Dr. William H. Wagstaff died on May 6, 1904 at age 76.
A new government issued grave marker was installed for Dr. William H. Wagstaff on June 7, 2020.
He is listed in the Freeman Funeral Home records from North Lewisburg, Ohio, for the time period 1900-1910. Here's the data;
Wagstaff, W. H. - Age: 76 Died: 6 May 1904 - Burial: Walnut Grove (Butcher) Cemetery, North Lewisburg. Agent: M. C. Gowey.
Dr. Wagstaff was the husband of Josie B. Butcher, who was the daughter of Dr. John Milton Butcher and Nancy (Brock) Butcher.
1870 U.S. Census OHIO Series: M593 Roll: 1179 Page: 337 Line 9:
William H. Wagstaff, age 41, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. M. Jose, wife, age 28, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 3, born in Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census OHIO Series: T9 Roll: 998 Page: 333 – Line 6:
William H. Wagstaff, age 52, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. Jose B., wife, age 40, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 13, born in Ohio. Mary, daughter, age 10, born in Ohio. Milton B., son, age 8, born in Ohio.
Per the Urbana Daily Times Citizen of May 12, 1904: "The late Dr. W. H. Wagstaff, who died at his home in North Lewisburg recently, was a 32nd degree Mason. He was among those who made the trip to the California gold field in '49."
Also from May 12, 1904 from the The Champaign Democrat, "Death again visited our vicinity and removed from our midst Dr. Wagstaff, one of the oldest physicians of our town. Funeral at 5p.m. under the auspices of the Masons."
"Dr. Wagstaff died at his home in North Lewisburg Friday night. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock."
"The History of Champaign County, Ohio" - Beers – 1881 Rush Township
874 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
"WILLIAM H. WAGSTAFF, physician, North Lewisburg; was born in Adams Co., Ohio Nov. 27, 1828, and removed with his parents to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1832.
He secured a limited education at the district school, and at the age of 17, entered Gran ville College, where he pursued his studies till 1849, when he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Price, of Newark, Ohio. While there, the glowing accounts of the newly found treasure in the " Golden State" infatuated him with the idea of becoming wealthy, and he was induced to abandon all other plans and join a company of adventurers who crossed the plains in the summer of 1851, arriving in Hangtown, Cal., the following September, amid the exciting discussion over the admission of negroes into that Territory.
About this time he was employed as United States Express Agent for " Page, Bacon & Co.," carrying mail matter and gold-dust through the mountains to different points, and returning to Sacramento with coin, etc. Ponies were used as a means of transportation, making a trip once a month, for which he received $140. Late in the fall of 1852, he started home; taking passage on the steamer Yankee Blade, which was wrecked in seventy-two hours; be, with a few other survivors, was rescued. He traveled on foot through a portion of New Mexico and Lower California, endured many privations, and at the end of two months arrived in San Francisco. After a short time, he went to Benicia, where he procured a clerkship at a salary of $200 per month. Sacramento, then a mere village, composed of tents, offered greater inducements, which he availed himself of, and again embarked in business, only to become the victim of disappointed hopes. It was during the spring of 1854, when the inhabitants suffered great loss of life and property from inundation. After having charge of a "trading-post" for a few months, he again started for New York by way of Panama, crossed the Isthmus to Aspinwall in December, stopped off for a time at Havana, visiting many places of interest, among which was the tomb of Columbus. He arrived in New York January, 1856, after an absence of five years, and was unrecognized by friends. The following two years were spent on the Wabash in Indiana; thence to the steamer Bon Pluel, as physician of the boat, plying between Cairo and New Orleans. In the winter of 1858, he located in Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in business there until the beginning of the rebellion. Motives of policy induced him to return to the North, where he enlisted in the 54th Ind. V. I. After serving his country for three years, filling almost every position in the regiment, was mustered out of the service and returned to Nashville, Tenn., where he practiced his profession until some time after the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio with a view of completing his medical education, which was done in the spring of 1866, graduating with the honors of two different medical colleges. Circumstances now favored his location in the village of North Lewisburg, where he has since remained, having in the meantime acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, ranking among the 'most successful and popular practitioners of the county. He has taken all the degrees of Masonry, and has been a prominent member of the organization for thirty years.
He is of English origin, his father, grandfather and mother being natives of England. His paternal grandfather was an officer of the Government during the Revolutionary war, and was present at the signing of the -' Declaration of Independence," and his birth and death occurred on the 4th of July.
Dr. Wagstaff was married to the daughter of Dr. Butcher, of Urbana, in 1865. She was a native of Belmont Co., Ohio. His family consists of three children, natives of Cham paign Co., whose ages range from eight to fourteen years.
After accumulating a handsome fortune, and contributing largely to the promotion of public interests, and laboring for the relief of suffering humanity in this and other places, the Doctor finds himself at this late hour enjoying only the ordinary comforts of life."
Pages 575-576:
(And my thanks to Mr. Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr. for pointing out the following information in the Beers publication and also providing other information as well):
Dr Wagstaff was a Rush Township Trustee, elected to that position, during the years 1871-1877.
Dr. Wagstaff was one of the men to whom a charter was granted by the Ohio organization to form Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, in November 1870. (One of his companion Masons was Shepard Clark, another Civil War veteran, who about the same time built the huge brick home just a short distance east of East Street. That home is on the National Historic Register).
Dr. Wagstaff was the first member of Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, to be installed as its High Priest (December 1870), a position he held for the better part of a decade.
Dr. Wagstaff was also active in Blazing Star Lodge #268, F&AM, and held leadership roles there.
William H. Wagstaff (First_Last)
Regiment Name 54 Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company F&S
Soldier's Rank_In Serg.
Soldier's Rank_Out Com. Sgt.
Alternate Name W.H./Wagstaff
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 80
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regarding Melissa Josephine Butcher Wagstaff.:
Minute Book 46 – page 239 24 April 1891 – M JOSEPHINE WAGSTAFF VS WILLIAM H WAGSTAFF FOR DIVORCE, CASE CONTINNUED.
Woodbury County, Iowa, Sioux City, Adolph Greenwood age 47 born in Illinois, married Josephine Wagstaff age 56 born in Ohio. July 16, 1900.
Adolph and Josephine Greenwood appear in the 1900 census for Woodbury Count, Iowa. On line 63. Little Sioux Township.
In the U. S. Census for 1920 - Adolph Greenwood is living as a boarder Prinston Township, White County, Indiana. Line #49. Age 65, and shown as a widower. He was living as a boarder with Samuel Pierre and his wife Eva, and a daughter named Ella who was 11 years old. Adolph Greenwood was born in Illinois. However, it appears by the information provided that his parents were French Canadians. I believe this to be his Find A Grave memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110442322
A new government issued grave marker was installed for Dr. William H. Wagstaff on June 7, 2020.
He is listed in the Freeman Funeral Home records from North Lewisburg, Ohio, for the time period 1900-1910. Here's the data;
Wagstaff, W. H. - Age: 76 Died: 6 May 1904 - Burial: Walnut Grove (Butcher) Cemetery, North Lewisburg. Agent: M. C. Gowey.
Dr. Wagstaff was the husband of Josie B. Butcher, who was the daughter of Dr. John Milton Butcher and Nancy (Brock) Butcher.
1870 U.S. Census OHIO Series: M593 Roll: 1179 Page: 337 Line 9:
William H. Wagstaff, age 41, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. M. Jose, wife, age 28, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 3, born in Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census OHIO Series: T9 Roll: 998 Page: 333 – Line 6:
William H. Wagstaff, age 52, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. Jose B., wife, age 40, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 13, born in Ohio. Mary, daughter, age 10, born in Ohio. Milton B., son, age 8, born in Ohio.
Per the Urbana Daily Times Citizen of May 12, 1904: "The late Dr. W. H. Wagstaff, who died at his home in North Lewisburg recently, was a 32nd degree Mason. He was among those who made the trip to the California gold field in '49."
Also from May 12, 1904 from the The Champaign Democrat, "Death again visited our vicinity and removed from our midst Dr. Wagstaff, one of the oldest physicians of our town. Funeral at 5p.m. under the auspices of the Masons."
"Dr. Wagstaff died at his home in North Lewisburg Friday night. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock."
"The History of Champaign County, Ohio" - Beers – 1881 Rush Township
874 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
"WILLIAM H. WAGSTAFF, physician, North Lewisburg; was born in Adams Co., Ohio Nov. 27, 1828, and removed with his parents to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1832.
He secured a limited education at the district school, and at the age of 17, entered Gran ville College, where he pursued his studies till 1849, when he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Price, of Newark, Ohio. While there, the glowing accounts of the newly found treasure in the " Golden State" infatuated him with the idea of becoming wealthy, and he was induced to abandon all other plans and join a company of adventurers who crossed the plains in the summer of 1851, arriving in Hangtown, Cal., the following September, amid the exciting discussion over the admission of negroes into that Territory.
About this time he was employed as United States Express Agent for " Page, Bacon & Co.," carrying mail matter and gold-dust through the mountains to different points, and returning to Sacramento with coin, etc. Ponies were used as a means of transportation, making a trip once a month, for which he received $140. Late in the fall of 1852, he started home; taking passage on the steamer Yankee Blade, which was wrecked in seventy-two hours; be, with a few other survivors, was rescued. He traveled on foot through a portion of New Mexico and Lower California, endured many privations, and at the end of two months arrived in San Francisco. After a short time, he went to Benicia, where he procured a clerkship at a salary of $200 per month. Sacramento, then a mere village, composed of tents, offered greater inducements, which he availed himself of, and again embarked in business, only to become the victim of disappointed hopes. It was during the spring of 1854, when the inhabitants suffered great loss of life and property from inundation. After having charge of a "trading-post" for a few months, he again started for New York by way of Panama, crossed the Isthmus to Aspinwall in December, stopped off for a time at Havana, visiting many places of interest, among which was the tomb of Columbus. He arrived in New York January, 1856, after an absence of five years, and was unrecognized by friends. The following two years were spent on the Wabash in Indiana; thence to the steamer Bon Pluel, as physician of the boat, plying between Cairo and New Orleans. In the winter of 1858, he located in Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in business there until the beginning of the rebellion. Motives of policy induced him to return to the North, where he enlisted in the 54th Ind. V. I. After serving his country for three years, filling almost every position in the regiment, was mustered out of the service and returned to Nashville, Tenn., where he practiced his profession until some time after the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio with a view of completing his medical education, which was done in the spring of 1866, graduating with the honors of two different medical colleges. Circumstances now favored his location in the village of North Lewisburg, where he has since remained, having in the meantime acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, ranking among the 'most successful and popular practitioners of the county. He has taken all the degrees of Masonry, and has been a prominent member of the organization for thirty years.
He is of English origin, his father, grandfather and mother being natives of England. His paternal grandfather was an officer of the Government during the Revolutionary war, and was present at the signing of the -' Declaration of Independence," and his birth and death occurred on the 4th of July.
Dr. Wagstaff was married to the daughter of Dr. Butcher, of Urbana, in 1865. She was a native of Belmont Co., Ohio. His family consists of three children, natives of Cham paign Co., whose ages range from eight to fourteen years.
After accumulating a handsome fortune, and contributing largely to the promotion of public interests, and laboring for the relief of suffering humanity in this and other places, the Doctor finds himself at this late hour enjoying only the ordinary comforts of life."
Pages 575-576:
(And my thanks to Mr. Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr. for pointing out the following information in the Beers publication and also providing other information as well):
Dr Wagstaff was a Rush Township Trustee, elected to that position, during the years 1871-1877.
Dr. Wagstaff was one of the men to whom a charter was granted by the Ohio organization to form Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, in November 1870. (One of his companion Masons was Shepard Clark, another Civil War veteran, who about the same time built the huge brick home just a short distance east of East Street. That home is on the National Historic Register).
Dr. Wagstaff was the first member of Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, to be installed as its High Priest (December 1870), a position he held for the better part of a decade.
Dr. Wagstaff was also active in Blazing Star Lodge #268, F&AM, and held leadership roles there.
William H. Wagstaff (First_Last)
Regiment Name 54 Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company F&S
Soldier's Rank_In Serg.
Soldier's Rank_Out Com. Sgt.
Alternate Name W.H./Wagstaff
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 80
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regarding Melissa Josephine Butcher Wagstaff.:
Minute Book 46 – page 239 24 April 1891 – M JOSEPHINE WAGSTAFF VS WILLIAM H WAGSTAFF FOR DIVORCE, CASE CONTINNUED.
Woodbury County, Iowa, Sioux City, Adolph Greenwood age 47 born in Illinois, married Josephine Wagstaff age 56 born in Ohio. July 16, 1900.
Adolph and Josephine Greenwood appear in the 1900 census for Woodbury Count, Iowa. On line 63. Little Sioux Township.
In the U. S. Census for 1920 - Adolph Greenwood is living as a boarder Prinston Township, White County, Indiana. Line #49. Age 65, and shown as a widower. He was living as a boarder with Samuel Pierre and his wife Eva, and a daughter named Ella who was 11 years old. Adolph Greenwood was born in Illinois. However, it appears by the information provided that his parents were French Canadians. I believe this to be his Find A Grave memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110442322
Dr. William H. Wagstaff died on May 6, 1904 at age 76.
A new government issued grave marker was installed for Dr. William H. Wagstaff on June 7, 2020.
He is listed in the Freeman Funeral Home records from North Lewisburg, Ohio, for the time period 1900-1910. Here's the data;
Wagstaff, W. H. - Age: 76 Died: 6 May 1904 - Burial: Walnut Grove (Butcher) Cemetery, North Lewisburg. Agent: M. C. Gowey.
Dr. Wagstaff was the husband of Josie B. Butcher, who was the daughter of Dr. John Milton Butcher and Nancy (Brock) Butcher.
1870 U.S. Census OHIO Series: M593 Roll: 1179 Page: 337 Line 9:
William H. Wagstaff, age 41, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. M. Jose, wife, age 28, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 3, born in Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census OHIO Series: T9 Roll: 998 Page: 333 – Line 6:
William H. Wagstaff, age 52, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. Jose B., wife, age 40, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 13, born in Ohio. Mary, daughter, age 10, born in Ohio. Milton B., son, age 8, born in Ohio.
Per the Urbana Daily Times Citizen of May 12, 1904: "The late Dr. W. H. Wagstaff, who died at his home in North Lewisburg recently, was a 32nd degree Mason. He was among those who made the trip to the California gold field in '49."
Also from May 12, 1904 from the The Champaign Democrat, "Death again visited our vicinity and removed from our midst Dr. Wagstaff, one of the oldest physicians of our town. Funeral at 5p.m. under the auspices of the Masons."
"Dr. Wagstaff died at his home in North Lewisburg Friday night. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock."
"The History of Champaign County, Ohio" - Beers – 1881 Rush Township
874 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
"WILLIAM H. WAGSTAFF, physician, North Lewisburg; was born in Adams Co., Ohio Nov. 27, 1828, and removed with his parents to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1832.
He secured a limited education at the district school, and at the age of 17, entered Gran ville College, where he pursued his studies till 1849, when he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Price, of Newark, Ohio. While there, the glowing accounts of the newly found treasure in the " Golden State" infatuated him with the idea of becoming wealthy, and he was induced to abandon all other plans and join a company of adventurers who crossed the plains in the summer of 1851, arriving in Hangtown, Cal., the following September, amid the exciting discussion over the admission of negroes into that Territory.
About this time he was employed as United States Express Agent for " Page, Bacon & Co.," carrying mail matter and gold-dust through the mountains to different points, and returning to Sacramento with coin, etc. Ponies were used as a means of transportation, making a trip once a month, for which he received $140. Late in the fall of 1852, he started home; taking passage on the steamer Yankee Blade, which was wrecked in seventy-two hours; be, with a few other survivors, was rescued. He traveled on foot through a portion of New Mexico and Lower California, endured many privations, and at the end of two months arrived in San Francisco. After a short time, he went to Benicia, where he procured a clerkship at a salary of $200 per month. Sacramento, then a mere village, composed of tents, offered greater inducements, which he availed himself of, and again embarked in business, only to become the victim of disappointed hopes. It was during the spring of 1854, when the inhabitants suffered great loss of life and property from inundation. After having charge of a "trading-post" for a few months, he again started for New York by way of Panama, crossed the Isthmus to Aspinwall in December, stopped off for a time at Havana, visiting many places of interest, among which was the tomb of Columbus. He arrived in New York January, 1856, after an absence of five years, and was unrecognized by friends. The following two years were spent on the Wabash in Indiana; thence to the steamer Bon Pluel, as physician of the boat, plying between Cairo and New Orleans. In the winter of 1858, he located in Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in business there until the beginning of the rebellion. Motives of policy induced him to return to the North, where he enlisted in the 54th Ind. V. I. After serving his country for three years, filling almost every position in the regiment, was mustered out of the service and returned to Nashville, Tenn., where he practiced his profession until some time after the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio with a view of completing his medical education, which was done in the spring of 1866, graduating with the honors of two different medical colleges. Circumstances now favored his location in the village of North Lewisburg, where he has since remained, having in the meantime acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, ranking among the 'most successful and popular practitioners of the county. He has taken all the degrees of Masonry, and has been a prominent member of the organization for thirty years.
He is of English origin, his father, grandfather and mother being natives of England. His paternal grandfather was an officer of the Government during the Revolutionary war, and was present at the signing of the -' Declaration of Independence," and his birth and death occurred on the 4th of July.
Dr. Wagstaff was married to the daughter of Dr. Butcher, of Urbana, in 1865. She was a native of Belmont Co., Ohio. His family consists of three children, natives of Cham paign Co., whose ages range from eight to fourteen years.
After accumulating a handsome fortune, and contributing largely to the promotion of public interests, and laboring for the relief of suffering humanity in this and other places, the Doctor finds himself at this late hour enjoying only the ordinary comforts of life."
Pages 575-576:
(And my thanks to Mr. Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr. for pointing out the following information in the Beers publication and also providing other information as well):
Dr Wagstaff was a Rush Township Trustee, elected to that position, during the years 1871-1877.
Dr. Wagstaff was one of the men to whom a charter was granted by the Ohio organization to form Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, in November 1870. (One of his companion Masons was Shepard Clark, another Civil War veteran, who about the same time built the huge brick home just a short distance east of East Street. That home is on the National Historic Register).
Dr. Wagstaff was the first member of Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, to be installed as its High Priest (December 1870), a position he held for the better part of a decade.
Dr. Wagstaff was also active in Blazing Star Lodge #268, F&AM, and held leadership roles there.
William H. Wagstaff (First_Last)
Regiment Name 54 Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company F&S
Soldier's Rank_In Serg.
Soldier's Rank_Out Com. Sgt.
Alternate Name W.H./Wagstaff
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 80
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regarding Melissa Josephine Butcher Wagstaff.:
Minute Book 46 – page 239 24 April 1891 – M JOSEPHINE WAGSTAFF VS WILLIAM H WAGSTAFF FOR DIVORCE, CASE CONTINNUED.
Woodbury County, Iowa, Sioux City, Adolph Greenwood age 47 born in Illinois, married Josephine Wagstaff age 56 born in Ohio. July 16, 1900.
Adolph and Josephine Greenwood appear in the 1900 census for Woodbury Count, Iowa. On line 63. Little Sioux Township.
In the U. S. Census for 1920 - Adolph Greenwood is living as a boarder Prinston Township, White County, Indiana. Line #49. Age 65, and shown as a widower. He was living as a boarder with Samuel Pierre and his wife Eva, and a daughter named Ella who was 11 years old. Adolph Greenwood was born in Illinois. However, it appears by the information provided that his parents were French Canadians. I believe this to be his Find A Grave memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110442322
A new government issued grave marker was installed for Dr. William H. Wagstaff on June 7, 2020.
He is listed in the Freeman Funeral Home records from North Lewisburg, Ohio, for the time period 1900-1910. Here's the data;
Wagstaff, W. H. - Age: 76 Died: 6 May 1904 - Burial: Walnut Grove (Butcher) Cemetery, North Lewisburg. Agent: M. C. Gowey.
Dr. Wagstaff was the husband of Josie B. Butcher, who was the daughter of Dr. John Milton Butcher and Nancy (Brock) Butcher.
1870 U.S. Census OHIO Series: M593 Roll: 1179 Page: 337 Line 9:
William H. Wagstaff, age 41, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. M. Jose, wife, age 28, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 3, born in Ohio.
1880 U.S. Census OHIO Series: T9 Roll: 998 Page: 333 – Line 6:
William H. Wagstaff, age 52, occupation, physician, born in Ohio. Jose B., wife, age 40, born in Ohio. John M., son, age 13, born in Ohio. Mary, daughter, age 10, born in Ohio. Milton B., son, age 8, born in Ohio.
Per the Urbana Daily Times Citizen of May 12, 1904: "The late Dr. W. H. Wagstaff, who died at his home in North Lewisburg recently, was a 32nd degree Mason. He was among those who made the trip to the California gold field in '49."
Also from May 12, 1904 from the The Champaign Democrat, "Death again visited our vicinity and removed from our midst Dr. Wagstaff, one of the oldest physicians of our town. Funeral at 5p.m. under the auspices of the Masons."
"Dr. Wagstaff died at his home in North Lewisburg Friday night. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock."
"The History of Champaign County, Ohio" - Beers – 1881 Rush Township
874 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
"WILLIAM H. WAGSTAFF, physician, North Lewisburg; was born in Adams Co., Ohio Nov. 27, 1828, and removed with his parents to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1832.
He secured a limited education at the district school, and at the age of 17, entered Gran ville College, where he pursued his studies till 1849, when he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Price, of Newark, Ohio. While there, the glowing accounts of the newly found treasure in the " Golden State" infatuated him with the idea of becoming wealthy, and he was induced to abandon all other plans and join a company of adventurers who crossed the plains in the summer of 1851, arriving in Hangtown, Cal., the following September, amid the exciting discussion over the admission of negroes into that Territory.
About this time he was employed as United States Express Agent for " Page, Bacon & Co.," carrying mail matter and gold-dust through the mountains to different points, and returning to Sacramento with coin, etc. Ponies were used as a means of transportation, making a trip once a month, for which he received $140. Late in the fall of 1852, he started home; taking passage on the steamer Yankee Blade, which was wrecked in seventy-two hours; be, with a few other survivors, was rescued. He traveled on foot through a portion of New Mexico and Lower California, endured many privations, and at the end of two months arrived in San Francisco. After a short time, he went to Benicia, where he procured a clerkship at a salary of $200 per month. Sacramento, then a mere village, composed of tents, offered greater inducements, which he availed himself of, and again embarked in business, only to become the victim of disappointed hopes. It was during the spring of 1854, when the inhabitants suffered great loss of life and property from inundation. After having charge of a "trading-post" for a few months, he again started for New York by way of Panama, crossed the Isthmus to Aspinwall in December, stopped off for a time at Havana, visiting many places of interest, among which was the tomb of Columbus. He arrived in New York January, 1856, after an absence of five years, and was unrecognized by friends. The following two years were spent on the Wabash in Indiana; thence to the steamer Bon Pluel, as physician of the boat, plying between Cairo and New Orleans. In the winter of 1858, he located in Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in business there until the beginning of the rebellion. Motives of policy induced him to return to the North, where he enlisted in the 54th Ind. V. I. After serving his country for three years, filling almost every position in the regiment, was mustered out of the service and returned to Nashville, Tenn., where he practiced his profession until some time after the close of the war. He then returned to Ohio with a view of completing his medical education, which was done in the spring of 1866, graduating with the honors of two different medical colleges. Circumstances now favored his location in the village of North Lewisburg, where he has since remained, having in the meantime acquired an extensive and lucrative practice, ranking among the 'most successful and popular practitioners of the county. He has taken all the degrees of Masonry, and has been a prominent member of the organization for thirty years.
He is of English origin, his father, grandfather and mother being natives of England. His paternal grandfather was an officer of the Government during the Revolutionary war, and was present at the signing of the -' Declaration of Independence," and his birth and death occurred on the 4th of July.
Dr. Wagstaff was married to the daughter of Dr. Butcher, of Urbana, in 1865. She was a native of Belmont Co., Ohio. His family consists of three children, natives of Cham paign Co., whose ages range from eight to fourteen years.
After accumulating a handsome fortune, and contributing largely to the promotion of public interests, and laboring for the relief of suffering humanity in this and other places, the Doctor finds himself at this late hour enjoying only the ordinary comforts of life."
Pages 575-576:
(And my thanks to Mr. Ralph Lowell Coleman, Jr. for pointing out the following information in the Beers publication and also providing other information as well):
Dr Wagstaff was a Rush Township Trustee, elected to that position, during the years 1871-1877.
Dr. Wagstaff was one of the men to whom a charter was granted by the Ohio organization to form Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, in November 1870. (One of his companion Masons was Shepard Clark, another Civil War veteran, who about the same time built the huge brick home just a short distance east of East Street. That home is on the National Historic Register).
Dr. Wagstaff was the first member of Star Chapter 126, Royal Arch Masons, to be installed as its High Priest (December 1870), a position he held for the better part of a decade.
Dr. Wagstaff was also active in Blazing Star Lodge #268, F&AM, and held leadership roles there.
William H. Wagstaff (First_Last)
Regiment Name 54 Indiana Infantry
Side Union
Company F&S
Soldier's Rank_In Serg.
Soldier's Rank_Out Com. Sgt.
Alternate Name W.H./Wagstaff
Notes
Film Number M540 roll 80
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Regarding Melissa Josephine Butcher Wagstaff.:
Minute Book 46 – page 239 24 April 1891 – M JOSEPHINE WAGSTAFF VS WILLIAM H WAGSTAFF FOR DIVORCE, CASE CONTINNUED.
Woodbury County, Iowa, Sioux City, Adolph Greenwood age 47 born in Illinois, married Josephine Wagstaff age 56 born in Ohio. July 16, 1900.
Adolph and Josephine Greenwood appear in the 1900 census for Woodbury Count, Iowa. On line 63. Little Sioux Township.
In the U. S. Census for 1920 - Adolph Greenwood is living as a boarder Prinston Township, White County, Indiana. Line #49. Age 65, and shown as a widower. He was living as a boarder with Samuel Pierre and his wife Eva, and a daughter named Ella who was 11 years old. Adolph Greenwood was born in Illinois. However, it appears by the information provided that his parents were French Canadians. I believe this to be his Find A Grave memorial.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110442322
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