# Daniel Waggoner

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{{Short description|American rancher (1828–1902)}}
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| birth_date =July 7, 1828
| birth_place =[Lincoln County, Tennessee](/source/Lincoln_County%2C_Tennessee), U.S.
| death_date ={{Death-date and age|September 5, 1902|July 7, 1828}}
| death_place =[Colorado Springs, Colorado](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado), U.S.
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| occupation = Settler, rancher, businessman, banker
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| spouse =Nancy (Moore) Waggoner<br/>Sicily Ann (Halsell) Waggoner
| children =[William Thomas Waggoner](/source/William_Thomas_Waggoner)
| parents =Solomon Waggoner<br/>Elizabeth (McGaugh) Waggoner
| relatives =[Guy Waggoner](/source/Guy_Waggoner) <small>(grandson)</small><br/>[Electra Waggoner](/source/Electra_Waggoner) <small>(granddaughter)</small><br/>[E. Paul Waggoner](/source/E._Paul_Waggoner) <small>(grandson)</small><br/>[Albert Buckman Wharton III](/source/Albert_Buckman_Wharton_III) <small>(great-great-grandson)</small>
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'''Daniel Waggoner''' (July 7, 1828 – September 5, 1902) was an early American settler and rancher in [Texas](/source/Texas). He also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company. He established the [Waggoner Ranch](/source/Waggoner_Ranch), which spanned eight counties: [Wise County](/source/Wise_County%2C_Texas), [Clay County](/source/Clay_County%2C_Texas), [Wichita County](/source/Wichita_County%2C_Texas), [Wilbarger County](/source/Wilbarger_County%2C_Texas), [Foard County](/source/Foard_County%2C_Texas), [Baylor County](/source/Baylor_County%2C_Texas), [Archer County](/source/Archer_County%2C_Texas), and [Knox County](/source/Knox_County%2C_Texas). In 1959, he was inducted into the [Hall of Great Westerners](/source/Hall_of_Great_Westerners) of the [National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum](/source/National_Cowboy_%26_Western_Heritage_Museum).<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Great Westerners |url=https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/hall-of-great-westerners/ |website=National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum |access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Daniel Waggoner was born on July 7, 1828, in [Lincoln County, Tennessee](/source/Lincoln_County%2C_Tennessee).<ref name="bjaneengland">B. Jane England, "WAGGONER, DANIEL," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fwa08), accessed November 12, 2014. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the [Texas State Historical Association](/source/Texas_State_Historical_Association).</ref> His father, Solomon Waggoner, was a farmer, cattleman, and horse and slave trader.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> His mother was Elizabeth (McGaugh) Waggoner.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> He moved to [Hopkins County, Texas](/source/Hopkins_County%2C_Texas), with his parents in 1848.<ref name="bjaneengland"/>

==Career==
In the 1850s, he moved from Hopkins County to [Wise County, Texas](/source/Wise_County%2C_Texas) with his son, an African slave, six horses and 242 [Longhorn](/source/Texas_Longhorn) cattle.<ref name="garycartwright">Gary Cartwright, [http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/showdown-waggoner-ranch Showdown at Waggoner Ranch], ''[Texas Monthly](/source/Texas_Monthly)'', January 2004</ref> They settled on [Catlett Creek](/source/Catlett_Creek), near [Decatur](/source/Decatur%2C_Texas).<ref name="bjaneengland"/><ref name="garycartwright"/> The land was 'open range' when they first arrived.<ref name="garycartwright"/>

In 1856, he purchased 320 acres of land near <!-- [-->Cactus Hill<!--](/source/Cactus_Hill%2C_Texas) -->, and moved his family there.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> He later purchased more land on [Denton Creek](/source/Denton_Creek), seven miles east of Decatur.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> Each time, the whole family moved with him.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> Over the next three decades, he purchased more land in Wise County as well as [Clay](/source/Clay_County%2C_Texas), [Wichita](/source/Wichita_County%2C_Texas), [Wilbarger](/source/Wilbarger_County%2C_Texas), [Foard](/source/Foard_County%2C_Texas), [Baylor](/source/Baylor_County%2C_Texas), [Archer](/source/Archer_County%2C_Texas), and [Knox](/source/Knox_County%2C_Texas) Counties.<ref name="bjaneengland"/><ref name="garycartwright"/>

Some of the land was acquired after he sent gunslinger Jimmie Roberts to intimidate small farmers into selling it to them.<ref name="garycartwright"/> However, many sold it willingly, as a drought was occurring at the time.<ref name="garycartwright"/> Many of those small farmers moved to [Lockett, Texas](/source/Lockett%2C_Texas), where they enjoyed access to the [Seymour Aquifer](/source/Seymour_Aquifer).<ref name="garycartwright"/> Waggoner's landholdings became known as the Waggoner Ranch.<ref name="historicalsociety">[http://www.wisehistory.com/waggoner_mansion.html Wise County Historical Society: The Waggoner Mansion]</ref> The ranch operated under the company name of Waggoner and Son.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> With his son, he also owned five banks, three cottonseed oil mills, and a coal company.<ref name="bjaneengland"/>

==Personal life and death==
He was married twice. His first wife was Nancy (Moore) Waggoner, the daughter of William Moore, whom he married in the late 1840s.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> They had a son, [William Thomas Waggoner](/source/William_Thomas_Waggoner).<ref name="bjaneengland"/><ref name="garycartwright"/> He became a widower shortly thereafter.<ref name="bjaneengland"/>

In 1859, he married Sicily Ann (Halsell) Waggoner, the daughter of Electious and Elizabeth J. Halsell.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> She was only 16 years old at the time, while he was 31.<ref name="bjaneengland"/> In 1883, he built the [Waggoner Mansion](/source/Waggoner_Mansion), also known as ''El Castile'', in Decatur, where he resided with his family.<ref name="garycartwright"/><ref name="historicalsociety"/>

He died of kidney disease on September 5, 1902, in [Colorado Springs, Colorado](/source/Colorado_Springs%2C_Colorado).<ref name="bjaneengland"/>

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Category:1828 births
Category:1902 deaths
Category:People from Lincoln County, Tennessee
Category:People from Wise County, Texas
Category:Businesspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Category:Ranchers from Texas
Category:Businesspeople from Texas
Category:Bankers from Texas
Category:People from Decatur, Texas

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