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Obituary - William Henry Waits (1845-1927)

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WILLIAM HENRY WAITS

William Henry Waits was born in Clermont County Ohio, September 29, 1845. He departed this life at his home in Ruby, Nebraska, January 30, 1927. Age 81 years, 4 months, and one day.

He was united in marriag with Mrs. Elvie Pitt, January 24, 1875. [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday - James WAITS 1760-1855

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James WAITS is my 5th great grandfather. In other words, he’s my grandfather’s grandfather’s great grandfather!

James was born in Berkeley County, Virginia (which is now West Virginia).  His tombstone says he was born in 1760, but a deposition that I read in his Revolutionary [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday – Reason Waits (1819-1892)

Reason WAITS was my great great great grandfather James G WAITS’ brother, and the source of the letters that I quoted a couple of weeks ago in this post.

For some reason, Reason has been on my radar a lot this week so I thought it would be fitting to post these photos of his very [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday – Edwin William Waits (1892-1963)

I thought it would be fitting today to show you Edwin William Waits’ tombstone, since he was a major part of my day yesterday.

Edwin was born in Milford, Seward, Nebraska, USA and died in Marion, Oregon, USA.  It’s my understanding that he was married with kids.  Was it common back then to take someone’s body [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday – William Christopher WAITS – Civil War casualty

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Yesterday, I was drawn to my WAITS ancestors in Ohio and thought I would look through all of the records in www.findagrave.com that listed WAITS in Brown County, Ohio.  It sorts them according to the name of the cemetery and I was almost immediately rewarded with [...]

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