Fourth Generation

196. William Franklin "Willis" WAGNER was born on 21 March 1831 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.^208,209 His record in the War Between the States is as follows:²¹⁰ WAGNER, WILLIAM F., Private, Co. E, 57th Regiment, NC Troops - Born on March 21, 1831. Resided in Catawba County and was by occupation a blacksmith prior to enlisting in Catawba County at age 31, July 4, 1862, for the war. Reported present through May 10, 1863. Wounded slightly in the leg at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on or about July 2, 1863, but remained on duty. Reported present through October 31, 1863. Captured at Rappahannock Station, Virginia, November 7, 1863. Confined at Point Lookout, Maryland, November 11, 1863. Died at Point Lookout on January 13, 1864, of "chron[ic] diarrhoea." He died on 12 January 1864 at the age of 32 in Point Lookout, Maryland.²⁰⁹

William Franklin "Willis" WAGNER and Nancy Mahala HERMAN were married on 24 September 1856 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Nancy Mahala HERMAN, daughter of William HERMAN and Elizabeth HUNSUCKER, was born on 20 October 1837 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina. She died on 9 October 1914 at the age of 76 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She was buried in St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, NC.

William Franklin "Willis" WAGNER and Nancy Mahala HERMAN had the following children: