David Wager (March 17, 1804 – July 27, 1870) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was a member of the

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(Oneida Co.) in

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and 1835. He was a member of the

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(5th D.) from 1836 to 1840, sitting in the 59th, 60th, 61st, 62nd and

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s. In 1840, he married Mary Eliza Williams (c. 1811–1904), daughter of Judge Nathan Williams (1773–1835). Their daughter Mary Wager married in 1863 State Senator Alexander T. Goodwin (1837–1899). Wager died on July 27, 1870. David Wager and his wife were buried at the Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica. Gen.

Henry Halleck Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important part ...

(1815–1872) and Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822–1901) were his nephews. Charles H. Whipple was his grand nephew.

References

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pp. 131f, 147, 214, 217 and 313; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Death notice
of his widow, in NYT on January 4, 1904
Marriage notice
in ''American Masonic Register and Literary Companion'' (issue of January 11, 1840; p. 151) * Genealogy of the Whipple-Wright Wager Ward-Pell Mclean-Burnet Families together with records of Allied Families by Chyarles H. Whipple 1917 p. 56

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wager, David 1804 births 1870 deaths Democratic Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Utica, New York Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature