The Parents

John Franklin & Rosa Delephine Waggoner, parents of the 13 Waggoner brothers and sisters.


Born: Sept. 19, 1873

Died: Nov. 16, 1942

Father: Nichols H. Waggoner

Mother: Rachel Wade Lash Waggoner

Born: June 6, 1875

Died: April 26, 1930

Father: Nathaniel Jasper Smith

Mother: Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Gleason Smith

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Huchinson Cemetery, Hutchinson KS


Top Row, Left to Right: Ralph, Lester, Virgil, Roy, Russell, Hazel & Edna
Front Row, Left to Right: Dick, Edith, John Franklin with Alice on his lap, Laura with Cecil in front, Rosa Delaphine and Violet
(Circa 1920)

John Franklin Waggoner - 20 Years Old
House where John Franklin Waggoner died in November 1942
700 block of East 11th, Hutchinson KS
(picture taken June 2013)
Left to Right: Amy and Will Waggoner (John's brother) and John Franklin and Della Waggoner.

Della Waggoner
Back Row, Left to right: Della, Ralph and John Franklin. Middle Row, Left to Right: Edna and Lester. Front Row, Left to Right: Virgil and Roy (Cirica 1903.).

Della and her older twin sisters, Etta and Effie