Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Waters, Henry C. 1849 - living in 1917
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Author: B. F. Bowen

HENRY C. WATERS.

    Among the substantial and well-known men of Oketo, Marshall county, who
holds the responsible position of agent for the railroad company, is Henry C.
Waters, who was born on March 8, 1849, at Alexanderville, Ohio, the son of
Thomas and Mary (Cabin) Waters, who were natives of Pennsylvania. They were
educated in the common schools of that state, and there they spent their early
years and later were married.

    Thomas Waters was born in the year 1818, the same year that his future wife
first saw the light of day. After their marriage they established their home on
a farm in their native state and they resided there until 1845, when they moved
to a farm in Ohio. There they lived in Montgomery county until 1869, when Mr.
Waters came to Iowa. With 'his family he made the trip to Washington county with
horses and wagon, enduring many of the hardships of such means of travel .over
poor roads and an unknown territory. He established himself on a farm in
Washington county, where he resided until his death in 1899. He was a
hard-working man and a first-class farmer and stockman. He developed his tract
of land into one of the ideal farms of the county and was recognized as one of
the substantial farmers. His wife met her death in 1872, having been killed by a
terrific storm that passed over that section of the country. She was a woman of
high ideals and by her kindly disposition made many friends in her western home,
who moured her untimely death.

    Thomas and Mary Waters were the parents of the following children: Solomon,
William, Simon, Samuel, George, Henry C., Thomas and Elizabeth. Solomon, now
deceased, was a farmer and during the Civil War he left his home and gave
several years to the service of his country; William, also deceased, served
during some of the hard campaigns of the Civil War, and after his honorable
discharge he returned to the farm and became a farmer and stockman; Simon, now a
resident of Posttown, Ohio, and his brothers, Samuel and George, also enlisted;
Samuel and George are now both deceased; Thomas is a resident of Washington
county, Iowa, and Elizabeth Van Circle resides at Westchester, Iowa.

    Henry C. Waters received his education in the public schools of Ohio and was
reared on the home farm, where he assisted his father with the farm work. He
remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he started in life for
himself. In 1881 he was employed as station agent for the Union Pacific railroad
and served in that capacity at several stations, with singular success. In 1889
he was transferred to his present position, where he has secured the confidence
of the public and the railroad company. He is a man of pleasing qualities and is
held in the highest esteem.

    On New Year's Day, 1884, Henry C. Waters was united in marriage to Mary Jane
Watkins, who was born in Iowa in 1862. When but a child her parents moved to
Lincoln, Nebraska, where they lived for many years, and were among the prominent
residents of that place. Mrs. Waters has spent the greater part of her married
life in Oketo, where she has made many friends.

    Mr. and Mrs. Waters are the parents of five children, as follow: Henry,
assistant cashier of the Oketo State Bank; Olive, postmistress of Oketo; Dott
and Charlotte, both teaching in Marshall county, and Charles, attending college
in Kentucky. Mr. Waters is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons and
has ever taken the warmest interest in the good of the order.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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