A detailed transcription of Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, likely in Michigan, with directions to the site and a long list of gravestone inscriptions recorded in September 2001. The collection includes names, dates, family relationships, military service notes, and epitaphs, offering a historical snapshot of local families and veterans buried there.
John Wagener, born on June 30, 1833, in Germany, immigrated to the United States in 1852, seeking better opportunities. He moved to New York City and learned the wagon-making trade before journeying to the Pacific Coast. In Idaho, he worked in placer mining and later on lumber mills, contributing to the local mining industry. He became a successful businessman, co-owning the Trook and Jennings mine and five-stamp mill, alongside various ranches. Wagener has been instrumental in Idaho’s development while maintaining a private life. He married Christina Nelson in 1884, and they have one daughter, Alice.