Descendants of John TOPE/Jacob DOUB
George TOPE and Elizabeth BOWER
Levi TOPE and Sarah Catherine DAVIS
Hiram James TOPE and Frances GATES
Family of Edith Belle TOPE and Lewis WAGNER

     Edith Belle TOPE was born 1 July 1882 in Blue Creek Twp., Paulding Co., Ohio, and died 27 October 1963 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. Edith married Lewis WAGNER in Paulding Co., Ohio on 16 October 1902 in Paulding Co., Ohio. Lewis was born 6 September 1879 in Biedenkopf, Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and died 4 October 1963 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. They are buried in IOOF Cemetery, Convoy, Van Wert Co., Ohio.
Their children:

1. Arthur Edward WAGNER, born 27 May 1903 in Briceton, Paulding Co., Ohio, died 3 April 1952 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. He married Ivy DAWSON on 21 November 1925.  Ivy died on 11 February 1998 [see note]
2. Anna Louesa WAGNER, born 3 June 1905 in Briceton, Paulding Co., Ohio. She married Lewis Alonzo HALL on 17 September 1927 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. He was born 21 May 1899 in Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado, and died 30 June 1972 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana; buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana.
3. John Hiram WAGNER, born 13 May 1909 in Briceton, Paulding Co., Ohio, and died 17 January 1978 in Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana; buried Greenlawn Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. John married Mildred Elizabeth LEE on 25 March 1930.  Mildred was born 9 December 1911 in Allen Co., Indiana.
4. Zelda Marie WAGNER was born in Convoy, Van Wert Co., Ohio, 19 January 1915; married Dale LANDCRAFF on 4 September 1932.  Dale died 21 June 1971.
5. Frances Helen WAGNER, born 8 September 1918 in Tully Twp., Van Wert Co., Ohio; died 3 January 1999 in Ft. Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana.
6. Carl Wilson WAGNER, born 8 May 1921 in Convoy, Van Wert Co., Ohio, died 24 September 1985, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana; burial Highland Park Cemetery, Fort Wayne, Allen Co., Indiana. He married Phyllis LAISURE
7. Dorothy Mae WAGNER, born in Convoy, Van Wert Co., Ohio; married Elvin F. WAPPES.

Source: Lois Hall Snouffer, Descendants of John Jost WAGNER, December 1999.

Note:  Death date for Ivy provided by Suzanne Christie.   She also noted that their first son, Donald, died on 30 March 2000.

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