Family Group Sheet
WAIT, William Smith
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Husband: William Smith WAIT
Birth: 5 March 1789 in Portland, Maine
Death: 17 July, 1865 in Bond Co., IL
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Parents - Father: Thomas Baker WAIT; Mother: Elizabeth SMITH WAIT
Marriage: 18 May 1820 in Boston, MA
Wife: Sarah NEWHALL
Birth: 31 Jan 1797 in MA
Death: 14 Sept 1865 in Bond Co., IL
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Parents - Father: Thomas NEWHALL; Mother: Mehitable CHEEVER
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Child No. 1: Louisa WAIT
Birth: 9 June 1821 in MA
Death: 24 Sept 1823 in MO
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Child No. 2: Mehitable Cheever WAIT
Birth: 13 Nov 1822 in MA
Death: 4 Oct 1843 in Bond Co., IL
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Child No. 3: Louisa
Birth: 13 July 1825 in MA
Death: 16 May 1862 in Bond Co., IL
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Marriage: 16 May 1862
Spouse: Dr. Jacques RAVOLD
Child No. 4: William Smith WAIT
Birth: 7 Jan 1828 in Cambridgeport, MA
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Marriage: (2) 5 May 1877
Spouse: Adele Ravold
Child No. 5: Richard Smith WAIT
Birth: 20 Aug 1830 in Boston, MA
Death: 18Dec 1905 in Hanford, CA
Burial: in Hanford, CA
Marriage: 4 May 1864 in Greenville, IL
Spouse: (2) Frances HAMILTON
Child No. 6: Spurgheim WAIT
Birth: 26 Jan 1833 in MA
Death: 18 Oct 1833 in MA
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Child No. 7: Henry Willis WAIT
Birth: 4 Oct 1834 in Boston, MA
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Marriage: 10 June 1863 in Greenville, IL
Spouse: Margaret CORRIE
Child No. 8: Foster Flagg WAIT
Birth: 14 Nov 1837 in MA
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Notes / Documentation:
The WAITE Family of Malden, Mass by Deloraine P. Corey pub 1913 Family notes and genealogy work There is extensive biographical information on William Smith WAIT in the Bond Co. Census and 1882 Biographies. He was an influential farmer and owned a very large apple orchard. He played an important role in getting the railroad through Bond County. Richard Smith WAIT spent several years in Oregon after the Oregon Trail open - along with several cousins- married and then returned to Il where his wife died. He remarried to Frances Haven HAMILTON, who according to the Bond Co census must have lived "next door" and in 1875 they moved to Hanford, California where Richard continued farming. Francis died at age 44 in 1887, leaving Richard to raise his large family by himself.
Posted 13 May 1999 by Barbara Krueger
