Joshua Wagenseller is in the truest sense, one of Tazewell county's pioneers, having arrived here as far back as Jan. 3, 1837. He points with pride to the Key-stone State as the hind of his birth. He first saw the light July 5, 1813, in Norris county. Pa. Peter and Susanna (Longacre) Wagenseller, his parents, were honest industrious people. Three years after he came here he was married to Miss Mary Rupert, five children being the issue of the union.
Mr. W. is now engaged in the mercantile business, which is far the oldest established house in Central Illinois, having been opened 42 years ago and continued without intermission during all these years.
Although not a politician, Mr. Wagenseller has numbered among his personal friends some of the greatest statesmen of our time, and among the number was Abraham Lincoln, who, previous to his election to the Presidency, frequently visited him at his home here. Lincoln was, in former years, Mr. Wagenseller's attorney and after his elevation to the high position of President, he did not forget his friend of former years, but offered him an appointment to a Federal office, which Mr. Wagenseller chose to decline and time has proven
that he chose wisely, for no country has a greater honor to bestow on any man than that of a successful, honest private citizen.
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY
Mr. W. is now engaged in the mercantile business, which is far the oldest established house in Central Illinois, having been opened 42 years ago and continued without intermission during all these years.
Although not a politician, Mr. Wagenseller has numbered among his personal friends some of the greatest statesmen of our time, and among the number was Abraham Lincoln, who, previous to his election to the Presidency, frequently visited him at his home here. Lincoln was, in former years, Mr. Wagenseller's attorney and after his elevation to the high position of President, he did not forget his friend of former years, but offered him an appointment to a Federal office, which Mr. Wagenseller chose to decline and time has proven
that he chose wisely, for no country has a greater honor to bestow on any man than that of a successful, honest private citizen.
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY
Joshua Wagenseller is in the truest sense, one of Tazewell county's pioneers, having arrived here as far back as Jan. 3, 1837. He points with pride to the Key-stone State as the hind of his birth. He first saw the light July 5, 1813, in Norris county. Pa. Peter and Susanna (Longacre) Wagenseller, his parents, were honest industrious people. Three years after he came here he was married to Miss Mary Rupert, five children being the issue of the union.
Mr. W. is now engaged in the mercantile business, which is far the oldest established house in Central Illinois, having been opened 42 years ago and continued without intermission during all these years.
Although not a politician, Mr. Wagenseller has numbered among his personal friends some of the greatest statesmen of our time, and among the number was Abraham Lincoln, who, previous to his election to the Presidency, frequently visited him at his home here. Lincoln was, in former years, Mr. Wagenseller's attorney and after his elevation to the high position of President, he did not forget his friend of former years, but offered him an appointment to a Federal office, which Mr. Wagenseller chose to decline and time has proven
that he chose wisely, for no country has a greater honor to bestow on any man than that of a successful, honest private citizen.
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY
Mr. W. is now engaged in the mercantile business, which is far the oldest established house in Central Illinois, having been opened 42 years ago and continued without intermission during all these years.
Although not a politician, Mr. Wagenseller has numbered among his personal friends some of the greatest statesmen of our time, and among the number was Abraham Lincoln, who, previous to his election to the Presidency, frequently visited him at his home here. Lincoln was, in former years, Mr. Wagenseller's attorney and after his elevation to the high position of President, he did not forget his friend of former years, but offered him an appointment to a Federal office, which Mr. Wagenseller chose to decline and time has proven
that he chose wisely, for no country has a greater honor to bestow on any man than that of a successful, honest private citizen.
HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY
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