FOR sixteen years circuit clerk of Moultrie county, was born in the present Whitley township, then a part of Shelby county, September 1st, 1832. His ancestors were of German origin, and resided in North Carolina. His father, Amos Waggoner, and his mother, Narcissa Jay, were born, raised, and married in Rutherford county, North Carolina. They came to Illinois and settled on Whitley creek in 1828. Mr. Waggoner was raised in that part of the county. In 1850, when he was eighteen, his father moved with the family to Sullivan, and died in 1854. Amos Waggoner was a man of of natural ability though like most of the early pioneers he was self educated. He served two or three terms as justice of the peace, and at the time of his death was associate judge. W hen about twenty-two Mr. Waggoner took charge of a school and taught three terms. In the spring of 1858, in partnership with his brothers, he purchased the Sullivan Express, which had been established the preceding fall, and was the first newspaper published in Moultrie county. He was connected with this paper till 1860. In 1861 he was elected assessor and treasurer of the county, and served two years. In 1864 he was elected circuit clerk, and was reelected for three terms, thus filling the office for sixteen years in succession -- a longer period than any other county officer has held position in Moultrie county. Since the expiration of his last term as circuit clerk his time has been devoted to the abstract business. He was married on the twelfth of February, 1858, to Laura E. Henry, daughter of Elder B. W. Henry, one of the early ministers of the Christian church. Mrs. Waggoner was born in Shelby county. He has seven children by this marriage. He has always been a democrat. For more than twenty years he has been a member of the Christian church at Sullivan. He is now one of the oldest citizens of the county, there being few persons now living, who were residents of what is now Shelby county, at the time of his birth.