Karl Wagner
Born: January 25th, 1823
Died: June 18th, 1879
Obituary
Mr. Charles Wagner died at his residence on Valley street yesterday morning. He had been in bad health for many years, but had been about the house and attending to his business until a short time ago. He had been a resident of Burlington for thirty years. He was a member of the Germania society and the order of Druids. During the war, he, in company with several other Burlington men, went to Illinois and enlisted in the fifty-seventh Illinois infantry. He was a musician in the regiment until the time of his discharge. Ever since then he has been the proprietor of the Valley Street house, He was a quiet, kindhearted man who bore the true respect of all who knew him.