Editing Adam Willis Wagnalls

{{Short description|American publisher (1844–1924)}}

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[[File:Wagnalls Memorial Library.jpg|thumb|right|[[Wagnalls Memorial Library]] in [[Lithopolis, Ohio]]]]
'''Adam Willis Wagnalls''' (September 24, 1843 – September 3, 1924) was an American [[publisher]]. He was the co-founder of the [[Funk & Wagnalls Company]] in 1877.

Wagnalls was born in [[Lithopolis, Ohio]], but moved away at age 5. Wagnalls attended Wittenberg College (now [[Wittenberg University]]) in [[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]], [[Ohio]], where he became a [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], with [[Isaac Kaufmann Funk]]. He married Hester Anna Willis, also a native of Lithopolis. They had one child, [[Mabel Wagnalls|Mabel Wagnalls Jones]].

Wagnalls died on September 3, 1924, in [[Northport, New York]] and is buried with his wife and their daughter at Lithopolis Cemetery.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ELQt5H20hjQC&q=Lithopolis+cemetery+wagnalls ''Ohio Pride'']</ref>

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==Sources==
*[http://www.daggy.name/cop/bkofdead/obits-wa.htm Caskets on Parade]

==External links==
* {{find a Grave|16327970}}
* [http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Adam_Willis_Wagnalls  Adam Willis Wagnalls] at [[New World Encyclopedia]].
* [http://www.wagnallslibrary.org/ Wagnalls Memorial Library]

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[[Category:1843 births]]
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[[Category:American publishers (people)]]
[[Category:Wittenberg University alumni]]
[[Category:People from Lithopolis, Ohio]]
[[Category:People from Northport, New York]]
[[Category:19th-century American businesspeople]]


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