The son of John Wagaman and Barbry Houser, Joshua's parents moved to Monroe County, Indiana in 1833.

Joshua married Margaret Stine on 14 Jun 1840 in Stinesville, Monroe County, Indiana. The ceremony was performed by a Lutheran pastor known as Reverend Eusebius Henkel.

After their marriage, Joshua and Margaret established a farm in Bean Blossom Township, but, after many years, moved to Green Township in Morgan County, Indiana in 1862.

Joshua and Margaret were the parents of 13 children.

Joshua died 4 days after his 89th birthday. The cause of death by given as "the debility of age." He was buried on 25 Jan 1899 and was survived by his wife, Margaret, who passed away in 1916.

Children: 10 sons, 3 daughters.

Father of:
Henry Alexander Wagaman
Jonathan Lewis Wagaman
James "Jefferson" Wagaman
Jasper Newton Wagaman
Joseph Montgomery Wagerman
Jonas Delane Wagaman
Paul Marion Wagaman
Charles William Wagaman
Joshua Harrison Wagaman, Jr.
Louisa Elizabeth Wagaman
Margaret Ann Wagaman Skaggs
George Calvin Wagaman
Mary Ellen Wagaman Ennis

Joshua's siblings:
Elizabeth "Betsy" Wagaman Grow
Abraham Wagaman
Sarah Ann "Sally" Wagaman Trisler
Nancy "Anna" Wagaman Hoover
Solomon Wagaman
Susannah A. Wagaman Rohrer
Mary Wagaman Mitchell
David Wagaman
Martha Wagaman Bryant
John R. Wagaman
Catherine Wagaman Bales
Lucy Ann Wagaman Vint
Alice Ann Wagaman Franklin

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Obituary:

Joshua Wagaman.

[Special to The Indianapolis News.]
Martinsville, Ind., January 24.--Joshua Wagaman, eighty-nine years old last Thursday, is dead at his farm home near Cope, this county, of exhaustion. He was born in this part of the country and lived in this county forty years.

(The Indianapolis News; 24 Jan 1899; p. 7)
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