Husband George N. Waid 1
Born: 27 Oct 1829 - Woodcock Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1
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Father: Ira C. Waid (1801-1871) 2
Mother: Elizabeth P. Morehead (1804-1882) 3
Marriage: 30 Apr 1855 - Woodcock, Crawford Co, PA 1
• Family History: from The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885).
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Wife Mary J. Bean 1
Born: 15 Aug 1835
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Father: Cyrus Bean ( - ) 1
Mother: Priscilla Gilbert ( - ) 1
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1 F Iowa Waid 1
Born: 18 Jan 1856 - Lee Co, IA
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Spouse: Walter Joslin ( - ) 1
2 F Elizabeth P. Waid 1
Born: 22 May 1857 - Lee Co, IA
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Spouse: William Riddle ( - ) 1
3 F Blanche E. Waid 1
Born: 22 Dec 1858 - Lee Co, IA
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Spouse: Augustus Anderhalt ( - ) 1
4 M Greely Waid 1
Born: 13 May 1861
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Died: 27 Mar 1864 1
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M Grant N. Waid 1
Born: 30 Nov 1864
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6 M Ira C. Waid 1
Born: 2 Dec 1867
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7 F Jennie L. Waid 1
Born: 25 Jul 1870
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8 M Plunmar B. Waid 1
AKA: Sumner B. Waid
Born: 30 May 1873
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9 M Lloyd G. Waid 1
Born: 13 Oct 1877
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10 M Charley F. Waid 1
Born: 21 Oct 1881 1
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General Notes: Husband - George N. Waid
He moved to Iowa in 1855, taking a span of good horses with him, and bringing them back to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, on his return home in 1860. While in Iowa he was visited in the spring of 1857 by his parents, and in the fall of 1860 by his brother, Francis C., who then for the first time saw "the West," and he accompanied his brother and family on their journey fifteen days after leaving West Point, Iowa, as far as Indian-apolis, Indiana, where he left them, thence returned to Erie, Pennsylvania, by rail, and from there to Meadville by stage. His father assisted him in buying a piece of land in Iowa, on which he built a house and which he farmed until his return home, but several years afterward sold, as renting property so far away was not profitable. He resided after 1865 on a farm located on the Dickson road, four miles northeast of Meadville, and one mile north of the Methodist Episcopal Church on the State road. He had a saw-mill for custom work, which he operated during four months in each year.
He enlisted during the War of the Rebellion in July, 1862; received a gunshot through the lungs at the battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, and was honorably discharged on account of disability February 18, 1864.
Francis C. Waid, George N. Waid, and their brother-in-law, George W. Cutshall, traveled many thousand miles together. In 1876 they vis-ited the Centennial; in the fall of 1880 they visited friends and relatives in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska; and in December, 1883, they made a trip to Knoxville, East Tennessee, on which occasion Mr. Francis C. Waid's mission was one of business and to see his eldest son.