For many years, Mike Waggoner has been interested in America’s early history. His family has significant ties to its development. Specific individuals from his lineage came to Virginia during America’s infancy. Their lives and service had a profound influence on the United States of America’s founding documents.
Lieutenant Thomas Waggener (Waggoner) was wounded at Jumonville Glen on May 28, 1754. This was the initiation of hostilities culminating in the French and Indian War. He fought at Fort Necessary, Pennsylvania, on July 3, 1754, and was commended by the Virginia Assembly. Promoted to Captain Thomas Waggoner, he commanded a Virginia Regiment company at Braddock’s Defeat in 1755, where tragically his brother, Lieutenant Edmund Waggoner, was killed.
Judge Edmund Pendleton, the temporary governor of Virginia in 1775-1776, drafted the resolution which created our country. Richard Henry Lee (no relation), delegate from Virginia, presented the Lee Resolution to the Second Continental Congress. It was approved on July 2, 1776. John Penn, a nephew, signed the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Edmund's sister was Mike's ancestor.
James Madison, a third cousin, was his family’s United States Representative when he wrote the Bill of Rights and is known as the Father of the U.S. Constitution.
Mike is a native of the Inland Pacific Northwest. His family has lived in Idaho since 1908, and four generations on his maternal side have been active in civic leadership. Mike Waggoner is a former manager and elected official.
