History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 966, Woodland Township
George Waggoner, deceased, settled in Fulton county, in 1865;
was born in Adams county, Pa., in 1823; followed farming; married Miss
Maria Little, daughter of John and Elizabeth Little. When the war broke
out George Waggoner enlisted in Co. B, 101st Pa. Veteran Volunteers,
served 9 months, was honorably discharged; came to Woodland, where he
bought 40 acres; subsequently he purchased the present homestead
property, consisting of 120 acres of well improved land; in 1875 he
died, leaving his wife and 10 children, - John A., who was a soldier in
the late war, Geo. R., also a soldier, Wm. J., Margaret E., Mary C.,
Henry F., Jane A., Sarah A., Ida J. and Ellen F.
