Background
Wagner, James Elvin was born on October 6, 1873 in Savannah, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Mathias and Annie Josephine (Walker) Wagner.
Wagner, James Elvin was born on October 6, 1873 in Savannah, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Mathias and Annie Josephine (Walker) Wagner.
Bachelor of Arts, Parsons College, Veal’s Station, Texas, 1893. Bachelor of Arts, Upper Iowa University, 1904, Doctor of Divinity, 1910. Graduate study, Illinois Wesleyan University.
Principal Public school, Norman, Oklahoma, 1893-1894. Pastor Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Henrietta, Texas, 1894-1896. Joined Methodist Episcopal Church, 1898.
Pastor various charges until 1908.
Pastor Enid, Oklahoma, 1908-1913.
Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).; Clubs: Fort Henry (Wheeling).
Married Mary Catherine Britt, December 17, 1893. Children: Alta Anne (Mistress John Carmichael Clark), William Lowel, Eugene Palmer, Harry Hughes.