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  • Name George WAGENSELLER 
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    • (1) Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Volume II, Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1915, p. 1068:

      George Wagenseller was educated in the schools of Chester county and at the private school kept by Professor Rambo, at Trappe, Montgomery Co., Pa. On Dec. 6, 1881, he was apprenticed for four years to the machinist's trade with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Sunbury, Pa., and remained in the employ of the company for twenty-three years, being in the roundhouse most of the time. On March 8, 1888, he was made foreman of the engine house at Nescopeck; May 1, 1901, transferred to Pittsburg[h], to take charge of the engine house at Forty-eighth street; and on Dec. 1, 1901, was again transferred, to the engine house at Erie, Pa., where he terminated his twenty-three years of service. On March 8, 1904, Mr. Wagenseller came to Bloomsburg, and leased the "St. Elmo Hotel," conducting it until April 1, 1912, when he leased the "Central Hotel" here for a term of ten years. The hotel has fifty bedrooms, and is operated in such a manner as to merit the patronage of the traveling public, Mr. Wagenseller being one of the most popular men in the hotel business in Bloomsburg.

      George Wagenseller married Mary E. McClow, born March 31, 1864, daughter of Oliver McClow, of Sunbury, who for over half a century was with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, for forty-eight years an engineer. He is now on the pension list of that company. Mr. and Mrs. Wagenseller have had these children: (1) Simon Cameron, born Oct. 18, 1886, on Oct. 19, 1914, married Sarah E. Davies. (2) Laura, born March 20, 1888, married Bruce Holdren, and has one child, James Wagenseller Holdren. (3) George Oliver, born Oct. 7, 1889, died April 20, 1896. (4) James Kerchner, born Sept. 19, 1891, is attending Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. (5) Anna Marguerite, born Oct. 30, 1893, died April 13, 1914. (6) Mary Elizabeth, born Sept. 2, 1895, is attending the Bloomsburg State Normal School. (7) Sarah Esther was born Nov. 3. 1897. (8) Wayne McVeigh was born Oct. 18. 1900. (9) Edwin Gibson was born Aug. 19, 1902. (10) Harriet Ethel was born Jan. 20, 1905. The four children last named are attending school at Bloomsburg.

      Mr. Wagenseller is interested in all that pertains to the welfare of the town of Bloomsburg, and is a member of the Elks, the Red Men and Friendship Fire Company there. He and his family belong to the Episcopal Church.
    Person ID I28252  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024 

    Family Mary E. McCLOW 
    Children 
     1. Laura WAGENSELLER
    Family ID F12298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2024