Wagner, Joseph

Joseph Wagner was likely born in Baden, Germany, one of nine children. He left Germany for the U.S. in 1868 where he worked briefly in St. Louis, Missouri, but was in Helena, Montana Territory by 1869. He later married Mary Elizabeth LeMaster and they had at least two children. His brothers, Sebastian and Isador, eventually came to Montana as well, and they acquired adjoining acreage near Florence, Montana. Joseph Wagner likely died on May 17, 1915.

From the guide to the Joseph Wagner letters, 1869-1886, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)