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WALDO, GEORGE
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  George Waldo, on sec. 8, Mecosta Tp., (P. O. Big Rapids) was born in
  Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1830.  His parents, Samuel and
  Sally (Cowen) Waldo, were born in New York and Ireland respectively.

  He accompanied his family to Ohio when five years old, and at nine years
  of age left home to engage as a stage driver, and pursued that calling
  seven years, driving continually on one route.  In the fall of 1847 he
  came to Saginaw, Mich., and there engaged in lumbering six years, going
  in 1854 to Kent Co., where he was similarly occupied four years.  His
  next remove was to Jackson, Mich., to work on a Government contract, and
  there operated until the wave of civil warfare swept over the land and
  for the time being obliterated private projects and aspirations.  Mr.
  Waldo enlisted Oct. 19, 1861, in the First Michigan Engineers and
  Mechanics.  His term of enrollment entitled him to the position of road
  constructor, but he was in active service at Perryville, Ky., and Stone
  River, Tenn. and Shiloh.  He was made Sergeant in 1862 and continued his
  services until he was discharged at Atlanta, Ga., in Oct., 1864.

  He returned to Mecosta and has since been engaged in farming and
  lumbering.  Soon after again settling in the township he bought 40 acres
  of land, on which he built the first house erected in this section.  Mr.
  Waldo is a Democrat and has served several terms as Constable, with
  entire satisfaction.

  He was married at Grand Rapids, April 29, 1846, to Mary J., daughter of
  John and Jane (Campbell) Smith.  She died July 6, 1865, leaving one
  child, Charles W., born Jan. 10, 1861.  Mr. Waldo was a

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  second time married Nov. 12, 1865, at Cedar Springs, Kent Co., to Mrs.
  Kate Wilcox, daughter of Samuel and Ruth (Acers) Skillman.  She was born
  June 30, 1842, and was firsts married in 1859.  Mr. and Mrs. Waldo have
  seven children, born in the following order:  Orpha E., Feb. 6, 1867;
  Samuel, Aug. 26, 1868; Henry, March 9, 1871; George, March 18, 1873;
  Bertha, March 26, 1875; Alma, Aug. 13, 1877; Walter, May 15, 1880.


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