Mathias Wagner married Anna Catherine Hack. They were the parents of at least nine children. Mathias was widowed in 1870. He died in Homer, Will, Illinois on 16 Jan 1879.

Children who immigrated to America include:
(1) Mathias, b 1822 Germany, d 1894 IL, interred in Saint Michael Cemetery (mentioned in will).
(2) Alexander, b 1824 Germany, d 1900 IL, interred in Saint Michael Cemetery (mentioned in will).
(3) Peter, b 1825 Germany, m Eva (child Catherine baptized 20 May 1853, child Margaret baptized 19 Oct 1862), d 1863 Tennessee, interred in Stones River National Cemetery in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee (the children of deceased son mentioned in will).
(4) Peter, b 1827 Germany, d 1895 IL, interred in Saint John's Cemetery in Joliet, Will, Illinois (mentioned in will).
(5) Michael, b 1828 Germany, (child Susan baptized 30 Nov 1861 IL), d 1898 Iowa, interred in Saint Mary's of Mount Carmel Cemetery in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa (mentioned in will).
(6) Mathias "Martin", b 1829 Germany, settled in Joliet, Will, Illinois (mentioned in will, spelled as "Maltes the second").
(7) Margaret (Jungels), b 1832 Germany, d 1910 IL, interred in Saint Michael Cemetery (mentioned in will).
(8) Frederick Wilhelm, b 1833 Germany, d 1862 Tennessee, interred in Shiloh National Cemetery in Shiloh, Hardin, Tennessee.
(9) Mary Ann (Jungels), b 1836 Germany, d 1926 IL, interred in Saint Michael Cemetery (mentioned in will).

The duplication of given names was not done in error.

I have included a photograph of the Wagner family plot in Saint Michael Cemetery. I am uncertain as to where Mathias (Martin) Wagner is interred. However, it is possible that the "Father" marker in the center foreground refers to him.

Sources include census records (1860 Homer and 1870 Homer), Ancestry Family Trees, "Where the Trails Cross" 1987, and Illinois wills and probate records, as well as numerous records for his children.