The Men of Lafayette, 1826-1893
Lafayette College, Its History, Its Men, Their Record
Selden J. Coffin1891
Easton, PA
Jacob Wagner, son of Judge Daniel Wagner, one of the early settlers of the
place, was a native of Easton, born in 1799. Though a young man at
the time of the founding of the college, he was made a member of the Board
of Trustees, and for many years took a prominent part in their
deliberations and labors. He was an influential and public-spirited
citizen, whose culture and learning no less than his eminent social and
business qualities contributed to give him a high position in the
community. Those who knew him speak with special warmth of his
attainments in literature and of his studies in mineralogy and botany, in
which sciences he made valuable collections that now have a place in the
college cabinets. He died in 1858
Wagner
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