History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . f Peters-burg and on to the surrender of Gen. Robert at Appomatox. He is a member of Wm. Post G. A. R. and held the office of com-mander for two years, and officer of the day fortwo terms, which office he holds at the presenttime. (ITIZKXS OF BEAVKH 8PRTNGS J. O. WAGNER, M. D. All lives that are in the best sense worth thelivinK, says a well known writer, are so by be-inK true to their own popularity. There is un-doubtedly a certain line of life, a certain definite,however dimly defined, path predestined foreach, a
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . f Peters-burg and on to the surrender of Gen. Robert at Appomatox. He is a member of Wm. Post G. A. R. and held the office of com-mander for two years, and officer of the day fortwo terms, which office he holds at the presenttime. (ITIZKXS OF BEAVKH 8PRTNGS J. O. WAGNER, M. D. All lives that are in the best sense worth thelivinK, says a well known writer, are so by be-inK true to their own popularity. There is un-doubtedly a certain line of life, a certain definite,however dimly defined, path predestined foreach, and that achievement which we are accus-tomed to call success is simply the result of thevision that sees, and the energy that follows thishidden but divine leading. In the success at-tending this well known physician and surgeon,who for years has been a leading practitioner atBeaver Springs, Snyder county, we see an illus-tration of this truth. So strong was his desire tofollow the direction of his special gifts thathe turned from the offer of a certain compet-. ence of a farmer, and making his own waythrough college entered his chosen Wagner was born June 0th, 1855, in Jacksontownship, Snyder county, near Kratzerville,where his father, Y. H. Wagner, still resides, hebeing the oldest justice of the peace in Snydercounty, having held his commission since 1862up to the present time. He held the office ofschool director for eleven years and was activein military affairs; before the warhe havingserv-ed as first lieutenant after serving three years asa private in a company of State militia. The Doc-tors mother, whose maiden name was SusannaHelm, was a daughter of that well known pion-eer, Capt. John Hehn. The Doctor attendedschool in Kratzerville, and although his opportun-ities were inferior to those of the present day, hemade such good use of them that before he wassixteen he was prepared to teach, his first schoolbeing in the Brouse school house in his nativetownsh
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