The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-28
IWAGGAMAN."..D
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former Treasurer 81 9S Cat ho lie
University Passes q Away wa
After Long illness.
WIDELY KNOWN I'm COUNTRY
Had Been Living for Nul1,ber ofi
Months on Farm Year
Annapolis. u "a

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W
yvAsH1NGTO ON, June 27.-Sord has
been received here that Thor111 y. i1vag-
Egannana Of this city, former treasurer OF
the Catholic University who failed for
over $4,000, 600 about q year ago, died to-
dayion farm near Annapolis, Md, where
he had been for d number OF months The
cause OF death was cancer 81 the face
4 He was sixty-ninc years Of age. q ~
$5 Thomas Ennalls vagganan beganNhis
4 business life IN this city as q collector
4 OF bad bills, with nothing but his energy
8 as his capital, land he made d success OF
this lne OF work. He next ook W the
collection OF rents, and. passing from
that drfted into the real estate estate busl-
ness. III fisg n EN- N 8
Failure Followed Success. Il
Ills success 1T this was SO phenonlen J,
4 40 gigantic, that b when he failed, two
Yea rs ago. his n liabilities were more
than $4,000 900, his real estate HOLDINGS
were tho largest held tJy any man in tho
District OF Columbia, and, even the day
before he mnde2his assignment t, his credit tnt
was never questioned. .
s3 When he did fail, he ascrlbcd the coll
lapse 10 the fact that he was land poor
Tie held Immense tracts OF land tinsioe
J, the city ana In the su burbs, and on al
this re continually paid interest NVllilo
he paid this large interest. the value Oh
land inG Washington remained sta tlon-3
ary,Sand he did not realize on his u Old &
ings, as no had thought lie ~tsao 9 o O.
indeed. LID to the very last, he hoped anu
K felt confident that the land values IN
washington would 80 up SO that n ne ne
might realize the returns that ne hal
J! counted on. i8 . "
5fE9# But III, the last months OF his life at
was demons trated 8$ that no had saved
from the wreck OF his fortunes no Z y 4, z
cen for himself for - wif or. for ms
children Hc had spent in iseclusons MS
last days. In a plain country house on
the banks OF Sou tn River, near Chesa-
Epeake Bay. his brother. John ~ traggal-- :!
man. providing all the needs of HE Tor
4 him and his famil,'. ri 5 5s5 5s3 "
425s. Married Three Times.
Thomas n e. wa ggarnan was married
I three times and had TWEEN y-tHo children
eleven Of whom ,ow Il I've. His widow.
mother OF six children, was e Miss yFag-
2Ramar,,s OF New Orleans, O. distant cousin
4 of Mr.. wa ggan,an. WY 4.3. # fss5
WI she has been his constant nurse and
attendant during his terrible illness. on
the banks Of South River.
u IN addition to being man q large
gWealtn prlOTHft 10 his 1dltut "a wa
u canaan was q noted ms i NJ person OF art.
and his art gallery In his palatial George
town home was I. noted throug hout the
country, Il After his ssignment the treas 81
9uresy Of this gallery ne re- put up at auc
I. ii 81 lin New III ork, but not brtng s4as
mig Il prices as nal Been expected Of hem.
OF an Old Mary land Family
j Tie 4sYvagganan family figured con-
q spIcuously In the annals OF Maryland
q more than $50 years "a go. at which time
Z Capt Iphraim Nyaggaman,|S who had
x settled In Worcester county, was COM
& 4aissloned sheriff OF the county. It is.
I. therefore, peculiarly appropriate tina
4 John F. lYaggaman should own a hand
some country home on the banks q OF
& South River, and that Thomas e. EYag-
8gaman should have retired to the
Il opposite shore Of the river to spend his
last days on the soil which his ances-
tors had SO long known. ia
Mr.. waggaman died In his si sis ssis1
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