Researching David Wagener
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The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Wagener on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Wagener and the Wagener Family History
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Some Famous People called David Wagener
David Douglas Wagener
David Douglas Wagener (October 11, 1792 – October 1, 1860) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
David D. Wagener was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He was captain of the Easton Union Guards from 1816 to 1829.
Wagener was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses and elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses. He served as the chairman of the United States House Committee on Militia during the Twenty-fifth Congress. He established the Easton Bank in 1852 and was its president until his death in Easton in 1860. Interment in Easton Cemetery.
Source: David Douglas Wagener, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Wagener
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