Written on side: "Bessie Waggoner, oldest daughter of Ellet and Jessie Waggoner was born in Oakland, California, on November 26, 1882. When she grew up, she married Henry Harrower, who was in the medical field. They settled in Glendale, California."
Written on side: "Pearl Waggoner, younger daughter of Ellet and Jessie Waggoner, was born in Oakland on February 27, 1855. When she grew up, she married Elder Ellis P. Howard. They went to South and Central America as missionaries."
At the time of his death in 1916, Dr. Waggoner left a manuscript on his desk which some said was actually written by his second wife. However, others printed it in pamphlet form as his "Confession of Faith."
Ellet and Jessie Waggoner had three children, though only their two daughters lived to maturity. Bessie, aged six or seven, and Pearl, aged four or five, are shown in this photograph. They are standing in the garden behind their home at 1465 Castro Street, Oakland, California, where they lived while ...
E.J. Waggoner was not yet thirty when in 1884 he became associate editor of The Signs of the Times, working with his father, Elder J.H. Waggoner. In 1886 the younger Waggoner was made editor of the paper, a position he held until 1891.
In 1899, E.J. Waggoner and former General Conference President Elder O.A. Olson participated in a campmeeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, and since both men are in this photograph, it is possible that it was taken at that Swiss campmeeting. Dr. E.J. Waggoner is pictured int eh back row, sixth from teh ...