SYMBIOS

William WATERS, or WATROUS, was born in New York State in 1795, and died in Oregon in 1875. In between, he lived in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, and fathered twelve children with Rachel COX. One of their children, Hannah Keziah WATERS married Asa Alfred McCULLY, and was my wife's great great-grandmother. In the course of our McCULLY-WATERS investigations, we have accumulated information on many of the WATERS descendants, which we share below.

WATERS NAMES INDEX

ALTON: Lettie 25; Lucette 25; Melvina 25
BAILEY: H. F. 79; Pearl 79
BOOSING: Albert 93; Daniel 93; Louemma 93
BRITTON: Addie 19; William 19
BROWN: Arza 65; Bessie 65; Eva 65; Leola 65; Nathaniel 65
BRUNKER: Asa 47; Maud 47
CARTWRIGHT: Rachel 27; William 27
CHAPMAN: Esta 56; Ira 56; Martha 56
CORNWALL: Alice 19
COX: Elizabeth 3; Nancy 3; Rachel 1;William 3
DANIELS: Rebecca 38
DILLON: Catherine 7
FARRISH: Earl 57; Elizabeth 57; Floretta 57; James 57; Joseph 57; Rachel 57
FINNEY: Margaret 7
FITZGERALD: Eva 37, 91; Maurice 37
FITZSIMMONS: Hannah 1
FLINT: Edith 54; Estella 53; Judson 53; Lyman 53, 54; Marie 54; Mary 53, 54
FRY: Anna 15; Mary 15; Samuel 15
GARRETT: Elizabeth 30
GLENN: Morgan 9; Sallie 9
GRIMM: Elma 92; Sarah 92
HILL: Mary 40
HUMMEL: Ella 70; Isaac 70; Mattie 70; Rosahah 70
HUSTON: Elizabeth 7
JACKSON: Alexander 17; Blanche 55; Burton 54; Charles 55; Earl 56; Edith 54; Edna 58; Effie 55; Esta 56; Estella 53;
Floretta 57; Frances 58; Francis 17; Keziah 17; Marie 54; Mary 53; Nancy 17; Rachel 57; Ralph 56; Sarah 17;
Thomas 54; Wilber 55
JACQUES: Hester 58
KETCHAM: John 2; Mary 2; Nancy 2
KEYSER: August 71; Belle 71; Eunice 71
KIRN: Mildred 42
KLINE: Mary 60
KLOPP: Louise 64
KNIGHTON: Charles 40; Elinor 40; Lella 40; Mary 40; William 40
KNOWLES: Elizabeth 7
KOHLER: Emma 55
LEE: Martha 56
LENZ: John 64; Louise 64; Mildred 64; Nettie 64; William 64
LISTER: Allie 38; Carrie 38; Charles 38; Clare 38; Gertrude 38; Rebecca 38; William 38
LOVE: Carrie 38; Gertrude 38; John 38; Mary 38
MAROHN: Irene 49; Phoebe 49
McCARTNEY: Henry 7; Margaret 7; Sarah 7
McCULLY: Asa 5; Catherine 7; Hannah 5; Mary 7, 38; Samuel 7
McGREW: Annabelle 20; Belle 20; Cyrena 20; John 20
McGUIRE: Delphene 41; Margaret 41
MEYERS: Amy 9; William 9
MOON: Jessie 18; Nancy 18; Sarah 18
MOORE: Effie 32; Elizabeth 32; Iva 32; Jonah 32
MORELOCK: Amy 77; Frankie 80; Goldie 78; Homer 78; James 26; Jane 26; Lela 81; Levie 81; Mary 26; Olney 82; Omer 78; Pearl 78; Richard 82
MORRISON: Elvina 68; Frank 68; Gladys 68; Marie 68
NORTH: Eleanor 8; Elizabeth 8; George 8; Marie 8
NORTHRUP: Charles 39; Jessica 39; Lucia 39; Sarelia 39
OBERMANN: Marie 68
ONSEN: Belle 71; Eunice 71; Oswald 71
PATTERSON: Edna 61; May 61
PEAK: Rachel 16; Theaticus 16
PITT: Amy 9
POGGEMILLER: Mary 62
PORTER: Addie 19; Caroline 19; Lizzie 92; Mae 92; Ross 92; Rueben 19
PRICKETT: Elizabeth 59; Nora 59
PRINGLE: Lucia 39; Sarelia 39
RAMILLER: Chris 62; Frederick 62; George 62; Mary 62
REESE: Mary 31
ROBINSON: Louemma 93; William 93
ROLAND: Atta 19
ROUGHTON: Louemma 93; William 93
RUNYAN: Eva 65
SCHOELEL: George 93; Louemma 93; William 93
SCOTT: Lillian 69; May 69; Parker 69
SMITH: Edna 58; Frances 58; George 58; Hester 58; John 58
TEEPLE: Elizabeth 3
TRUEBLOOD: Ella 70
URSCHEL: Lizzie 92; Mae 92
WATERS: Aaron 49; Abner 7, 48; Addie 19; Alice 19; Allie 38; Amy 9; Ann/Anna 7, 15, 27, 52; Annabelle 20; Atta 19:
Augustus 50; Belle 20, 71; Bertha 60; Bessie 65; Blanche 22; Byron 11, 14; Charles 10, 11, 22; Chauncy 13;
Chester 69; Cyrena 62; Damon 88; Dell 43; Delphene 41; Eben 41; Edna 61; Edward 36; Effie 32; Eleanor 8;
Elinor 40; Elizabeth 7, 8, 28, 51, 59; Ellen 6; Elliott 84; Elma 92: Elvina 68; Emerson 84; Eunice 71; Eva 37;
Francis 61; Frank 39, 61, 92; Fred/Frederick 42, 59; George 12, 24, 33, 41; Gladys 68; Hannah 1, 5; Harrison 8;
Harry 43; Helen 85; Henry 8; Huldah 39; Irene 49; Iva 32; James 3, 19, 49, 73; Jane 26, 60; Jennie 60; Jessica 39;
John 6, 18, 31; Julius 9; Keziah 5, 17; Leland 86; Lella 40; Lena 88; Leola 65; Leslie 86; Lettie 25; Lillian 69;
Lizzie 92; Louemma 93; Love 31; Lucette 25; Lula 89; Lyle 86; Mae 92; Margaret 41; Mark 69; Mary 2, 7, 23, 26,
31, 35, 51, 62, 75; Mattie 70; Maud 47; May 61; Melvina 74; Mildred 42, 64; Nancy 3, 6, 17; Nellie 74, 83;
Nettie 64; Nora 59; Norma 86, 87; Paul 68; Phoebe 49; Rachel 16, 27, 67; Ralph 42; Robert 21; Rosahah 70;
Ruth 67; Sallie 9; Samuel 2, 20, 48; Sarah 7, 18, 92; Scott 15, 34; Thomas 20, 59; Truman 50; Walter 1, 7;
Wayne 43; Wesley 32; Willard 90; William 1, 4, 8, 14, 25, 29, 32, 39, 76; Winfield 15, 34; Winnifred 52, 72.
WENDOVER: Blanche 55; Effie 55; Emma 55; Joel 55
WHITE: Blanche 22
WILLIAMS: Sarah 17
WILSON: Bertha 60; Clyde 60; Elma 92; James 60; Jennie 60; John 60; Mary 60; Oswald 92; Sarah 92
WINTERS: Elbert 53; Estella 53; John 53; Lavinia 53; Mary 53
WOODY: Nancy 18

FIRST GENERATION

1. WILLIAM WATROUS/WATERS
William WATROUS was born 9 June 1795 in Chemung, Montgomery (now, Chemung) County, New York, one of four children born to Walter Watrous (1765-1846) and Hannah Fitzsimmons (ca 1770-1797). [See Part I]. His tombstone in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, gives his birthplace as "Geneseo Co., New York, which within the family has been translated as Genesee County. Clearly, he was born in Chemung, because his family was residing there for a number of years both before and after his birth. Technically, he could not have been born in Genesee County because it did not exist as a legal entity until 1802. The tombstone inscription "Geneseo Co." could have referred to "Genesee Country, " a term used to designate a large area of early western New York State, generally that land to the west of the 1792 "Pre-emption Line." [1] Even using this broader definition, only the western third of Chemung County lay inside "Genesee Country." Under any terms, designating William Watrous' birth place as "Genesee" is a stretch!
William spent his first 10 to 14 years of his life in what is now Chemung County, first in Chemung, then in Newtown (or Southport, as it is now called)[2, 3, 4]. By 1810, he had moved with his father, step-mother Hester SMITH and siblings to Williamson, Ontario (now Wayne) County, New York [5].
He allegedly served in the militia during the War of 1812. He described his service in an 1857 application for a bounty land grant: "(I am) the identical William Waters who was a private in the Company Commanded by Captain Durphey in the regiment of troops Commanded by Colonel Howel... (I) served as a substitute for a man by the name of N. C. Handy, who was drafted, but did not serve... (I) entered into the service at Cananadaqua, New York, as the substitute of the said N. C. Handy, on or about the 1st of March 1813, for the term of three months, and was honorably discharged at Eleven Mile Creek, State of New York" [6]. This is a good description of the 39th Regiment of the New York Militia, which was called "Howell's Regiment" after Lt. Col. Howell, and which had a Capt. Aaron Durfee. Several men named William Waters served in the New York Militia and New York Volunteers, but no records of any who served with the 39th Regiment appear to have survived. (A version of William Waters' War of 1812 record, published in a biographical sketch of his son Julius Waters, has him participating in the battles of Lundy's Lane and Chippewa [7]. However, both of those well-known actions occurred in 1814, a year after William wrote that he was discharged, and do not seem to have involved "Howell's Regiment.")
I haven't been able to definitely locate William from 1813 until November 1828. He apparently was not in his father's household in 1820 [8], nor could I find him in any other census in 1820. (This is to be expected, as he was probably not yet a "head of household.") Family tradition is that he married Rachel COX in Genesee County, New York, 2 December 1821. Jordan COX, Rachel's father, appears as a head of household at Caledonia, Genesee County, in 1810, 1820 and 1830 [9]. William must have been living and working nearby when he met and married Rachel, and they apparently stayed in the area until at least September 1822 when their first child, Samuel WATERS, was born. However, I haven't yet found any land or tax records, or other evidence of precisely where they were living.
Rachel COX, daughter of Jordan COX and Jordan's first wife (name unknown) was born 15 May 1802, allegedly in Genesee County, New York. This may be true, but the first known Coxes from Jordan's family group (cousins) did not arrive in western New York until 1804 [10]. Jordan himself is in the 1810 census of Genesee County, but so far is unaccounted for in 1800 [9]. He married about 1796 [12, 13], so we should be able to find him as a "head of household" somewhere in 1800.
William was a farmer most of his life, and that was likely his occupation when he married Rachel. There are stories that his ancestors were "among the early settlers of Rochester, N.Y., and are credited with building the first flouring mill of that city" [11]. Neither William nor Rachel had family in the Rochester area prior to the arrival of their immediate families, and neither Cox nor Waters kin appear to have been involved with flour milling. Credit for the first Rochester mill (in 1789) is given to Ebenezer ALLEN; other names associated with developing early mills between 1807 and 1817 are DUGAN, FISH, HARFORD, ROCHESTER, FITZHUGH and CARROLL [14]. None of these names can be connected to the WATERS, FITZSIMMONS, SMITH, or COX lines. One possible explanation for the family flouring mill story has been suggested by Alexandra Johnson: David GRISWOLD was a neighbor of the Watrouses in the 1790s in Chemung, New York. Griswold owned the first grist mill in the area, which was built in 1799. William WATERS' grandfather, Walter WATROUS, was a carpenter and could very well have "built" the mill [151]. A tortuous connection, perhaps, but we know that neither the WATERS nor COXES had early connections in the Rochester area, so maybe it is as good a story as the traditional interpretation.
If family bible records are accurate, William and Rachel had moved to Ashtabula County, Ohio, by August 1824, when their second child, James WATERS, was born. His father Walter had moved to Geneva, Ashtabula County, some time in the early 1820s, and both he and William appear on the 1827 Geneva tax list [15]. In November 1828, William purchased (for $85) 17 acres of land adjoining his father's property in Geneva [13], but by 1830 he was living in Saybrook, Ashtabula County [16]. He was still described as a resident of Saybrook when in January 1835, he sold his Geneva property to his half-brother Jonas WATERS [17].
(An aside on re-invented history: A number of latter-day articles on William Waters' family members describe them as being born and living "on the banks of Lake Erie." The properties owned by William and Walter Waters in Geneva were some five miles from the lake shore. We haven't located the deeds for William's Saybrook property yet, but it appears that it was at least that far distant, also.)
According to the family record, the last of William's and Rachel's children to be born in Ashtabula County was born November 1835. The next son was born in Warrick County, Indiana, in March 1838. The Waters appeared in the 1840 census for Lynnville, Hart Township, Warrick County, along with William's half-brothers (by Walter Watrous' second wife, Hester SMITH) Walter James WATROUS and Jonas WATROUS. One of Rachel's brothers, William COX, moved his family from eastern Ohio to Warrick County about 1844 [19]).
At some point, William purchased 60 acres of land in Warrick County. He sold the property in September 1847 [20]. Within the next year, he had moved his family to New London, Henry County, Iowa, perhaps following William COX, who had moved there in either October 1846 [19] or in 1847 [21]. According to several accounts, William and Rachel's oldest son, Samuel WATERS (who had married in Warrick County in 1844), traveled to Henry County in 1847, then returned to Indiana in 1848 to help move the family to Iowa. The record of Henry County deeds shows a somewhat different picture. It appears that William was first in Henry County in October 1846, when he purchased 120 acres of land [22]. He returned to Indiana until 1848. Samuel WATERS may have come to Henry County in 1847, but his acquisition of property there was not finalized until March 1849 when he and his wife Mary (KETCHAM) mortgaged 224 acres of land in Henry and Des Moines counties, land owned by David and Asa McCULLY [23]. (Asa McCULLY later married Samuel WATERS' sister, Hannah Keziah WATERS.)
There is more confusion in the actual timing of what must have been a very difficult and sorrowful move from Warrick County to Iowa. Rachel had given birth to a son, Chauncey WATERS, 7 February 1848, reportedly in Warrick County. But their next oldest son, George Washington WATERS, allegedly died in New London, Iowa, three weeks earlier, on 20 January 1848. Rachel died 1 April 1848 in New London, cause unknown (but one could guess it had something to do with stress and weakness of childbirth, the rigors of the move, or sadness and depression over losing another son - the third in eight years). Possibly George Waters died in Warrick County, and the stone in New London, Iowa, is merely a memorial; possibly Chauncey was actually born in 1847, or was born after arrival in Henry County (in the 1850 Federal census, he is listed as being 3 years old, and his birthplace is given as Iowa [25]); or possibly others of the dates are incorrect. The dates given above for Rachel's death, Chauncey's birth, and George's death are those recorded in a Waters family bible [6], and are in agreement with inscriptions on tombstones in New London, Iowa [24].
Within a year of Rachel's death, the family had dispersed: some to marriage, some to the lure of the Gold Rush, and the youngest ones to wherever they could be adequately taken care of. From 1849 to 1853, William apparently lived by himself in New London [25]; then, in the spring of 1853, he joined his son in law, Asa McCULLY's, wagon train to Oregon. He lived in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, for several years, then joined with his sons Abner WATERS and John M. WATERS and families, and the family of Samuel McCULLY on a move to southern Oregon about 1857. They had a herd of over 100 cattle, and intended to take them to Sonoma County, California, where William's nephew, Jordan COX, was living with his family [26]. They planned to stay in southern Oregon just for the winter, but instead established a "milk house" on Louse Creek north of Grants Pass, and sold butter to the miners in Galice, some 12 miles west [27]. Samuel McCULLY and his immediate family started a hotel in Galice, while the others moved on to Kerbyville, Oregon. The mining boom in Galice ended abruptly early in the 1860s, the town was deserted, the McCully hotel failed, and Samuel moved his family to join the others at Kerbyville, where they ran a road house for three years [27, 28, 29]. Land was bought around Kerbyville [30] and some farming was done, but by about 1861 all had sold out and returned to the Willamette Valley, where they again settled at Harrisburg. I don't know what happened to their herd of cattle.
I can't find any specific records of William WATERS from his return to Harrisburg until his death. Presumably he lived with one or more of his children, but I can't find him recorded in the 1870 Federal census. He was apparently living with his daughter, Hannah Keziah (WATERS) McCULLY and family when he died 9 February 1875 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. His body was taken to Harrisburg for burial in the I.O.O.F Cemetery [31].
William and Rachel (COX) WATERS had twelve children between 1822 and 1848.

2. Samuel WATERS born 15 September 1822
3. James WATERS born 31 August 1824
4. William Cox WATERS born 22 May 1826
5. Hannah Keziah WATERS born 25 April 1828
6. John Morrison WATERS born 21 January 1831
7. Abner Walter WATERS born 30 November 1833
8. William Henry Harrison WATERS born 27 November 1835
9. Julius Spencer WATERS born 25 November 1838
10.Charles WATERS born 12 September 1840
11. Charles Byron WATERS born 14 December 1842
12. George Washington WATERS born 19 December 1844
13. Chauncy WATERS born 7 February 1848
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SECOND GENERATION
2. Samuel WATERS [William-1], the oldest child of William and Rachel (COX) WATERS was born in New York State 15 September 1822 (family bible record), almost certainly in Genesee County and probably in the vicinity of Caledonia. He moved with his parents to Ashtabula County, Ohio, by August 1824, living first at Geneva and then Saybrook. Some time between December 1835 and March 1838, the family moved to Warrick County, Indiana, where they lived (at least part of the time in Lynnville, Hart Township) until 1847, when they moved to Henry County, Iowa.
In Warrick County, Indiana, on 2 December 1844, Samuel married Mary KETCHAM. Mary was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio (probably in Geneva) 23 August 1821, the daughter of John and Nancy KETCHAM. It is probable that Samuel knew Mary most of his life, as her family was in Geneva, Ohio from before 1820 until at least 1830 [34], then moved to Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana, about the same time (late 1830s) as Samuel's family [18, 35].
In Iowa, Samuel purchased 224 acres of land in Henry and Des Moines counties, land owned by Samuel's future brother-in-law Asa McCULLY and his brother David McCULLY [23]. He and his family lived on that land the rest of his life. He also had a 200-acre farm in sections 28 and 33 in New London Township [36]. Both he and Mary are buried in the Burge Cemetery in New London, Samuel having died 6 May 1900, and Mary 11 April 1876 [24].
Besides being a farmer, Samuel served three terms as New London Township trustee, was the Henry County Road Supervisor for 28 years, and was a longtime member of the local school board. He was a Master Mason, in New London Lodge No. 28. Politically, he was said to have been first a Whig, later a Republican. Mary WATERS was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church [36]. Once arriving in New London, they apparently seldom ventured out of the local area. In the winter of 1889-1890, Samuel traveled to Salem, Oregon, for a reunion with all but one of his five surviving siblings. They had not all been together in 40 years, and apparently Samuel had not seen some of them in all that time [37].
Samuel and Mary had nine children:
14. William Byron WATERS born 22 December 1845
15. Winfield Scott WATERS born 13 January 1847
16. Rachel A. WATERS born 20 November 1848
17. Nancy Keziah WATERS born 5 April 1852
18. John Newton WATERS born 10 December 1854
19, James Monroe WATERS born 29 April 1856
20.Thomas Samuel WATERS born 26 January 1859
21. Robert H. WATERS born 9 October 1863
22. Charles E. WATERS born 1 July 1866

3. James WATERS [William-1], second son of William and Rachel (COX) WATERS, was born in Ashtabula County (probably Geneva Township) 31 August 1824. He moved with his parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and on to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. Shortly after his arrival in Henry County, 3 August 1848, he married Nancy Ann COX, his cousin, whom he had known in Warrick County, Indiana.
Nancy, the daughter of William COX and Elizabeth TEEPLE, was born 11 May 1824 near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She lived in Canada until 1837 or 1838, moving then with her family to Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio. About 1844, they moved to Warrick County, Indiana, then on to Henry County, Iowa in 1846 or 1847 [19, 21].
James and Nancy started out their "family" by caring for James' younger brother, Chauncy, left motherless when Rachel COX died 1 April 1848. They probably shared duties with Samuel and Mary WATERS, but Chauncy is shown in James' household in the 1850 census [25]. They lived "next door" to Samuel and Mary in New London until some time after 1860 [38], then moved to Nebraska. They were living and farming at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska in 1870 [50], and at Salt Creek, Cass County, in 1880 [51]. James died in 1883, and Nancy in 1890. Both are buried at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska [52].
I have found little detail of James' and Nancy's lives. They were farmers, and James was a member of the Odd Fellows for over 20 years, affiliated with the Greenwood Lodge No. 98 [6]. They had three children:
23. Mary WATERS born 1850
24. George WATERS
25. William S. WATERS born June 1856

4. William Cox WATERS [William-1] was born in Ashtabula County (probably in Geneva), Ohio, 22 May 1826. He moved with his parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and on to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. (Alexandra U. Johnson attributed a number of land purchases and sales in both Warrick and Henry counties to this William Waters, some involving litigation that continued up to five years after his death [151]. The records need to be analyzed further, because this William was barely 18 years old at the time of the first transaction; elsewhere Johnson has confused WATERS and WALTERS records; and the 1855 litigation was against a William WATERS and his brother "Simeon," which Johnson explains as a probable court reporter error in transcribing the name "Samuel.")
In the spring of 1849, William Cox WATERS and his brother John Morrison WATERS joined a group of Henry County miners headed for the California Gold Rush. They arrived in the California mining area in August 1849, mined for gold along the Cosumnes River, and built what was reputed to be the first house at Mud Springs (now, Eldorado), El Dorado County, California. On 5 December 1849, William died at Mud Springs [32]. The cause of his death appears to be undocumented.

5. Hannah Keziah WATERS [William-1] was born in Ashtabula County (probably Geneva), Ohio, 25 April 1828. She moved with her parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. She married Asa Alfred McCULLY in Henry County, Iowa, 5 September 1848. (NOTE: Hannah was reportedly married 1st to Nathan HUFF in 1846 [151], but this is an error. Nathan HUFF married Keziah WALTER, daughter of William WALTER. They were living in New London, Iowa in 1850 [25]. Hannah and Asa lived in Henry County (mainly New London) until March 1852, when they left by wagon train for Oregon. They first lived in Harrisburg, Linn County; then in Salem, Marion County, and Portland, Multnomah County. They also had a farm in Yamhill County. Hannah died in Portland 1 August 1905, and is buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery [33].

6. John Morrison WATERS [William-1] was born 21 January 1831 in Ashtabula County (probably in Saybrook), Ohio. He moved with his parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and on to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. In April 1849, he and his brother William WATERS joined a party of Henry and Des Moines counties residents headed for the gold fields of California. Samuel Eikenberry was selected as leader of the trip, which included about 65 men and 22 or 23 wagons. About two-thirds of the way, the group split up, the New London men wanting to travel faster than the others. This lead group, which included John and William, arrived in Hangtown (now Placerville), El Dorado County, California in early August. John reportedly had broken his leg on the trip west so, instead of joining the others in full-time mining, for two months he hauled supplies by wagon between Hangtown and Sacramento. (These may have been the wagons of David and Asa McCULLY, his in-laws, who reportedly supplemented their mining activity with selling of merchandise brought to the gold fields from Sacramento.) The New London men concentrated their mining activity on the Cosumnes River, and were involved in the very rich "BIg Bar" gold strike. At the peak of their activity, they were said to be making $50 a day in gold, likely well above the "average" miner's take [32, 57, 58, 59].
John's and William's New London partners left in the fall of 1849. The brothers stayed and built a house at Mud Springs (now El Dorado), El Dorado County, California (allegedly the first built there). That winter, William WATERS died, cause unknown. John was alone until Spring 1850, when he took two horses across the Sierra Nevada to the Carson River, where he met his brother Abner W. WATERS coming from Iowa [59]. They returned to Mud Springs, where they apparently continued to mine for gold. John was recorded in the October 1850 census mining at Spanish Canyon, El Dorado County, California [60], but I cannot find a listing for Abner there or anywhere else in 1850. Abner was still in (or back in) Mud Springs by November 1851, mining with his cousin William COX. John was in contact with them [61], but he may not have been nearby. According to some reports, during 1850-1852, he was in Colusa County, California, long enough to build one of the first houses in the area [59], and he also hauled freight around Redding, Shasta County, California [32, 57].
In late 1852, John made his way to San Francisco, and took the steamship "Oregon" north to the Columbia River and on to Portland on 1 January 1853. He reportedly walked the 100 miles south up the Willamette Valley to Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, where his sister and brother-in-law, Hannah Keziah and Asa A. McCULLY were living [57, 59]. Asa was just leaving for the East to purchase supplies for a store, and to bring another wagon train west. John stayed in the area, and helped Asa's brother David McCULLY build the first store in Harrisburg [59]. He also acquired a lumber mill from Jason Clark [66], and cut fence rails [65]. He was apparently in partnership with Seth MOORE, a Harrisburg neighbor and the brother of Nancy Ellen MOORE [66]. On 19 January 1854, he and Nancy were married.
Nancy was reported born in Tennessee 12 or 21 January 1833 [62, 63], and is considered an Oregon "pioneer of 1852" [32]. I have yet to identify her parents, and I think she perhaps came west from Missouri with her brothers Seth and Robert MOORE, and Robert's family [64]. She was living in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon in 1854, as were her brothers.
In 1854, John built what may have the first brick kiln in Linn County, which he operated with his brother Abner W. WATERS [59, 67]. The next year, on 10 August 1855, he and Nancy settled on a 160 acre donation land claim at Harrisburg [62]. They lived there and farmed until 1857 or 1858 [68], then moved to southern Oregon and farmed for a couple years at Merlin, Josephine County [69]. By 1860, they had returned to Harrisburg [70]. There John joined with Jack Hall and possibly others to buy a grist mill at Harrisburg [71]. The mill became one of the largest makers and shippers of flour in Oregon [59]. John was involved with operation of the mill until about 1877, when he sold out his interests and moved his family to Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon [71].
John and Nancy apparently lived in Harrisburg, Oregon, most of the time between 1860 and 1877. However, they were recorded in the 1870 census in Wasco County, Oregon, where John was listed as a farmer [88]. Living with them was William Asa McCULLY and family. The McCullys moved on to eastern Oregon and the Waters family returned to Harrisburg, but I haven't determined the timing.
In Brownsville, Oregon, John WATERS and his son-in-law James B. R. MORELOCK bought interests in the McHargue grist mill [59]. William Hamilton McCULLY, brother-in-law of Hannah Keziah (WATERS) McCULLY, also moved from Harrisburg to Brownsville and was involved in the operation of the mill. "Under the management of Mr. Waters the mill was changed from an old buhr mill to the roller process and the capacity greatly enlarged and the quality of the output greatly improved" [32, 72]. The mill was eventually sold (around 1890?) to the Brownville Woolen Mills Company, which became identified with the Albany Woolen Mills [32]. Around 1890-1891 he joined with a group of investors attempting to build a 200 barrel flour mill on Lake Washington in Seattle, but the venture failed due to lack of sufficient capital. One reference reports that he moved to the Seattle area for a year or two, then returned to Brownsville [59]. He was a member of the Brownsville, Oregon, Board of Trade in 1890 [73], so the Seattle venture may have occurred a little later than some accounts put it.
After the Seattle mill venture, John retired in Brownsville, Oregon, and lived there the rest of his life. During his time in Brownsville he served many years on the town council, was Mayor for one term, and was a county commissioner 1892-1892 [57]. Politically, he was an active Republican; religiously, he and Nancy were long-term members of the Baptist Church. John died in Brownsville 24 December 1903, and is buried in the Brownsville Masonic Cemetery [63]. Nancy continued to live in Brownsville, and in the 1910 census was shown as having a boarder, a 26 year old stenographer, living with her [74]. Just a few months before her death on 1 March 1917, she had gone to live with her daughter, Mary Jane (WATERS) MORELOCK, and family in Gold Hill, Jackson County. Her body was returned to Brownsville, and she was buried 4 March 1917 in the Brownsville Masonic Cemetery [75].
John and Nancy had eight children:
26. Mary Jane WATERS born December 1854
27. Rachel Ann WATERS born 1856
28. Elizabeth WATERS born in 1857 or 1858
29. William WATERS born between 1858 and 1860
30. K. E. WATERS born 1859
31. John Hamilton WATERS born ca 1862
32. William W. WATERS waborn October 1867
33. George D. WATERS born September 1869

7. Abner Walter WATERS [William-1] was born 30 November 1833 in Ashtabula County (probably in Saybrook), Ohio. He moved with his parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and on to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. Reportedly, he attended for awhile the S. L. Howe Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa [96], but by sometime in 1849 he was headed west to California. He had arrived at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada in the spring of 1850, where he was met by his brother John Morrison WATERS, who had come over the mountains from Mud Springs (later, El Dorado), El Dorado County, California [59]. They returned to Mud Springs. I cannot find a listing for Abner in the 1850 census, but he was still in (or back in) Mud Springs in November 1851, mining with his cousin William COX [61]. He stayed in California another year, then headed north to Oregon, arriving in January 1853 [62] (I haven't been able to determine if he went north overland, or by steamship from San Francisco.) At Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, he rejoined his brother James Morrison WATERS and his sister Hannah Keziah (WATERS) McCULLY and her family. With John, Abner operated what may have been the first brick kiln in Linn County [59, 67]. He also renewed his acquaintance with a friend from Iowa, Mary Ann McCULLY, and they were married in Linn County 1 March 1855 [76]. Mary Ann, the daughter of Samuel and Catherine [DILLON] McCULLY was born in Guernsey County, Ohio 15 February 1839. She moved with her family to Henry County, Iowa, in 1844, then came overland with them to Oregon in 1852, where her father settled a donation land claim at Harrisburg [33].
On 6 March 1855, Abner and Mary Ann settled a 160-acre donation land claim of their own at Harrisburg [62]. They lived there and farmed until about 1857, then joined with Abner's father William WATERS, Mary Ann's family, and John Morrison WATERS' family on a move to southern Oregon. They had a herd of over 100 cattle, and intended to take them to Sonoma County, California, where Abner's cousin, Jordan COX, was living with his family [26]. They planned to stay in southern Oregon just for the winter, but instead established a "milk house" on Louse Creek north of Grants Pass, and sold butter to the miners in Galice, some 12 miles west [27]. Samuel McCULLY and his immediate family started a hotel in Galice, while the others moved on to Kerbyville, Oregon. The mining boom in Galice ended abruptly early in the 1860s, the town was deserted, the McCully hotel failed, and Samuel moved his family to join the others at Kerbyville, where they ran a road house for three years [27, 28, 29]. Abner and the others bought around Kerbyville [30] and some farming was done, but by about 1861 all had sold out and returned to the Willamette Valley, where they again settled at Harrisburg. Abner farmed, and also was involved in general merchandise and real estate.
Mary Ann died 15 November 1863, and was buried in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg. For the next several years, Abner served as a Captain in Company F, First Regiment of Oregon Volunteer Infantry. Also during his military service, he was commanding officer at Fort Hoskins (Benton County, Oregon), Fort Vancouver (Clark County, Washington), Fort Walla Walla (Walla Walla County, Washington), and Fort Lapwai (Nez Perce County, Idaho) [96, 97, 98]. I don't know where his and Mary Ann's three children were during this period; probably they were with relatives in Harrisburg, where Abner returned after his military service was completed.
Abner married 2nd Sarah McCARTNEY, perhaps in 1866 [6], although the ages of their known children would suggest a date several years later. Sarah was born in Warren County, Illinois, in 1842, the daughter of Henry A. and Margaret (FINNEY) McCARTNEY . Sarah's family was living in Peoria, Linn County, Oregon, at the time of her marriage [62, 99, 100]. After their marriage, Abner and his family lived in Harrisburg, where in 1870 Abner was employed as a "drover" (perhaps with his own livestock) [102]. They moved to eastern Oregon in the early 1870s, stopping awhile in Umatilla County, then living in Union County for perhaps 2-3 years, where Abner raised livestock [96, 101]. They were in Salem, Marion County, Oregon by 1875, when Abner bought the "Oregon Statesman" newspaper. His brother, William Henry Harrison WATERS, was named editor. Abner retained his interest in the "Statesman" until the sold the paper to W. H. Odell in June 1877, but he was appointed U. S. Marshall in 1876 and moved his family to Portland, Oregon. When his four year term expired in 1880, he was elected as a State Senator from Multnomah County, Oregon [96, 103, 114].
Sarah (McCARTNEY) WATERS died 5 March 1882 in Portland, and was buried at the Lone Fir Cemetery [99]. About 1884, Abner moved to Burns, Harney County, Idaho, where he practiced law, and worked with local settlers (perhaps officially with the General Land Office [104] to obtain land that was to that point being monopolized by those who wanted large unsettled acreage for their cattle. He incurred the wrath of a local group, the "l00l," who sided with the livestock interests, and tried to force Abner and others to leave Harney County. Abner weathered the threats, and remained in Burns until 1900 [105].
While living in Harney County, Oregon, Abner married 3rd Elizabeth W. HUSTON 30 August 1893 [106]. According to census information, Elizabeth was born in Rhode Island March 1849. Both of her parents were also reportedly born in Rhode Island [107, 108]. There is some confusion over her identity. Some references [6, 62] list her as Elizabeth W. (HUSTON) KNOWLES; Abner's March 1889 application for a military pension clearly records her maiden name as Elizabeth W. KNOWLS [97]. She clearly married Abner under the HUSTON name; her age would suggest she had been married previously, but there is nothing on their marriage certificate to indicate her previous marital status. I haven't been able to positively find her in any census or other record, under either KNOWLES or HUSTON [109].
Abner and Elizabeth continued to live in Harney County for another six years after their marriage, then they moved to Idaho. At the time of the 1900 Federal census, 21 June 1900, they were recorded at Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho, with Abner's 4-year old granddaughter Eva FITZGERALD [110]. By 1902, they were living in Weiser, Washington County, Idaho, where Abner died 20 March 1906 and was buried in the Weiser Cemetery [111]. Elizabeth was living in Weiser in 1910 with Eva FITZGERALD [112]. Elizabeth had applied for a widow's military pension 30 August 1908; she was dropped from the pension rolls 2 July 1911 "because of remarriage now Luckey" (did she marry a Mr. Luckey?) [97]. I cannot find her after that date.
As noted above, Abner WATERS had a varied career, at various times being a farmer, stock raiser, newspaper owner, U. S. marshall, Oregon state senator, and attorney. He was a Republican by political persuasion, and a member of the Masons and the Knights of Pythias. He organized the George Wright Post of the G. A. R. in Portland in 1876 [96, 111].
Abner WATERS had five children, three with his first wife Mary Ann WATERS and two with his second wife Sarah McCARTNEY.
Children of Abner and Mary Ann:
34. Winfield Scott WATERS born 20 April 1857
35. Mary C. WATERS born 1859
36. Edward B. WATERS born 8 November 1862

Children of Abner and Sarah:
37. Eva WATERS born ca 1870
38. Allie WATERS born August 1871

8. William Henry Harrison WATERS [William-1] was born 27 November 1835 in Ashtabula County (probably Saybrook), Ohio. He moved with his parents to Warrick County, Indiana about 1837, and on to Henry County, Iowa, in 1848. Following the death of his mother in April 1848, Harrison (as he was frequently called) probably lived with his brother Samuel's family for awhile, then was apprenticed out to a printer's office, where he served as "devil" (errand boy/apprentice) [121]. I assume the printing office was local (Henry or Des Moines county), but I can't find him in the 1850 census or other record. He worked for the printer "a year or so" [121], then by early May 1852 he was in Nebraska, headed for Oregon [122]. Some latter-day accounts say he went first to California, then to Oregon, then back to California. I haven't been able to determine his route. He was definitely in Oregon in June 1853, with his brother John Morrison WATERS at Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon [65]. He was at Mud Springs (later, El Dorado), El Dorado County, California, gold mining with his cousins William and Jordan COX, from at least 23 October 1853 until 5 July 1855 [123, 124, 125]. His journal confirms he left Mud Springs 5 May 1855, and returned to Henry County, Iowa: by ship to Central America, across the Isthmus, by ship to New York; then overland by coach, train, and "the cars" via Albany, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Detroit, Chicago, and Burlington Iowa, arriving in New London, Iowa 8 June 1855. On 12 June he made arrangements to enroll in Iowa Wesleyan University in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa [122]. He apparently only attended Iowa Wesleyan a short time, then transferred to the S. L. Howe Academy in Mt. Pleasant. He reportedly went to school for two years, then "read law" for two more years [121], presumably with a local attorney.
About 1859 he moved west to Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska, where he lived with his cousin Martha (COX) STEVENS and her family. He worked in a brickyard with Martha's husband, Daniel B. STEVENS, and with another Iowa cousin, Martha's brother Julius COX. The brickyard business was named Stevens and Waters, so Harrison likely had financial interest in the operation, as well as working there [126, 127]. (According to one reference, he spent some time in Nebraska about 1856 [121]. Martha COX and Daniel STEVENS were married in Henry County, Iowa, in December 1855; perhaps Harrison went west with them at that time to start up the business.)
In September 1861, Harrison and Royal Buck (at that time in charge of the federal land office in Nebraska City) bought the weekly newspaper, the People's Press. The paper had been started in the spring of 1858, and had already been sold twice before Waters and Buck bought it. They changed the name to the Nebraska City Press and Herald. Buck sold his interest to Harrison Waters within a year; Harrison changed the name again to the Nebraska City Press. He ran the paper as a daily for awhile, but it proved unprofitable, and he dropped back to semi-weekly publication. In the winter of 1864-65, he sold out to D. J. McCann and associates [121, 127, 128].
Harrison WATERS did not limit his activities in the early 1860s to the newspaper business. He was active in a variety of Republic political business, and in support of Nebraska Union troops involved in the Civil War. In October 1862 he was elected as one of the two Otoe County representatives to the Nebraska Territorial legislature, but was appointed Receiver of the Federal Land Office in Nebraska City in September 1863, so had to resign from the territorial job before he had attended any meetings [127]. He was reportedly on the staff of Nebraska Governor Alvin Saunders for several years [121]. (Saunders began serving in May 1861, but I haven't found any specific reference to Harrison's service with him.)
In Nebraska City on 21 October 1863, Harrison married Elizabeth Eleanor NORTH. Elizabeth was born 16 September 1845 at Drogheda, Meath County, Ireland. Her parents were George NORTH and Marie Eleanor BALLANCE [129]. Harrison and Elizabeth continued to live in Nebraska City, and in May 1866 Harrison went into partnership with a Mr. Spurlock in a grocery and provision store [127]. In 1877, he went to Albany, Gentry County, Missouri, and started a business (kind of business undetermined) with T. B. Glenn. According to the Nebraska City papers, he intended to move permanently to Missouri, but in February 1868 he returned to Nebraska. There he was admitted to the bar, and also began a new daily paper, the Plebian. He changed the name later to the Morning Chronicle, and maintained it (for some time as the only daily newspaper in Nebraska City) until July 1874 [127].
Harrison WATERS moved to Salem, Marion County, Oregon in 1874 or 1875. His brother, Abner W. WATERS, had just purchased the Oregon Statesman newspaper in Salem, and Harrison became the Editor. Some references say he served as editor of the Statesman until 1884 [127]. Abner WATERS sold the paper to W. H. Odell in June 1877; apparently Harrison stayed involved longer. The 1880 Federal census lists his occupation as "writer for newspaper." He opened a law practice in Salem, and acquired the rights to James Thorne's abstracting system, which he operated in conjunction with his law practice [130]. It is said that he was selected for the post of Deputy Collector of Customs at Port Townsend, Washington [6], but I haven't yet found any confirmation that he actually took the position.
Harrison WATERS came to Oregon a year or so before the rest of his family. Elizabeth and their four children came by train to Oakland, California; by the steamship "Oriflamme" to Portland, Oregon; and then by stagecoach to Salem [129]. The family was living apart in 1880: Harrison and their son George WATERS in a hotel in Salem; their son Frank WATERS with his uncle and aunt Asa and Hannah Keziah (WATERS) McCULLY in Amity, Yamhill County, Oregon; and Elizabeth and their children Lella WATERS and Fred WATERS in Nebraska City, Nebraska, next door to Elizabeth's mother, sister Anna and family [131]. It may be that they had lived apart for some time, as the census makes it appear that were "residing" in Nebraska City, rather than just visiting; also, Harrison and Elizabeth had no children between December 1873 and May 1882, which could be a result of extended separation (but doesn't have to mean that, of course).
Harrison WATERS died in Salem, Marion County, Oregon 2 September 1892, and is buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery. Elizabeth continued to live in Salem. She died there 21 December 1924, and is also buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery. They had five children:
39. Frank William WATERS born 22 August 1865
40. Elinor (Lella) WATERS born 26 August 1866
41. George Eben WATERS born 16 November 1869
42. Frederick Ralph WATERS born 26 December 1873
43. Harry Wayne WATERS born 26 May 1882

9. Julius Spencer WATERS [William-1] was born in Warrick County, Indiana, 25 November 1838. He moved with his family to Henry County, Iowa in 1847 or 1848. His mother Rachel (COX) WATERS died in April 1848, and Julius went to live and work with others. At the time of the 1850 federal census, he was living in the household of James Laurence, a farmer, in New London, Henry County, Iowa [25]. Over the next few years, he reportedly made his living as a farmhand and by driving oxen. In 1853, he moved to Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, where he served a three year apprenticeship with D. M. Chapin, a saddler. He returned to Warrick County, Indiana in 1857, and in the 1858 election ran as a Republican candidate for the Indiana Legislature. He lost in the heavily Democratic county. By 1860 he had moved to Rockport, Luce Township, Spencer County, Indiana, where he was boarding with Morgan GLENN, and pursuing his trade as a saddler and harness maker. He continued his active interest in politics, and was a member of the State Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for President [139, 140, 143].
On 29 July 1860 in Spencer County, Indiana, he married Sallie M. GLENN, daughter of Morgan GLENN, in whose boarding house Julius had been living [141, 142]. They reportedly had three children (names unfound, so far), but all three children and Sallie died within three years of their marriage [139, 140]. Soon after that, Julius moved to Nebraska City, Otoe County, California, where he worked with his brother, William H. H. ("Harrison") WATERS, on Harrison's newspaper, the Nebraska City Press. He also continued his on and off study of law, with the ultimate goal of becoming an attorney. Harrison sold the newspaper in 1865, and Julius moved west, briefly to southwest Missouri , then to Kansas, where in December 1865, he settled on Osage Treaty lands in the Neosho Valley, in what is now Labette County. He eventually owned 500 acres there [139, 140]. Early after his arrival (probably because of his study of law, and the fact that there were less than 100 white settlers in Labette County), Kansas Governor Crawford commissioned him as notary public for (then) Neosho County. When Labette County was formed in 1866, he was commissioned for it; these were reportedly the first commissions issued to any person in either county [139]. He was admitted to the Kansas Bar in November 1867, and in 1869 (on the resignation of the incumbent) was elected Labette County Attorney. He was re-elected in 1870 to a full 2-year term. Apparently he was not County Attorney from 1872 until 1876, but was re-elected twice more in 1876 and 1878 [139]. He also maintained a private law practice.
He established a newspaper, the Sentinel, at Labette City in the summer of 1871, which he ran for one year, then sold. About 1874 (maybe not until 1879: Ref. 139], he became editor of the Oswego Independent, a position he held until May 1883, when he resigned [140].
In March 1879, Julius married Amy (PITT) MYERS, an old acquaintance from Spencer County, Indiana. Amy was born August 1837 in Spencer County, of parents reportedly born in Vermont and Kentucky (although the Federal censuses sometimes list the father as the one born in Vermont, and sometimes reverse the designation, and the mother is reported born in Vermont). Amy married first in Spencer County, Indiana, William B. MEYERS, on 19 February 1857 [144]. I haven't determined how long the first marriage lasted, or how Julius and Amy got together, again. There were apparently no children from the first marriage [145].
Julius was elected to the Kansas State Legislature in 1880 and again in 1882, serving on the Judiciary and Railroad committees. In April or May 1882 Kansas Governor St. John appointed him director of the State Penitentiary, a position he held until 1883, when he was commissioned by President Chester Allen Arthur as Receiver for the U. S. Land Office at Hailey, Blaine County, Idaho. This was a 4-year appointment [139, 140]. After he completed his term with the U. S. Land Office, he practiced law in Hailey for several years. He was elected District Attorney for Alturas County (now Blaine County), Idaho in 1888 [143]. In 1895, he was back in private law practice, representing Andrew W. Mellon (later Secretary of the U. S. Treasury) in major land claims against the Idaho and Oregon Land Improvement Company [147]. In 1896 he was elected to the Idaho Legislature from Lincoln County [143].
At some point (perhaps when Julius' term as District Attorney in Hailey ended), they moved from Hailey to Shoshone, Lincoln County, where Julius died 21 May 1900. He was buried in the Knob Hill Cemetery in Shoshone [148]. Amy continued to live in Shoshone with their daughter, Maud WATERS, until after 1910 [107, 149]. In 1920 federal census, she was shown in shown in the household of Asa BRUNKER, designated as "mother." There was no wife included in the household, so this was perhaps the family of Maud WATERS, and she had died before the census, or was away from home when the census was taken [150]. Amy died in 1923, and was buried in the Knob Hill Cemetery in Shoshone [148].
Julius' three children with first wife Sallie M. GLENN died as infants, and I haven't determined their names, or birth and death dates:
44. WATERS child
45. WATERS child
46. WATERS child

Julius and Amy PITT had one daughter:
47. Maud WATERS born August 1880

10.Charles WATERS [William-1] was born in Warrick County, Indiana, 12 September 1840, and died there 15 September 1841.

11. Charles Byron WATERS [William-1] was born in Warrick County, Indiana, 14 December 1842, and died there 15 November 1843.

12. George Washington WATERS [William-1] was born in Warrick County, Indiana 19 December 1844, and reportedly died in New London, Henry County, Iowa 20 January 1848 (but see above discussion of the move from Warrick County to Henry County).

13. Chauncy WATERS [William-1] was born 7 February 1848 in either Warrick County, Indiana, or Henry County, Iowa. After his mother Rachel's death 1 April 1848, he was cared for by the families of his brothers, probably first by Samuel and Mary (KETCHAM) WATERS, then by James and Nancy Ann (COX) WATERS. He was listed in the James WATERS' household at the 1850 census [25]. He died 24 September 1853, and is buried in the Burge Cemetery, New London, Iowa [24].

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14. William Byron WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] born 22 December 1845 Warrick County, Indiana, and died 22 May 1850 in New London, Henry County, Iowa. He is buried in the Burge Cemetery, New London [24, 36].

15. Winfield Scott WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 13 January 1847 Warrick County, Indiana. He moved with his family to Henry County, Iowa, in 1847, and was in his father's household in New London during the 1850 and 1860 Henry County censuses [25, 38]. From 15 May 1864 to 16 September 1864 he served in Company G, 45th Regiment, Iowa Infantry Volunteers [6]. He is apparently the "S. Waters" shown in the 1870 census in the household of his uncle William H. H. WATERS in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska [39]. By 1880 he was farming in Hamilton County, Nebraska, with Anna M. FRY [21, 36,40], who he married at Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa 21 August 1872 [6]. Anna was born 20 July 1852 in Pennsylvania [6]. She was likely the daughter of Samuel H. and Mary Maria FRY, who lived nearby in Hamilton County in 1880. (There were several FRY families in the area, but Samuel looks most likely as her father; both Samuel and Mary were born in Pennsylvania, ca 1827 and ca 1831, respectively.) In 1900, Winfield and wife Anna were living in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska [41]. They moved from Nebraska to Boise, Ada County, Idaho in 1909 [6]. Winfield died 1 March 1916 in Boise, Ada County, Idaho [6, 146]; Anna died in Boise 3 December 1917. Both are buried at Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise [6].
Winfield and Anna had four children:
48. Samuel Abner WATERS born 28 October 1874
49. James Aaron WATERS born ca 1876
50. Truman Augustus WATERS born 11 February 1879
51. Mary Elizabeth WATERS born 27 March 1880
52. Winnie Ann WATERS born 10 June 1893I have further information only on Truman, who in 1900 was living near his parents in District 203, Ord, Valley County, Nebraska [41].

16. Rachel A. WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 20 November 1848 New London, Henry County, Iowa. She kept house for her father in his later life, and also cared for her nephew Frank WATERS, son of James WATERS and Alice CORNWELL, after Alice died in 1892. In the 1900 census, she is shown as head-of-household, living with her "adopted son" Frank WATERS [45].
On 28 February 1904 at her home near New London, she married Theaticus PEAK, the son of Daniel PEAK. Theaticus was born near New London 15 April 1852. Rachel and Theaticis divorced after a few years of marriage, and had no children. After the divorce, she lived for awhile with her brother Thomas WATERS near New London; then with her sister Nancy (WATERS) JACKSON near Stockton, Kansas; and finally with Mary and Winnie WATERS, her nieces, in Boise, Ada County, Idaho. She died in Boise in 1934 [6].

17. Nancy Keziah WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 5 April 1852 New London, Henry County, Iowa. She was still in her parents' household in New London through the 1870 census [38, 43]. On 9 September 1875 in New London, she married Francis Marion JACKSON, son of Alexander JACKSON and Sarah WILLIAMS. Francis was born in Portland, Jay County, Indiana on 20 May 1854 [6].
Marion and Nancy lived and farmed near New London for several years, then by 1878 moved to Grafton, Fillmore County, Nebraska [6]. By 1880 they were living in Hamilton, Hamilton County, Nebraska, [42]. In 1883, they were living at Downs, Osborne County, Kansas, and by 1886 had moved to Stockton Township, Rooks County, Kansas [6], where they were at the time of the 1900 census [44], and when Francis died there 13 March 1918 [6]. Nancy died 21 February 1930 in Topeka, Kansas, and is buried in Stockton, Kansas [6].
Nancy and Frank had six children:
53. Mary Estella JACKSON born 30 June 1878 Nebraska
54. Thomas Burton JACKSON born 7 December 1880
55. Charles Wilber JACKSON born 23 November 1883
56. Ralph Earl JACKSON born 5 December 1886
57. Rachael Floretta JACKSON born 7 June 1891
58. Frances Edna JACKSON born 25 July 1893

18. John Newton WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 10 December 1854 in New London, Henry County, Iowa. He married Sarah MOON in New London, Henry County 5 September 1877. Sarah was born in Salem, Henry County, Iowa, 5 December 1855, the daughter of Jessie MOON (born North Carolina) and Nancy WOODY (born Indiana). She was raised in Illinois [24, 153, 154]. (NOTE: Wilson [6] says she was born in Parke County, Indiana, but all other sources agree on Salem, Iowa.) Sarah was raised in the Friends Church, but the couple were active Methodists after their marriage [6, 155]. They met at the Henry County "poor farm" where John was the overseer and Sarah an employee. After their marriage, they lived, raised livestock and farmed in Canaan Township, Henry County, until 1905, when they moved into New London. In addition to their farm activities, John was President of the Henry County Telephone Company, dealt in real estate, and had a financial interest in the New London bank. John died in New London, Henry County 31 May 1940; Sarah died in Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, 7 October 1942 [6, 19]. They are both buried in the Burge Cemetery in New London [24].
John and Sarah had two children:
59. Thomas Fred WATERS born 2 October 1878
60. Bertha Jane WATERS born 6 October 1880

19. James Monroe WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 29 April 1856 New London, Henry County, Iowa. He lived in and around New London his entire life, except for one year spent in Nebraska. He was a mail carrier by profession. He married 1st Alice CORNWALL ca. 1890. Alice was born 20 June 1868, and died 10 March1892. She is buried in the Burge Cemetery, New London [6, 19]. By 1900, James had married 2nd Atta ROLAND (born January 1858 Iowa; both parents born Pennsylvania) [45]. She died by 1902, and is buried in the Burge Cemetery. On 7 March 1902, James married 3rd Addie (PORTER) BRITTON, widow of William BRITTON. Addie, the daughter of Rueben R. and Caroline PORTER, was born near New London, Iowa, 23 November 1862. She married William BRITTON 18 March 1883, and they had three children. Addie died 29 February 1924, and is buried in Burge Cemetery. James died 28 August 1935 in the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Hospital, and is buried in Burge Cemetery 6].
James and Alice CORNWALL had one child:
61. Francis (or Franklin) A. WATERS born December 1891

20. Thomas Samuel WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 26 January 1859 New London, Henry County, Iowa. He farmed with his father in New London through 1880 [38, 43, 46]. On 28 April 1886 in Washington, Kansas, he was married to Annie Belle/Annabelle McGREW [6, 36]. Belle was born 3 September 1864 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa; her father was John McGREW, reportedly from Ohio, and her mother was Cyrena STEWART (from Virginia or West Virginia). Thomas and family were in Rooks County, Kansas in 1887, and in Nebraska (first at Ord, later at Omaha) from at least February 1891 through July 1893. By 1897, they were back in Iowa, in 1900 living in Baltimore Township, Henry County [47], and in 1910 in Danville Township, Des Moines County, Iowa [48]. They were back in New London, Iowa, at the time of the 1920 census [49]. Belle died 11 December 1930, after which Thomas lived with his son Max WATERS in Union Township, Van Buren County, Iowa [50]. He died 1 February 1945, in the hospital in Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa [6]. Both Thomas and Belle are buried in the Burge Cemetery at New London, Iowa [6].
Thomas and Belle had ten children:
62. Mary Cyrena WATERS born 2 March 1887
63. WATERS child born ca 1889
64. Mildred Nettie WATERS born 2 February 1891
65. Bessie Leola WATERS born 18 July 1893
66. WATERS child born ca 1895
67. Ruth Rachel WATERS born 7 October 1896
68. Paul Ellsworth WATERS born 14 March 1897
69. Mark Chester WATERS born 27 December 1898
70. Max McGrew WATERS born 19 June 1905
71. Eunice Belle WATERS born 31 August 1907

21. Robert H. WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 9 October 1863, and died 21 August 1864 New London, Henry County, Iowa [6]. He is buried in the Burge Cemetery, New London [24].

22. Charles E. WATERS [Samuel-2, William-1] was born 1 July 1866 New London, Henry County, Iowa. He was living with his father in New London in 1880 [46]. On 23 July 1895 he married Blanche S. WHITE, who was born in February 1878. She died only a month after their marriage, on 25 August 1895, and was buried in Brighton Cemetery near New London. Charles continued to live in Henry County, operating a livery stable and working as a traveling salesman. He died 2 February 1897, at New London, and buried in Brighton Cemetery [6].

23. Mary WATERS [James-2, William-1] born 1850 New London, Henry County, Iowa. She is shown in her parents' house in New London in 1850 and 1860 [25, 38], but is not with them in Nebraska in 1870. It's likely she married in the late 1860s, either in Iowa or Nebraska, but I haven't found a record, yet.

24. George WATERS [James-2, William-1] is buried in the Burge Cemetery in New London, Iowa [24]. No birth or death dates are given. George is not recorded in any of the Federal censuses, so he either was born and died in 1849 or 1850; or (most likely, considering the 6-year gap between his brother and sister) he was born and died between the 1850 and 1860 censuses; or he was born after the 1860 census, but died before the 1870 census.

25. William S. WATERS [James-2, William-1] was born in June 1856 in New London, Henry County, Iowa, moved with his parents to Nebraska some time between 1860 and 1870, and lived the rest of his life in eastern Nebraska. At the time of the 1870 census, he lived with his parents at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska [50]; in 1880 they were at Salt Creek, Cass County, Nebraska [51]. About 1887 he married Lucette ("Lettie") ALTON. Lettie was born in Michigan in February 1870, of parents both born in Indiana. (Her mother, Melvina, was living with them in 1920, at which time she was 75 years old, so born ca 1845. According to the census, Melvina's father was born in Connecticut and her mother in New York [53].)
William and Lettie were in Stove Creek, Cass County, Nebraska in 1900 [54], but by 1910 had moved to Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, where they lived until at least 1930 [53, 55, 56]. William had a variety of jobs, including working in a bank, raising stock, and serving as a bookkeeper for an oil company. William reportedly died in 1931, and Lettie in 1941; both are buried at Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska [52].
William and Lettie had five children:
72. Winnifred B. WATERS born February 1888
73. James A. WATERS born June 1889
74. Melvina "Nellie" M. WATERS born July 1893
75. Mary G. WATERS born ca 1897
76. William H. WATERS born August 1899

26. Mary Jane WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born December 1854 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. She moved with her parents to Josephine County, Oregon, for a year or two around 1860, and to Wasco County, Oregon, for awhile around 1870, then returned to Harrisburg, where she married James B. R. MORELOCK 28 March 1875 [76]. James was born in Tennessee March 1846; both parents were reportedly born in Tennessee, also [77]. Mary Jane and James moved to Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon, about 1877, where James worked with his father-in-law John Morrison WATERS, in the flour milling business [89]. Some time before 1900, they moved to Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon - perhaps around 1890 when the Linn Mill that he ran with John M. WATERS was sold to others. James lived the rest of his life in Gold Hill, and was employed at various times as a mail carrier, justice of the peace, and Jackson County judge [77, 78, 79, 80]. He died in 1926, and is buried in the Point Rock IOOF Cemetery near Gold Hill [81]. Mary was still living at Gold Hill in April 1930 [82]. She died in 1942, and is buried in the Point Rock IOOF Cemetery [81].
Children of Mary Jane and James MORELOCK:
77. Amy E. MORELOCK born ca 1878
78. Omer/Homer MORELOCK born December 1879
79. Pearl MORELOCK born September 1884
80. Frankie MORELOCK born June 1888
81. Levie M./Lela MORELOCK born September 1892
82. Olney Richard MORELOCK born September 1895

27. Rachel Ann WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born 1856 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. She moved with her parents to Josephine County, Oregon, for a year or two around 1860, and to Wasco County, Oregon, for awhile around 1870, then returned to Harrisburg, where she married William R. CARTWRIGHT 19 December 1875 [76]. William was born in California September 1854; the 1880, 1900 and 1910 censuses all give different birth states for his parents! In 1880 the Cartwrights were living in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, where William was a store clerk [84]. By 1900 they had moved to Emmett, Canyon (later Gem) County, Idaho, and apparently lived there the rest of their lives (although I can't find them in Emmett or anywhere else in the 1820 Federal census). William's occupation was listed in the censuses as a store clerk and banker. He apparently died some time between 1810 and 1813. Rachel was living alone in Emmett in April 1830 [85, 86, 87].
Apparently the Cartwrights did not have children.

28. Elizabeth WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born in 1857 or 1858 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon; died in 1858, and buried in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg.

29. William WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born between 1858 and 1860 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon; died in 1860, and buried in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg.

30. K. E. WATERS [John-2, William-1] , a daughter born 1859 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon; shown in the 1860 census as being one year old [69]. She does not show up in later Linn County records, so probably died and was buried in Josephine County, Oregon, where they were living in 1860-1861.

31. John Hamilton WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born ca 1862, in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. Around 1870 he lived for a time with his parents in Wasco County, Oregon [88]; they returned to Harrisburg for awhile in the 1870s, then moved to Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon about 1877. He was living with his parents in Brownsville in 1880, working as a clerk [89]. He married 30 September 1890 in Linn County (probably Brownsville) Mary Love REESE [63]. Mary was reportedly born in Tennessee in November 1872; both her parents were reportedly born in Tennessee, also [90]. John and Mary (or Love, as she was called on one census) moved from Oregon within a year of their marriage, apparently lived awhile in Washington State (one child reportedly born in Washington ca 1892 [85, 90]; they may have moved to Seattle with John's parents, when John Morrison WATERS went there to build a flouring mill), and were in Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho by 1900 [85]. They stayed in Idaho until at least 1903 [57], and were living at Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, Washington by 1910 [86, 90]. They were reported living in White Swan, Yakima County, in 1917 [6], but this is very close to Fort Simcoe so they may not have moved since 1910. By 1920 they were in Wiley City, Yakima County [91]. John apparently died between 1920 and 1930, but Mary was still living in Wiley City in 1930 [92].
John worked as a clerk in mercantile stores in Idaho and Washington. He was also a bookkeeper for a drygoods store. In 1930, Mary was serving as postal clerk in Wiley City.
They had three known children:
83. Nellie WATERS born ca 1892
84. Emerson E. (Elliott?) WATERS born ca March 1900
85. Helen WATERS born ca 1903

32. William Wesley WATERS [John-2, William-1] was born October 1867 in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. Around 1870 he lived for a time with his parents in Wasco County, Oregon [88], but they returned to Harrisburg in the 1870s, then moved to Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon about 1877. He was living with his parents in Brownsville in 1880, going to school [89]. He married 30 September 1890 in Linn County (probably Brownsville) Iva Effie MOORE, who was a cousin, the daughter of Jonah W. MOORE and Elizabeth GARRETT [63, 156]. Iva was born in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon 9 April 1873. Her father was reportedly born in Missouri, and her mother in Oregon [74]. William and Iva were living in Seattle, King County, Washington in January 1891, when their first child was born. (NOTE: They probably moved to Seattle with William's parents when John Morrison WATERS went there to build a flouring mill.) But they were back in Brownsville, Oregon by November 1894 (second child born), and were there for the census in June 1900 [74]. William was a miller. He died February 1903 at Brownsville; Iva continued to live in Brownsville through at least 1930 [93, 94, 95]. She died in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon in October 1962 [156].
William and Iva had five children:
86. Lyle Leslie (or Leland) WATERS born January 1891
87. Norma W. WATERS born November 1894
88. Damon E. WATERS born ca 1897
89. Lula M. WATERS born ca May 1898
90. Willard W. WATERS born ca 1903

33. George D. WATERS [John-2, William-1] born September 1869 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. He is shown with his family in Wasco County, Oregon, in the 1870 census, but apparently died before 1880 [88].

34. Winfield Scott WATERS [Abner-2, William-1] born 20 April 1857 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. He lived with his family in Josephine County, Oregon 1857 to around 1861; Harrisburg to about 1871; in eastern Oregon (Umatilla and Union counties) around 1871 to 1875; Salem, Marion County, Oregon, in 1875; and in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, until at least 1880. I couldn't find him in the 1900 Federal census, and he was not listed as one of Abner's surviving children in 1899 [97].

35. Mary C. WATERS [Abner-2, William-1] born 1859, probably in Josephine County, Oregon. She lived with his family in Josephine County, Oregon 1859 to around 1861; Harrisburg to about 1871; in eastern Oregon (Umatilla and Union counties) around 1871 to 1875; Salem, Marion County, Oregon, in 1875; and in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, until at least 1880. She was still alive and apparently unmarried in 1899 [97], but I don't know if she continued to live with her father during the years he was in Burns, Harney County, Oregon. I couldn't find her in the 1900 Federal census, and she is probably the Mary WATERS who died in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon 6 May 1900, reportedly on her way from Harrisburg, Oregon, to Idaho to stay with her father. She was buried in Lone Fir Cemetery, Portland [113].

36. Edward B. WATERS [Abner-2, William-1] born 8 November 1862 Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. He lived in Harrisburg with his family until about 1871; was in eastern Oregon (Umatilla and Union counties) from around 1871 to 1875; Salem, Marion County, Oregon, in 1875; and in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, until 1884, when the family moved to Burns, Harney County, Oregon. He attended public schools in La Grande, Union County, Oregon, and graduated from high school while living in Portland. He worked as a printer in Portland; raised cattle in Harney County until 1899, when he became Postmaster for Burns, Oregon. He served in that position for six years, then was elected Harney County Clerk, a position he was holding in 1912 [101, 114, 115, 116].
Edward apparently never married. I haven't yet found when and where he died.

37. Eva WATERS [Abner-2, William-1], daughter of Abner WATERS and Sarah McCARTNEY, born ca 1870 probably in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. She lived in Harrisburg with her family for about a year; was in eastern Oregon (Umatilla and Union counties) from around 1871 to 1875; in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, in 1875; and in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, until 1884, when the family moved to Burns, Harney County, Oregon. There, 26 January 1894, she married Maurice FITZGERALD [117]. Maurice was born in Ireland January 1856. In Burns, he was a real estate agent. They may have had two children, as Abner WATERS' obituary says he had two grandchildren [111] and I don't think any of the other children gave him any. So far, I've only identified one of them.
Eva died before 30 January 1897 when Maurice FITZGERALD married 2nd Elizabeth NORTON. Elizabeth was born in Illinois in December 1878. They had at least two children, Gerald born January 1898, and Maurice born January 1899 [115].
The one known child of Eva and Maurice was:
91. Eva FITZGERALD born October 1895

38. Allie WATERS [Abner-2, William-1], daughter of Abner WATERS and Sarah McCARTNEY, was born August 1871 maybe in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon, but possibly in Umatilla County, Oregon. She was with her family in eastern Oregon (Umatilla and Union counties) from around 1871 to 1875; in Salem, Marion County, Oregon, in 1875; and in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, until 1884, when the family moved to Burns, Harney County, Oregon. At some time, she returned to Portland where, 27 November 1898, she married William Lee LISTER. William, the son of William LISTER and Rebecca DANIELS, was born 22 April 1862 Albany, Linn County, Oregon. He was a grocer for at least 15 years [119]. He married 1st Carrie Gertrude LOVE, daughter of John Dillard LOVE and Mary Jane McCULLY, 1 September 1883 in Harrisburg, Carrie was born 26 July 1864 in Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. Together they had two children: Charles Roth LISTER (25 November 1884 to 14 November 1945) and Clare Douglas LISTER (2 October 1885 to 26 April 1931). Carrie died 5 August 1896 in Portland, and is buried in the Workman Cemetery, Harrisburg, Oregon [118].
After their marriage, Allie and William continued to live in Portland, Oregon. They had no children of their own, and William's two sons by his first marriage apparently did not live with them. William died 4 June 1916, and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery, Portland [119]. In January 1920, Allie was living with her step-son Charles Roth LISTER [120]. I have not traced her beyond that date.

39. Frank William WATERS [Harrison-2, William-1] was born 22 August 1865 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. He lived in Nebraska City until 1875 or 1876, when he came to Salem, Marion County, Oregon, with his mother and siblings. (His father had arrived in Oregon a year before.) He lived much of the rest of his life in and around Salem, except for awhile around 1920, when he worked in Manhattan, New York, as a promoter for the paper industry [132]. He was an attorney and legal abstractor, also.
In Salem, Oregon 14 June 1893, Frank married Jessica Sargent NORTHRUP. Jessica, the daughter of Rev. Charles Henry NORTHRUP and Lucia Sarelia PRINGLE, was born 23 May 1867 in Nevada City, Nevada County, California. She was a Christian Science practitioner. She died in Salem, Oregon, 22 February 1926, and is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery. Frank married 2nd Huldah Z. RIMPLER ca 1934. Frank died in Salem 6 December 1944 [133]. Huldah died 1954.
Frank and Jessie had two children:
92. Frank Northrup WATERS born 9 February 1895
93, Louemma WATERS born 28 February 1899

40. Elinor (Lella) WATERS [Harrison-2, William-1] was born 26 August 1866 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. She lived in Nebraska City until 1875 or 1876, when she came to Salem, Marion County, Oregon, with her mother and siblings. (Her father had arrived in Oregon a year before.) She returned to Nebraska City with her mother for some period around 1880, then returned to Salem where she met William Christmas KNIGHTON. She married him at his family home in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana on 11 October 1898. Knighton, an architect, was born in Indianapolis 25 December 1864, the son of Charles J. KNIGHTON and Mary HILL. They lived in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, most of their married life, and both died there: William on 14 March 1938, and Lella on 12 April 1943. They had no children.

41. George Eben WATERS [Harrison-2, William-1] was born 16 November 1869 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. He lived in Nebraska City until 1875 or 1876, when he came to Salem, Marion County, Oregon, with his mother and siblings. (His father had arrived in Oregon a year before.) When his mother returned for awhile to Nebraska City around 1880, George remained with his father, living in the Commercial Hotel and working as a bellboy [131]. He lived in Salem the remainder of his life, where he married 4 December 1905 Margaret Delphene McGUIRE. Margaret was born ca 1880 in Iowa. George made his living as a cigar and candy merchant, operating George E. Waters Inc., a substantial wholesale business. In 1939 he bought a Salem, Oregon, franchise in the Western International Baseball League, and built George E. Waters Field for the team to play on. He died a year later, 19 October 1940, of a heart attack. I don't know when Margaret died. They had no children [135, 136, 137].

42. Frederick Ralph WATERS [Harrison-2, William-1] was born 26 December 1873 in Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska. He lived in Nebraska City until 1875 or 1876, when he came to Salem, Marion County, Oregon, with her mother and siblings. (His father had arrived in Oregon a year before.) He returned to Nebraska City with her mother for some period around 1880, then returned to Salem, where he lived the rest of his life. He married about 1906, Mildred KIRN, who was born in Oregon about 1880 (of German immigrants). He had worked as a newspaperman, employed by the Statesman (Salem, Oregon) and the Telegram (Portland, Oregon); worked with his brother George in the candy and tobacco wholesale business; was a financial agent; and served as an appraisal engineer for the U. S. Shipping Board (Department of State?). Mildred served as a clerk in the Oregon Secretary of State's Office. Fred died in Salem 22 October 1923 [138]. I don't know when Mildred died. They had no children.

43. Harry Wayne WATERS [Harrison-2, William-1] was born 26 May 1882 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. He lived in Salem all his life, working as a salesman for his brother George's candy and tobacco wholesale business. He married after 1920 Dell E. ____, who was born in Washington State about 1895. They had no children.

44. WATERS child [Julius-2, William-1]

45. WATERS child [Julius-2, William-1]

46. WATERS child [Julius-2, William-1]

47. Maud WATERS [Julius-2, William-1] was born at Montana, Labette County, Kansas in August 1880. She moved with her parents to Idaho in 1888, living first in Hailey, Blaine County, and then in Shoshone, Lincoln County. In 1910, she was employed as a milliner in a dress shop [149]. I could not find her in any census after 1910 but she may have been married to Asa BRUNKER between 1910 and 1920. If so, it would have been a second marriage for Asa, as the household included children Amy BRUNKER (age 17, born Idaho), Weston BRUNKER (age 16, born Idaho), and a son (name illegible; 4 years and 6 months old, born in Oregon). Maud does not show up in the Idaho death records, under either WATERS or BRUNKER; as the son was born in Oregon, perhaps she died there.

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FOURTH GENERATION

48. Samuel Abner WATERS [Winfield-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 28 October 1874 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. He died in Nebraska ca 1887, at the age of 13 [6].

49. James Aaron WATERS [Winfield-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born ca 1876 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. (N. K. Wilson [6] gives a birth date of 6 May 1879, but that does not work with either census estimates or the birthdate of his brother Truman, below.) He attended high school in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska. He moved to Boise, Ada County, Idaho, probably in 1909 with his parents, and there married Phoebe Irene MAROHN on 8 May 1907 [152]. He was a seed-buyer for "an eastern company" [6].
James and Phoebe had three children born between 1908 and 1913.

50. Truman Augustus WATERS [Winfield-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 11 February 1879 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. He attended high school in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska, and in 1900 was living near his parents in District 203, Ord, Valley County, Nebraska [41]. . He moved to Boise, Ada County, Idaho, probably in 1909 with his parents. Like his brother James, he was a seed-buyer by profession. He did not marry. He died in Boise, Ada County, Idaho 24 February 1943 [6].

51. Mary Elizabeth WATERS [Winfield-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 27 March 1880 in Hamilton County, Nebraska. She attended high school and Rummers Academy in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska. She taught school in Ord before moving to Boise, Ada County, Idaho with her parents in 1909. She also taught in Boise, and died there 6 July 1952 [6]. I find no indication that she married.

52. Winnie Ann WATERS [Winfield-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 10 June 1893 in Valley County, Nebraska. She attended high school in Ord, Nebraska. She moved to Idaho with her parents in 1909, where she was a secretary. She was living in Boise, Ada County, Idaho in 1970. Apparently she never married [6].

53. Mary Estella JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 30 June 1878 Grafton, Fillmore County, Nebraska. About 1880, she moved with her parents to Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska, [42]. In 1883, they were living at Downs, Osborne County, Kansas, and by 1886 had moved to Stockton Township, Rooks County, Kansas [6]. She attended public schools and the Academy in Stockton, Kansas, and married there 20 October 1897, Elbert Watson WINTERS. Elbert, the son of John and Lavinia WINTERS, was born in Portland, Jay County, Indiana 18 August 1873. Mary and Elbert lived for a time in Oklahoma (Lawton and Hominy), but returned to Stockton, Kansas, where Elbert died 17 April 1927. Mary married 2nd Judson Lyman FLINT in Stockton 23 September 1934. Judson was born 20 January 1869 in Novi, Wayne County, Michigan, the son of Lyman and Mary FLINT. Lyman died in Stockton, Kansas 30 July 1950; Mary died there 19 March 1970. Mary had no children by either marriage [6].

54. Thomas Burton JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 7 December 1880 in Aurora, Hamilton County, Nebraska. In 1883, he and his family were living at Downs, Osborne County, Kansas, and by 1886 had moved to Stockton Township, Rooks County, Kansas. He attended public schools in Stockton, and later went to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He was a miller and a farmer. On 6 March 1904 in Stockton, he married Edith Marie FLINT, daughter of Lyman and Mary FLINT, who was born in Fairbanks, Buchanan County, Iowa 16 September 1886. Edith died in Sanborn, Iowa 17 March 1951 and is buried there. Thomas died 27 October 1966 in Bridgeport, Nebraska. He is buried at Stockton, Kansas [6].
Thomas and Edith had two children born in 1905 and 1907.

55. Charles Wilber JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 23 November 1883 in Downs, Osborne County, Kansas. By 1886 his family had moved to Stockton Township, Rooks County, Kansas. He attended public schools in Stockton, and later went to Baker University in Baldwin, Kansas. In Stockton, Kansas 10 April 1907 he married Effie Blanche WENDOVER, daughter of Joel WENDOVER and Emma KOHLER. Effie was born near Stockton 27 March 1882. She attended State College at Emporia, Kansas, and was a teacher. Charles was at various times a teacher, a miller, and a gas station owner. During their marriage they lived in the Kansas towns of Stockton, Kirwin, Claudell, and Kensington. I haven't found a death record for Charles; Effie died in Concordia, Kansas 14 April 1961, and is buried in Stockton, Kansas [6].
Charles and Effie had three children born between 1909 and 1913.

56. Ralph Earl JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 5 December 1886 in Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas. He attended public schools in Stockton and married there 30 April 1911, Esta C. CHAPMAN. Esta, the daughter of Ira S.CHAPMAN and Martha Ann LEE, was born in December 1888 in Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska. Some time after 1920 they moved to Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington, where they lived until they died in 1969, Ralph on 11 April and Esta on 18 April. Ralph was a farmer and a miller [6].
Ralph and Esta had three children born between 1912 and 1920.

57. Rachael Floretta JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 7 June 1891 in Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas. She attended public schools in Stockton and later attended the Kansas City Business College in Kansas City, Missouri. She taught school and was a secretary. In Stockton 18 July 1920 she married James Earl FARRISH, son of Joseph and Elizabeth FARRISH, who was born in Effingham, Atchison County, Kansas 16 October 1889. He attended Washburn University Law School in Topeka, Kansas, and was a lawyer and teacher. By 1930 they were living in Topeka, Kansas. I have no death information on Rachael, but James died 12 November 1932 in Prescott, Arizona. He is buried in Stockton, Kansas [6].
Rachael and James had two children born between 1923 and 1931.

58. Frances Edna JACKSON [Nancy-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 25 July 1893 in Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas. She attended public schools in Stockton, and became a teacher. In Stockton on 8 October 1913, she married John William SMITH, son of John George SMITH and Hester JACQUES. He was born near Natoma, Rooks County, Kansas 1 January 1883. He attended Wesleyan University in Salina, Kansas, and was a teacher, farmer, stockman, and State Legislator. Frances and John moved from Stockton to Natoma about 1918, and lived there until John died 27 January 1955. Frances was still alive in 1970 [6].
Frances and John had three children, born between 1915 and 1924.

59. Thomas Fred WATERS [John-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born near New London, Henry County, Iowa on 2 October 1878. He married Nora Elizabeth PRICKETT near New London 20 December 1899. She was born 12 September 1880 near New London. The couple farmed several locations in Henry County, Iowa, and later lived in New London and Mt. Pleasant, and apparently for a time near Amarillo, Texas, and in California. Thomas died 8 August 1965 at Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, and is buried there at Forest Home Cemetery. Nora died ca 1970, location undetermined by me. They had 10 children, born between 1901 and 1922 [6, 19, 21].

60. Bertha Jane "Jennie" WATERS [John-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 6 October 1880 near New London, Henry County, Iowa. She married at New London 20 December 1899 James Clyde WILSON, son of John C. WILSON and Mary J. KLINE. James was born near Avon, Illinois 20 September 1875. He was a farmer and a barber. They lived at New London, Iowa until 1908; were in Yates Center, Kansas around 1910; and had moved to Pawnee City, Nebraska by 1913. I have not followed them in detail after that date. They had returned to Henry County, Iowa, by 1960, where James died at Mt. Pleasant 7 June 1960, and Jennie followed 12 October 1965. They are both buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Mt. Pleasant. They had eight children born between 1901 and 1913 [6, 156].

61. Francis (or Franklin) A. WATERS [James-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born December 1891. After his mother died in March 1892, he was raised by his aunt Rachel WATERS [6, 45]. About 1916 he married (probably in Henry County, Iowa) Edna May PATTERSON, who was born in Iowa 19 December 1894 [157]. They apparently lived in Missouri for a brief period around 1917, but were back in Henry County, Iowa (Mt. Pleasant) by January 1900, where Francis was working as a retail merchant [158]. In April 1930, they were living in Nederland, Boulder County, Colorado, where Francis worked as a quartz miner [159]. He was reportedly living near La Jolla, San Diego County, California, in 1935 [6], and is probably the Frank A. WATERS who died in Los Angeles 7 February 1940 [157]. Edna died in Los Angeles 28 February 1953 [157]. They had two sons, born in 1917 and 1919.

62. Mary Cyrena WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 2 March 1887 near Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas. She moved with her parents to Nebraska around 1890, then to Henry County, Iowa around 1895. In 1910, she was living with her parents and teaching school in Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa [48]. Her family moved to Van Buren County, Iowa, and on 28 April 1915 at Stockport, she married George Chris RAMILLER, son of Frederick RAMILLER and Mary POGGEMILLER. He was born West Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa 28 September 1876. He was a farmer and miller. He died 2 December 1957 in West Burlington, and was buried in Zion Cemetery, Prairie Grove (Des Moines County?), Iowa. Mary was still living in 1970. They had one daughter, born in 1919 [6].

63. WATERS child [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born ca 1889, and died in infancy.

64. Mildred Nettie WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 2 February 1891 at Ord, Valley County, Nebraska. She moved with her family to Omaha, Nebraska for a few years, then moved to Henry County, Iowa, around 1895. In 1910 she was living with her parents and teaching school in Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa [48]. She graduated from Howe Academy in 1911. On 14 March 1917 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, she married William John LENZ, son of William LENZ and Louise KLOPP. William was born in Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois 10 November 1889. He was a farmer. He died 8 March 1962 in Henry County, Iowa, and is buried in the Burge Cemetery at New London. Mildred was still living in 1970. They had two sons, born in 1918 and 1920 [6].

65. Bessie Leola WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 18 July 1893 in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. She moved with her parents to Henry County, Iowa about 1895, and then to Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowa. There she went to school and taught school until she married 16 September 1916 to Arza Ray BROWN. He was born near Stockport 22 September 1895, the son of Nathaniel BROWN and Eva RUNYAN. Apparently they were both still alive in 1970. They had two daughters, born in 1918 and 1924 [6].

66. WATERS child [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] born ca 1895 in Nebraska; died in infancy.

67. Ruth Rachel WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 7 October 1896 (perhaps in Omaha, Nebraska), and died 22 February 1897 in Henry County, Iowa [6].

68. Paul Ellsworth WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 14 March 1897 in Henry County, Iowa. He lived with his parents at several locations in eastern Iowa, and became a farmer and stock raiser. He was with his family in Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa, in 1910 [47, 48], and later was in Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowa. On 20 March 1919 at Salem, Henry County, Iowa, he married Gladys Elvina MORRISON, daughter of Frank MORRISON and Marie OBERMANN. She was born at Mount Union, Henry County, Iowa 20 October 1899. Both were still alive in 1970. They had four children between 1920 and 1930 [6].

69. Mark Chester WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 27 December 1898 in Henry County, Iowa. He lived with his parents in Henry, Des Moines and Van Buren counties, Iowa, before getting married in Mt. Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa 2 April 1923 to Lillian Agas SCOTT. She was born 27 February 1900 in Des Moines County, Iowa, the daughter of Parker SCOTT and Mary HELENTHALL. Mark was a farmer; he was still alive in 1970. Lillian died 12 June 1938, and is buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. They had 6 children between 1924 and 1935 [6].

70. Max McGrew WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 19 June 1905 at Lowell, Henry County, Iowa. He lived with his family in Henry, Des Moines and Van Buren counties before marrying 1 February 1927 in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa to Mattie Rosahah HUMMEL. She was the daughter of Isaac HUMMEL and Ella TRUEBLOOD, and was born in Mt. Pleasant 4 November 1906. They farmed near Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowa until about 1936, then settled near Blakesburg, Monroe County, Iowa. They were both alive in 1970. They had 5 children born between 1930 and 1943 [6, 48, 49, 50]

71. Eunice Belle WATERS [Thomas-3, Samuel-2, William-1] was born 31 August 1907 at Lowell, Henry County, Iowa. She married 1st Oswald ONSEN in Stockport, Van Buren County, Iowa 18 July 1952. Oswald died in Albuquerque, New Mexico 1 March 1957, where they were living at the time. She married 2nd in Albuquerque 28 October 1962, P. F. August KEYSER. Apparently both husbands had children from previous marriages, but Eunice did not have any of her own [6].

72. Winnifred B. WATERS [William-3, James-2, William-1] was born February 1888 Cass County, Nebraska. She was a high school teacher, unmarried, in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1920 [53].

73.James A. WATERS [William-3, James-2, William-1] born June 1889 Cass County, Nebraska. He was a salesman for an oil company, unmarried, in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1920 [53].

74. Melvina "Nellie" M. WATERS [William-3, James-2, William-1] born July 1893 Cass County, Nebraska. She was teaching in an agricultural school, unmarried, in 1920 [53].

75. Mary G. WATERS [William-3, James-2, William-1] born ca 1897 Cass County, Nebraska. She was in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1920, unmarried [53].

76. William H. WATERS [William-3, James-2, William-1] born August 1899 Cass County, Nebraska. He was in Lincoln, Nebraska, unmarried, in 1920 [53].

77. Amy E. MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca 1878 in Linn County (probably Brownsville), Oregon. She was not in her parents' home in Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon in 1900 [77].

78. Omer/Homer MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born December 1879 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. He was still living with his parents in 1900 in Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon, working as a day laborer [77]. I do not have a marriage record for him, but a granddaughter Goldie, born ca 1906 and shown with Homer's parent's household in 1910, 1920 and 1930, may be his child [78, 79, 82].

79. Pearl MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born September 1884 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. She was living with her parents in Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon in 1900 [77]. She married July 1902 H. F. BAILEY [83].

80. Frankie MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born June 1888, probably in Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. She was living with her parents in Gold Hill, Oregon in 1900, but not in 1910 [77,78].

81. Levie M./Lela MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born September 1892 probably in Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon. She was still at home in 1910, but not in 1920 [77, 78].

82. Olney Richard MORELOCK [Mary Jane-3, John-2, William-1] was born September 1895 Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon. He was at home with his parents in 1900 and 1910 [77, 78]. I haven't located him after that date.

83. Nellie WATERS [John-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca 1892 in Washington State. She was with her parents in Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho, in 1900, and in Yakima County, Washington in 1910, but not 1920 [85, 90, 91].

84. Emerson E. (Elliott?) WATERS [John-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca March 1900 Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho. He lived with his parents in Idaho for several years, then moved with them to Yakima County, Washington. He was living with his mother, unmarried, in 1930 in Wiley City, Yakima County, Washington, where he was a "merchant." He had been a mail carrier in 1920 [85, 90, 91, 92].

85. Helen WATERS [John-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca 1903 Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho. She moved with her parents to Yakima County, Washington before 1910. She was living with her parents in Wiley City, Yakima County, in 1920, but not in 1930 [90, 91].

86. Lyle Leslie (or Leland) WATERS [William-3, John-2, William-1] was born January 1891 Washington State (maybe Seattle). He was in his parents' household in Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon for the 1900 and 1910 censuses [74, 93]. He married Norma ____, and died at White Salmon, Klickatat County, Washington [156].

87. Norma W. WATERS [William-3, John-2, William-1] was born November 1894 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. She was in her parents' household in 1900 and 1910 [74, 93].

88. Damon E. WATERS [William-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca 1897 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. He apparently lived in Brownsville until at least 1930. He married ca 1919 Lena E. _____. Lena was born in Oregon ca 1902; her father was reportedly born in Oregon, and her mother in Missouri. Both Damon and Lena were working in the Brownsville woolen mill in 1930 [93, 95]. At that time, they had two children, born ca 1921 and 1922.

89. Lula M. WATERS [William-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca May 1898 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

90. Willard W. WATERS [William-3, John-2, William-1] was born ca 1903 Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon. By 1930, he had married Bertha ____, who was born ca 1904 in Oklahoma. Her parents reportedly were both born in Kentucky. In 1930, both were working in the Brownsville woolen mill [93, 95].

91. Eva FITZGERALD [Eva-3, Abner-2, William-1] was born Burns, Harney County, Oregon, October 1895. After her mother's death ca 1896, she lived with her grandfather Abner and his third wife Elizabeth in Lincoln and Washington counties, Idaho. After Abner's death, she continued to live with Elizabeth WATERS until at least 1910 [107, 108]. I know nothing about her after 1910.

92. Frank Northrup WATERS [Frank-3, Harrison-2, William-1] was born 9 February 1895 Salem, Marion County, Oregon. His early life was spent in Salem, except for a time he was with his parents in New York City around 1920, and time he spent in the U. S. Navy during World War I (on submarine patrol near the Panama Canal). He married 1st Lizzie Mae (URSCHEL) PORTER in Escondido, San Diego County, California, 4 October 1920. Mae was born 6 November 1896 in Almena, Norton County, Kansas; married 1st Ross Olaf PORTER 11 April 1917, divorced him in 1919: and died 29 January 1959 while vacationing in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California. Frank and Mae had two children in 1925 and 1926. Frank married 2nd Elma Sarah (GRIMM) WILSON. (Elma had married 1st Oswald WILSON, and had two children - Oswald WILSON Jr., and Sue WILSON.) Frank died 11 August 1975 in Salem, Marion County, Oregon [133, 134].

93, Louemma WATERS [Frank-3, Harrison-2, William-1] was born 28 February 1899 Salem, Marion County, Oregon. She was married four times: 23 August 1924 New York, New York, to William J. ROUGHTON - one child born1928; 11 February 1942, William Brice ROBINSON; 1972, George William SCHOELEL; and Albert Daniel BOOSING. She died 7 January 1998 Salem, Oregon, and is buried in the Salem Pioneer Cemetery [133].

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REFERENCES
1. "The constitution of New York State forbade the sale of Indian lands to individuals. Sales could only be made to state (Pre-emption). In return for clarification of the eastern boundary of New York, Massachusetts was granted the pre-emption right to approximately 6 million acres of land in western New York. This meant that New York would eventually have the political jurisdiction and sovereignty over the area, but Massachusetts was to have the right of first purchase of land from the Indians." FROM: Hilbert, A. G. (1965), The Pre-emption Line - Fraud, Error or Hard Liquor. An historical talk presented in Elmira, New York. Reprinted on Joyce M. Tice's website "Tri Counties Genealogy and History" - http://www.rootsweb.com/nychemun/census/chemland.htm

2. Kelsey-Jones, J. (2004), Families of Seeley Creek Valley, Town of Southport, Chemung County, NY: reproduced on Joyce M. Tice's website "Tri Counties Genealogy and History" - http://www.rootsweb.com/nychemun/census/chemland.htm
Unfortunately, Kelsey-Jones was not able to provide primary source information for many of the birth and death dates in her report.

3. U. S. Federal Census 1790 - Chemung, Montgomery County, New York State. [NOTE: On all censuses prior to 1850, only the head of household is named. The presence or absence of other family members is surmised by matching the ages of people included in the household with the ages of known family members. This can be a little risky, because there could be other people in the "household" besides immediate family members, so I've used the technique judiciously.]

4. U. S. Federal Census 1800 - Tioga and Cayuga counties, New York State.

5. U. S. Federal Census 1810 - Williamson, Ontario County, New York

6. N. K. Wilson (1971?), Samuel (1822-1900) and Mary (Ketcham) Waters (1821-1876), Their Descendants to 1970 and Their Ancestors to the First Generations in America. Part III of The Family Record. Unpublished manuscript, Port Washington, New York.
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7. The sketch of Julius Waters is on page 1483 in "The History of Kansas" (1883).

8. U. S. Federal Census 1820 - Williamson, Ontario County, New York

9. U. S. Federal Censuses 1810, 1820 and 1830 - Caledonia, Genesee County, New York

10. F. A. Field, J. A. McVean and M. R. S. Whyte. Undated. Pioneer families of Wheatland by 1821. Privately printed.

11. This quote, one of a number that have appeared over the years, is from a sketch of John Morrison Waters, on page 1232 in: Anonymous (1903). Portrait and biographical record of Willamette Valley, Oregon . Chicago, Illinois: Chapman Publishing Company. 1571 pp.

12. Quaker Records: Rochester Monthly Meeting, Monroe County, New York. [Reviewed as an Ancestry.com database]

13. G. W. Cocks and J. J. Cox. 1912. History and genealogy of the Cock-Cocks-Cox family. New York, NY: Privately printed.

14. McKelvey, B. (1971), Flour milling at Rochester. Rochester History 33(3):1-19.

15. Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, tax list, 1827: included on the Ashtabula County U. S. GenWeb internet site.

16. Land records on file at the Ashtabula County Courthouse, Jefferson, Ohio:
6 Nov 1828 - William WATERS of Geneva, Ohio, purchased from Anson and Rachel F. HULL of Geneva, for $85, 17 acres of land adjoining Walter WATERS in Lot 36 of Great Lot One, T12 R5 Western Reserve.
9 Jan 1835 - William WATERS of Saybrook, Ohio, sold the above land for $100 to Jonas WATERS of Geneva.

17. U. S. Federal Census 1830 - Saybrook, Ashtabula County, Ohio

18. U. S. Federal Census 1840 - Hart Township, Warrick County, Indiana

19. Henry County Bicentennial Commission. 1982. The History of Henry County, Iowa. Biographical sketch of William Cox and family on pp. 161-162.

20. We haven't yet been able to locate the purchase deed for the 60 acres, but when sold to H. Griffin for $800 on 23 September 1847, it was described as the S1/2 SW1/4 Section 26, T4 R8.

21. R. D. Peterson. 1975. History of New London, Iowa. New London, Iowa: New London Journal.

22. Henry County- Iowa. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa: Henry County Courthouse. Deed Record Book G.
Pp. 324-326 23 Oct 1846 - From David and Abigail BALL to William WATTERS - $600 - E-1/2 of SE-1/4 Sec. 9 T71 R5 (80 acres); NE-1/4 of NW-1/4 Sec. 10, T70 R5 (40 acres) - witness: John S. COBB.

23. Henry County- Iowa. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa: Henry County Courthouse. Deed Record Book H.
Pp. 317-320 27 Mar 1849 - Mortgage from Samuel and Mary WATTERS to David and Asa McCULLY (i.e., the Watters are buying the property) - $810 - E-1/2 of NE-1/4 Sec 9 T71 R5 (80 acres); NW-1/4 of NE-1/4 Sec. 9 T71 R5 (40 acres); S-1/2 of E-1/2 of NW-1/4 of Sec. 3 T70 R5 (40 acres); NW-1/4 of NE-1/4 Sec 9 T71 R5 (40 acres); also parcels in Des Moines Co. (24 acres).

24. Iowa Genealogical Society (1987), Index to Burge Cemetery, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa.

25. U. S. Federal Census 1850 - New London, Henry County, Iowa

26. On 9 December 1857, Jordan Cox (in Santa Rosa, California) wrote to his parents in Henry County, Iowa: "Abner & Uncle Wm & Saml McCully are on their way to California. They will winter at the place where Will is [Josephine County, Oregon] & intend coming on in the spring. They have something like 125 or 30 cows & Heifers." The letter is in the Leora Saurteig collection.

27. Delilah Frances (McCully) Hendershott described the events in Josephine County in a manuscript "Crossing the Plains," which her daughter Mary Frances (Hendershott) Walton helped her prepare. She also described events in a 1917 letter to her daughter Sarah Hendershott, after Delilah had visited Josephine County for the first time in many years.

28. Daley, V. (1973), Rogue River Valley's early history. Rogue Digger 8(3):104-119.

29. Walling, A. G. (1884), History of Southern Oregon. Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling Co. Galice and the McCully hotel are described on p. 460.

30. We haven't found all the Josephine County deeds yet, but Abner WATERS purchased 110 acres along the Illinois River in Section 33, T38S R8W, and John Fletcher McCULLY (Samuel's son) purchased 160 acres in the SW1/4 of Section 1, T38S R8W. - From Deed Book 2, Josephine County Courthouse, Grants Pass, Oregon. Abner's land was acquired from his cousin William COX, who was then living in the area.

31. Anonymous (1875), Died (William Waters). Weekly Mercury (Portland, Oregon) 13 February 1875.

32. H. K. Hines. 1893. Illustrated history of the state of Oregon. Chicago, Illinois: Lewis Publishing Company. 1300 pp.
P.1251, William C. WATERS included in biographical sketch of John M. WATERS.

33. Hannah Keziah (Waters) McCully and other McCully kin are included in the biographical/genealogical sketches in: S. R. Wilbur and S. H. Wilbur (2000), The McCully Train: Iowa to Oregon 1852. Gresham, Oregon: SYMBIOS Books. We will write a more detailed report on her life later in this series of reports on the McCullys and related families.

34. U. S. Federal Censuses 1820 and 1830 - Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio.

35. KETCHAM family. I don't know where John KETCHAM (KETCHUM in early censuses) was born; his wife Nancy was born in New York State ca 1790. John was reportedly the great great grandson of John KETCHAM (1622-1697) of England [19[. John and Nancy likely married ca 1808, in either New York or Ohio, as their first known child, Orlan KETCHAM, was born in Ohio ca 1810 (according to 1850 census of Warrick Co., Indiana). Household information from Federal censuses (with suggestions of who the various males and females were):
1820 Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio - 2 males under 10 years (Perry KETCHAM, b. ca 1814, and an unidentified son); 1 male 10-16 (Orlan KETCHAM, b. ca 1810), l male 26-48 (John KETCHAM, father); 2 females under 10 (unidentified sisters?), 1 female 26-48 (Nancy KETCHAM, wife).
1830 Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio - 1 male under 5 (Edmond KETCHAM, b. ca 1827), 1 male 10-15 (unidentified brother?); 2 males 15-20 (Orlan and Perry), 1 male 50-60 (John KETCHAM, father); 2 females 5-10 (Mary KETCHAM b. 1821, and unidentified sister?), 1 female 10-15 (sister?), 1 female 15-20 (sister?), 1 female 40-50 (Nancy KETCHAM, mother)
1840 Hart, Warrick Co., Indiana - 1 male 10-15 (Edmond KETCHAM), 1 male 20-29 (Perry KETCHAM), 1 male 60-70 (John KETCHAM, father); 1 female 15-19 (Mary KETCHAM), 1 female 20-29 (sister?), 1 female 50-60 (Nancy KETCHAM, wife). NOTE: Orlan KETCHAM is shown in his own household.
1850 Hart, Warrick Co., Indiana - Orlan KETCHAM, age 40, farmer; wife Mariah, 37, b. New York; dau. Mary A., 14, b. Ohio; dau. Louisa, 10, b. Indiana; Serena, 4, b. Indiana; Angeline, 1, b. Indiana.
1850 New London, Henry County, Iowa (recorded in the census next to James WATERS and Samuel WATERS households) - Perry KETCHAM, age 36, farmer, b. Ohio; wife Susan, age 36, b. Ohio; son James F., 5, b. Indiana; dau. Nancy Jane, 3, b. Indiana; mother Nancy KETCHAM, 60, b. New York; brother Edmond KETCHAM, 23, farmer, b. Ohio. NOTE: John KETCHAM apparently died before 1850, and probably died in Indiana, as he is not buried in the Burge Cemetery, New London, with his wife Nancy (who died 23 March 1870, age 79 years 10 months 10 days).
The only KETCHAM other than Nancy KETCHAM and Mary (KETCHAM) WATERS buried in the Burge Cemetery is James F. KETCHAM, son of Perry and Susan, d. 22 Feb 1862, age 16 years 10 months 3 days (Iowa Genealogical Society [1987], Index to Burge Cemetery, New London Township, Henry County, Iowa).

36. Anonymous (1888), Portrait and Biographical Album of Henry County, Iowa. Chicago: Acme Publishing Company.

37. The reunion was reported in the news (probably the Salem, Oregon "Statesman"), the text of which is reproduced in N. K. Wilson's unpublished report on the Waters family (reference 6, above). The reunion took place on 1 January 1890 at the home of brother William H. H. Waters on Piety Hill in Salem. Afterward, Samuel spent time with his sister Hannah Keziah (Waters) McCully in Portland, Oregon, before returning to Iowa in early January.

38. U. S. Federal census 1860 - New London, Henry County, Iowa.

39. U. S. Federal census 1870 - Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska.

40 U. S. Federal census 1880 - District 99, Hamilton County, Nebraska.

41. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Ord, Valley County, Nebraska

42. U. S. Federal census 1880 - Hamilton, Hamilton County, Nebraska

43. U. S. Federal census 1870 - New London, Henry County, Iowa

44. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Stockton, Rooks County, Kansas

45. U. S. Federal census 1900 - New London, Henry County, Iowa

46. U. S. Federal census 1880 - New London, Henry County, Iowa

47. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Baltimore Township, Henry County, Iowa

48. U. S. Federal census 1910 - Danville, Des Moines County, Iowa

49. U. S. Federal census 1920 - New London, Henry County, Iowa

50. U. S. Federal census 1870 - Elmwood, Cass County, Nebraska

51. U. S. Federal census 1880 - Salt Creek, Cass County, Nebraska

52. From Cass County Historical Society, Plattsmouth, Nebraska - provided to me by Carol Staudenmaier, Orange County, California.

53. U. S. Federal census 1920 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

54. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Stove Creek, Cass County, Nebraska

55. U. S. Federal census 1910 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

56. U. S. Federal census 1930 - Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska

57. Anonymous (1903), Portrait and biographical record of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company. 1,571 pages - John M. WATERS biography on p.1232.

58. Anonymous (1906), Some reminiscences of David McCully. NOTE: This is a newspaper account, probably from a Salem, Oregon, or Portland, Oregon, paper, but I haven't been able to find the source. A copy was included in the McCully family papers.

59. N. L. Williamson (1981), E. E. Stanard scrap books. Albany, Oregon: State Savings and Loan Association. Copy in the Albany, Oregon, Public Library. Two volumes.

60. U. S. Federal census 1850 - Spanish Canyon, El Dorado County, California.

61. Letter from William Cox to a cousin William in Iowa 15 November 1851: "Abner and me is mining at the Yellow Jacket Springs... John M. Waters is the same." The letter is in the Leora Saurteig collection.

62. Genealogical Forum of Oregon (1992-1994), Genealogical material in Oregon donation land claims. Volumes I and V. Portland, Oregon: GFO. John Morrison WATERS' claim was for 160.69 acres in Section 2, T15S R4W Linn County. Abner Walter WATERS' claim was for 159.74 acres in Sections 2 and 3, T15S R4W. Abner's land had previously been claimed by James Bassett, but he relinquished the claim to Abner 6 February 1855.

63. J. Miles and R. R. Milligan (1983), Oregon Territory families in Linn County, Oregon, to the end of 1855. Volume 1. Albany, Oregon: Linn Benton Genealogical Services.

64. Anonymous (1909), Robert Moore. Brownsville Times (Brownsville, Oregon), 8 January 1909. Robert MOORE was born in Tennessee 10 February 1817. The obituary states that he moved to Missouri with his parents. He married Malinda SCRIVNER in Chariton County, Missouri, about 1835. Siblings of Nancy Ellen (MOORE) WATERS mentioned in the obituary in addition to Robert MOORE were Ann (MOORE) CURTIS of Harrisburg, and Seth MOORE of Crook County, Oregon. Another brother, J. H. MOORE, was living with Nancy and John WATERS in Brownsville, Oregon at the time of the 1880 census. He was born ca 1829 in Tennessee.

65. Letter of 19 June 1853 from William Cox Jr. and Jordan Cox in El Dorado County, California, to their father in Henry County, Iowa: "I got a letter from John and Harison [William Henry Harrison WATERS, John's brother and cousin to William and Jordan COX]. John says he likes Oregon the best kind. He has got ten thousand rail made." The letter is in the Leora Saurteig collection.

66. B. Tweedt (1994), Historic Harrisburg, a little town on the Willamette River. Harrisburg, Oregon: self-published.

67. Letter from Abner WATERS in Willamette Forks, Lane County, Oregon, to his brother James WATERS in Henry County, Iowa, 18 April 1854: "John and myself are farming we have got a fine crop of wheat we have got twenty five achors of wheat and some oats and barley and we have got a big job on hande this summer & we are agoing to make 15000 brick we have got 100 cord of brick wood cut and we are now fixing the yard brick sells for 15 dollars pr thousand I think we will make grub at it we can hier hands for 30 dollars pr month I guess we can make anough to pay them and not have to work our selves." The letter is in the Leora Saurteig collection.

68. John and Nancy WATERS were in southern Oregon at the same time as John's father and brother Abner, who apparently moved south in 1857 (Reference 26, above). I had assumed they traveled south together. However, one of John's and Nancy's children, Elizabeth WATERS, reportedly died in 1858 and is buried in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. If the date is correct, John and Nancy moved to Josephine County later than their other family members.

69. U. S. Federal census 1860 - Kerbyville, Josephine County, Oregon

70. A child of John and Nancy, William WATERS, reportedly died in 1860, and is buried in the Muddy Creek Cemetery near Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon. John and Nancy still owned the land in Merlin in 1893 (Reference 32, above).

71. I have yet to figure out all the details of the grist mill ownership. John Waters, Jackson L. Hall and Hiram Smith were early owners of the mill. John apparently acquired Smith's interest . In January 1862, John sold a third interest in the mill to his brother-in-law Asa A. McCully. In December 1863, Asa acquired Jack Hall's one-third interest. Later, John Waters' son-in-law James B. R. Morelock owned a share of the mill. Wesley Briggs is cited as someone involved with the mill, but I find no evidence that he actually owned it; it may have been after 1877, when John Waters and James Morelock sold their interests to Asa McCully (Records at the Linn County Recorder's Office).

72. A buhr mill made use of grinding stones made out of a hard siliceous (quartz like) rock. I don't know much about flour milling, but apparently rollers are much more efficient flour makers than the old grindstones.

73. M. Standish-Carey (1985), Past Times: Brownsville in 1890, Part II. Brownsville Times (Brownsville, Oregon), 14 March 1985.

74. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

75. Obituary of Ellen Moore Waters in "Brownsville Times" (Brownsville, Oregon), 9 March 1917.

76. H. Haskin and H. Haskin (1983-1985), Linn County Marriage Licenses. Albany, Oregon: Richard R. Milligan, publisher.

77. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon.

78. U. S. Federal census 1910 - Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon.

79. U. S. Federal census 1920 - Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon.

80. Newspaper notice: Oregon Mail (Medford, Oregon), 22 January 1904: The County Court in its January 1904 session appointed judges, including J. B. R. Morelock of Gold Hill.

81. Burials at Point Rock IOOF Cemetery, Jackson County, Oregon - included online in the Jackson County U. S. GenWeb archives.

82. U. S. Federal census 1930 - Gold Hill, Jackson County, Oregon.

83. Wedding announcement in "Oregon Mail" (Medford, Oregon) 9 January 1903.

84. U. S. Federal census 1880 - Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon.

85. U. S. Federal census 1900 - Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho.

86. U. S. Federal census 1910 - Emmett, Canyon County, Idaho.

87. U. S. Federal census 1930 - Emmett, Gem County, Idaho.

88. U. S. Federal census 1870 - East of Deschutes (Scots Post Office), Wasco County, Oregon.

89. U. S. Federal census 1880 - Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

90. U. S. Federal census 1910 - Fort Simcoe, Yakima County, Washington.

91. U. S. Federal census 1920 - Wiley City, Yakima County, Washington.

92. U. S. Federal census 1930 - Wiley City, Yakima County, Washington.

93. U. S. Federal census 1910 - North Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

94. U. S. Federal census 1920 - East Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

95. U. S. Federal census 1930 - East Brownsville, Linn County, Oregon.

96. F. E. Hodgkin and J. J. Galvin (1882), Pen Pictures of Representative Men of Oregon. Farmer and Dairyman Publishing House.

97. U. S. General Services Administration. Military service information on Abner Walter Waters, including a copy of his and Elizabeth's marriage certificate. I

98. O. W. Hoop (1929), History of Fort Hoskins, 1856-65. Oregon Historical Society Quarterly 30(4):346-361.

99. J. Miles and R. R. Milligan (1990), Pioneer settlers, Linn County, Oregon. Volume 12. Albany, Oregon: Linn Benton Genealogical Services.

100. McCARTNEY information from Reference 62, above: Henry A. McCARTNEY was born 1807 Blount County, Tennessee. He died 15 January 1893 Sodaville, Linn County, Oregon. He married 1st Margaret A. FINNEY 4 February 1830 Gibson County, Indiana. Margaret died 31 August 1862 (age 59 years 11 months 6 days) Peoria, Linn County, Oregon, and is buried in the Pine Grove Cemetery, Peoria. Henry married 2nd in Linn County 1 January 1868, Jane HOLT. Henry and Margaret arrived in Oregon August 1851, settled their Linn County donation land claim 1 February 1852: 320.4 acres in Section 18, T13S R4W.
McCARTNEY information from the June 1860 Linn County Federal census: Henry McCARTNEY, age 52, farmer, born Tennessee; Margaret McCARTNEY, 48, born Kentucky; John McCARTNEY, son, 22, farmer, born Indiana; Sarah McCARTNEY, daughter, 18, born Illinois; William McCARTNEY, son, 15, born Illinois; Charles McCARTNEY, son, 13, born Illinois; and Sophia McCARTNEY, daughter, 10, born Illinois.

101. J. Gaston (1912), The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Chicago: J. S. Clarke Co.

102. U. S. Federal census 1870 - Harrisburg, Linn County, Oregon.

103. H. O. Lang (1885), History of the Willamette Valley. Portland, Oregon: Himes and Lang, Publishers.

104. News clipping from an unidentified newspaper, showing the first hotel in Burns, Oregon. In 1886, the hotel was operated by B. R. Porter. "The land office which then occupied part of the building was in charge of Capt. A. W. Waters."

105. Newspaper account in the Oregon "Statesman" (Salem, Oregon) in September 1902: "Former Salemite Talks: Captain A. W. Waters, Once Prominent in Oregon."

106. Harney County, Oregon, marriage records Volume A, page 83. They were married in the home of J. M. Vaughn. Abner gave his age as 59, and Elizabeth as 44.

107. U. S. Federal Census 1900 - Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho.

108. U. S. Federal Census 1910 - West Weiser, Washington County, Idaho.

109. U. S. Federal Census 1880 - Nehalem, Columbia County, Oregon. In June 1880, at Nehalem, Columbia County, Oregon, there was an Elizabeth KNOWLES, age 29, married to Charles KNOWLES, age 40. They had a daughter, Emma, age 3. However, the census form shows Elizabeth born in Illinois, with her parents born in Tennessee; oddly, Charles KNOWLES is shown as being born in Rhode Island, as were his parents [109]. Did the census taker switch his information between husband and wife? I can't locate Charles KNOWLES in any other census, so I can't compare information given in other years.

110. U. S. Federal Census 1900 - Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho.

111. Obituary from 14 April 1906 Weiser, Idaho, newspaper (name of paper undetermined): "Capt. A. W. Waters, Commanded First Regiment of Oregon Infantry."

112. U. S. Federal Census 1910 - West Weiser, Washington County, Idaho.

113. Mary Waters obituary, 1900, from undated/unlabeled news clipping in Coshow family scrapbook. This Mary fits Abner's daughter in nearly all particulars: had lived with her uncle J. M. [John Morrison?] Waters for awhile; had been living in Harrisburg, Oregon; at the time of her death, she was in Portland, Oregon, to meet her father, and was going with him to Idaho for her health. She was survived by her father, a brother (Edward), and a sister (Allie).

114. U. S. Federal Census 1880 - Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

115. U. S. Federal Census 1900 - Burns, Harney County, Oregon.

116. U. S. Federal Census 1910 - Burns, Harney County, Oregon.

117. Harney County, Oregon, marriage register, Volume A, page 49 (on the Internet in the Brigham Young University Western States Historical Marriage Index)

118. Dolly Sainsbury (Novato, California) provided the following explanation of the complicated LISTER family connections:
1. Rebecca DANIELS marries 1st William TOMPKINS in Greene Co., IL, have 8 [probably] children.
2. The TOMPKINS arrive in Oregon 20 Oct 1852, settle in Pine, Baker Co. [then, Linn Co.]. William TOMPKINS dies in 1858, and dau. Harriet TOMPKINS marries Wesley W. BRIGGS.
3. After William TOMPKINS death, the widow Rebecca moves to Albany, OR, and marries William LISTER [b. 1820, works in woolen mill]; son "Willie" b. 1863. Rebecca sells the property in Pine, OR in 1866, and in 1870 the LISTERs are living in Albany with Oliver TOMPKINS [probably their son].
4. William LISTER dies between 1870 and 1878. Rebecca m. 3rd William LISTER, b. 1805, a retired physician and the father-in-law of Stephen T. CHURCH. When Stephen CHURCH dies in 1871, William LISTER is "of Albany", but does not seem to be there in the 1870 census.
5. "Willie" LISTER [son of Rebecca DANIELS and William LISTER-1820] m. Carrie Gertrude LOVE in 1883. They have Charles LISTER b. 1884 Harrisburg, OR, and Clare LISTER b. 1885 Po