Kentucky. They are members of the Presbyterian
Church, and Mr. Wager was elder m the Che.stnut-
street church for a number of years. He is a Prohibi-
tionist in politics.
Edward A. Stuebgen, insurance office, No. 15
West Eighth street, Erie, Pa., born in Erie December
17, 1852, is a son of Carl G. and Wilhelmina (Wieken-
hagen) Stuebgen, natives of Saxony, Germany, who
came to America early in the thirties, locating at
Saxonburg, Butler county. Pa., where they remained
until 1844. In 1843 he took up the mmistry, preaching
the German Lutheran doctrine. He served some time
in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and later in Wheel-
ing, W. Va. He came to Erie in 1846 and served as
pastor of St. John's German Evangelical Lutheran
Church till 1863, when he retired from the ministry
and went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the
milling business, successfully operating a grist an