About the Author

The author of this blog is Jess Wagstaff (David Jesse Wagstaff).
Telephone:  801-785-5660
Address:     276 East 100 South, Pleasant Grove, Utah 84062
Email:         djwagst at gmail.com

I am the son of David Edson Wagstaff, who was the son of John Alexander Wagstaff, who was the son of David Wagstaff, and  who was the son of Samuel Wagstaff, the immigrant ancestor.

I was reared on the farm homesteaded by my great grandfather, David Wagstaff in American Fork, Utah. I inherited the journal of Samuel Wagstaff, the photograph album of his wife Lucy Webb Wagstaff, the family Bible of David Wagstaff together with other artifacts of family interest.

My mother Ida Hayward Wagstaff is a certified genealogist with a lifetime of experience. My wife Ann (Edith Ann Taft) also has broad experience in the subject. Among her many accomplishments, she wrote a book on Kentucky census and did legal genealogy for an attorney in Oklahoma. She has identified many unlabeled photographs  of people in the family, many going back to the 1800's.

My goal is to learn everything possible about the Wagstaff family and to share that information. Please contact me with information you have or questions about the family.