah--who were John's half-brothers and half-sister.

Sometime between 1796 and 1802, John joined family and friends who left Pennsylvania to head west on rafts and flatboats they floated down the Ohio River. He made his way to Jessamine (Old Fayette) County, Kentucky, where the name "Johannes Wagemann" appeared on records as having paid taxes on a horse in 1802.

That same year, John married Barbara "Barbry" Houser on 29 Mar 1802 in Jessamine County when he was about 21-years-old. Her father, Abraham Houser, a Minister of the Gospel, performed the ceremony.

John and Barbry were the parents of 14 children, all born in Jessamine County. After 19 years of marriage, the Wagamans acquired 92 acres of land on Jessamine Creek from Barbry's dad, Abraham.

John's father, William, was widowed for a second time in 1819. He then moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he married his third wife, Barbara Rineberger, on 21 Nov 1826.

One of John and Barbry's daughters, Anna, left Kentucky and married her husband, Emanuel Hoover, in 1826 in Clermont County, Ohio. In 1830, 2 of John and Barbry's sons, Abraham and Solomon Wagaman, also left Jessamine County and resettled in Monroe County, Indiana. John and Barbry, along with most of their other children, followed them to Clear Creek Township in Monroe County in 1833.

John and Barbry bought 80 acres of land in Clear Creek on 13 Dec 1833. They purchased more land there, and in Perry Township, from 1836 to 1843 bringing their total to 280 acres.

John's father, William, died in Elkhart County, Indiana in 1836.

One of John and Barbry's daughters, Alice Ann, married Abraham Franklin on 11 Feb 1847. He died soon after their marriage, and Alice returned to her parents' home by 1850. A young girl, Caroline Franklin, also lived with the family at that time; she may have been Alice's daughter or step-daughter. No more information is known about Alice.

Eventually, several of the John and Barbry's children decided to move again and leave Indiana. Abraham, Solomon, David, Martha and John Wagaman headed west and settled in the northwestern part of Missouri.

At the time of his 1852 death, John was about 71-years-old. The specific location of his burial in Monroe County, Indiana is unknown.

Barbry joined the Wagaman children in Carroll County, Missouri after her husband passed away. She died there in 1859.

John married HOUSER, Barbara on 29 Mar 1802 in Jessamine County, KY. Barbara (daughter of HOUSER, Abraham and ROHRER, Nancy Ann) was born on 14 Nov 1785 in Hagerstown, Washington County, MD; died on 14 Sep 1859 in Carroll County, MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: Nov. 14, 1785
Hagerstown
Washington County
Maryland, USA
Death: Sep. 14, 1859
Carroll County
Missouri, USA

The daughter of Abraham Houser, Sr. and Nancy Ann Rohrer, Barbry was born in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland just 2 years after the American Revolution.

Barbry's father, Abraham Houser, was the son of Peter Houser. Her father was a Church of the Brethren (German Baptist) minister/elder and moved his family to Jessamine County, Kentucky in 1795.

Barbry married Johannes "John" Wagaman on 29 Mar 1802 in Jessamine County, Kentucky when she was 16-years-old. Her father, Rev. Houser, performed the marriage ceremony. Her mother, Nancy Houser, died in Kentucky in 1813.

Barbry and John were the parents of 14 children, all born in Jessamine County. In 1821, the Wagamans acquired 92 acres of land on Jessamine Creek from Barbry's dad, Abraham Houser. He died in Clermont County, Ohio in 1825.

One of Barbry and John's daughters, Anna, left Kentucky and married her husband, Emanuel Hoover, in 1826 in Clermont County, Ohio. In 1830, 2 of Barbry and John's sons, Abraham and Solomon Wagaman, also left Jessamine County and resettled in Monroe County, Indiana. Barbry and John, along with most of their other children, followed them to Clear Creek Township in Monroe County in 1833.

Barbry and John bought 80 acres of land in Clear Creek on 13 Dec 1833. They purchased more land there, and in Perry Township, from 1836 to 1843 bringing their total to 280 acres.

A daughter, Alice Ann, married Abraham Franklin on 11 Feb 1847. He died soon after their marriage, and Alice returned to her parents' home by 1850. A young girl, Caroline Franklin, also lived with the family at that time; she may have been Alice's daughter or step-daughter. No more information is known about Alice.

Eventually, some of the Barbry and John's children decided to move again and leave Indiana. Abraham, Solomon, David, Martha and John Wagaman headed west and settled in the northwestern part of Missouri.

After her husband's death in 1852, Barbry joined several of her children and their families in Carroll County, Missouri. She died there in 1859 at the age of 73 years and 10 months.

Abraham + ROHRER, Nancy Ann. Nancy was born in 1756; died in 1813. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]