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- Victor Duncan Waggoner - August 28, 1880 - July 7, 1950. Son of George Henry and Mary Alice Presley Waggoner. Husband of Jessie May Weed Waggoner. Married June 27, 1900 at Orwell, New York.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, July 13, 1950 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Victor Waggoner, Orwell, Succumbs Following Fall - Victor Waggoner, 69, life resident of Orwell, died in the Oswego hospital, late Friday afternoon, following injuries sustained June 27 while working on the new dormitory project at the Oswego State Teachers college. Funeral services were held from the home in Orwell, Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth L. Combs, pastor of the Orwell Community church officiating. Bearers were Merrill and Arthur Waggoner, Charles and DeWilton Lattimer, George Thomas and Simon Glover. Interment was made in the Evergreen cemetery at Orwell. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jessie Weed Waggoner; two daughters, Mrs. Albert Clifford and Miss Genevieve Waggoner; a son, Robert E. Waggoner; a brother, George Waggoner, all of Orwell, and a sister, Mrs. Jennie Perrin of Pennsylvania. Mr. Waggoner was born in Orwell, August 27, 1880, a son of George and Jane Duncan Waggoner, and had always made his home in Orwell. He was a mason and bricklayer by trade and served as clerk of the town of Orwell for a number of years. He, with three other men, were employed by the William E. Bouley & Company, of Auburn, general contractors on the dormitory project, when the scaffold on which they were working fell about 15 feet. Mr. Waggoner was the most seriously injured, suffering a laceration of the head and dislocated hip. Mr. and Mrs. Waggoner had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday prior to the accident, and their actual wedding anniversary was June 27, the day of his injury. Mr. Waggoner was a member of the Orwell Community church.
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