Weld County, History of Colorado, BIOS: WAILES, David (published 1918)
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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 392, 394
photo p. 393


DAVID WAILES.

	David Wailes was a representative and highly respected citizen of 
Weld county and his death was the occasion of deep regret to many 
friends in his section of the state, as well as his immediate family. 
He was born in Scotland April 2, 1864, a son of Will and Elizabeth 
Wailes. Two of his brothers, Thomas and John Wailes, are on the Big 
Thompson, Colorado, where they are extensively engaged in farming.

	David Wailes was reared and educated in Motherwell, Scotland, but 
completed his studies when a youth of fourteen years, as necessity 
forced him to start out in the business world on his own account. He 
was first employed in a sawmill but after a short time took up railroad 
work. Later, thinking that he could secure better business 
opportunities on the other side of the Atlantic, he made his way to the 
United States and crossed the country to Rock Springs, Wyoming, where 
he arrived in 1884. He obtained a position on the top of a coal mine 
and was there employed for a brief period, after which he left "Wyoming 
for Clifton, Arizona. At the latter place he secured work in a 
blacksmith shop but afterward returned to railroading and was thus 
engaged for three years. With his arrival in Colorado he made his way 
north of Eaton and obtained employment as a farm hand for a year with 
two of his brothers. He next took up farming on his own account, 
settling at Severance. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land 
which is the present home farm of his family. He then devoted his 
attention to the raising of potatoes, hay and grain and he also fed 
sheep quite extensively in the winter time and handled cows, horses and 
hogs. His time and energies were devoted to his farm work and stock 
raising interests and he was quite successful in all that he undertook. 
He possessed sound judgment in business affairs and his energy and 
enterprise constituted salient forces in the attainment of success. He 
also extended his efforts into other fields and for a few years was 
vice president of the Severance Bank, now the Farmers Bank. He was also 
the president of the Farmers Union at the time of his death.

	It was in Clifton, Arizona, on June 16, 1886, that Mr. Wailes was 
united in marriage to Miss Margaret MacManus, a daughter of John and 
Sarah MacManus, who were also natives of Scotland and came to this 
country when Mrs. Wailes was nineteen years of age. She made her way to 
Arizona, where she remained to the time of her marriage. She has two 
brothers living, both in Canada. To Mr. and Mrs. Wailes were born the 
following named. William John, the eldest, was a farmer but is now in 
the National Army at Camp Kearny, California, as a member of the One 
Hundred and Sixtieth Ambulance Corps. Robert Edward, married Bernice 
Nash and follows farming at Severance. Ronald David was for a year a 
student in the School of Mines at Golden, Colorado, and afterward 
enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Engineers, being stationed 
for training in California. Cora Lynn, became the wife of Charles Tait, 
and passed away, July 2, 1918. Norman Alexander, Hilda Margaret, Laura 
Lillian and Gordon Leslie are all at home. The family circle was broken 
by the hand of death on the 9th of January, 1915, when Mr. Wailes 
passed away at the age of fifty years, his death resulting from an 
operation for appendicitis and gall stones. He was a member of the 
Woodmen of the World and was a man of many splendid traits of 
character, commanding the confidence and goodwill of all who knew him. 
He believed in maintaining discipline in his family and in the careful 
rearing of his children, and their record is one of which the parents 
had every reason to be proud. Two of the sons are now serving their 
country and Mrs. Wailes is taking a very active part as one of the 
leading workers in the local Red Cross activities.