Hickman-Williamson-Davidson County TN Archives Biographies.....Waters, Zachariah  November 3, 1833 - August 12, 1909
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Source: THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, Friday, Aug. 13, 1909, Page 2
Author: Glenn Waters

THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN, Friday, Aug. 13, 1909, Page 2

Z. J. WATERS, CENTERVILLE
Special Dispatch to The American
CENTERVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 12-
Zachariah John Waters, a substantial citizen of Centreville, died at 2 a.m.
today of cancer, with which he had been afflicted for some years. He was also a
sufferer from kidney trouble. He was in his seventy-sixth year. Mr. Waters was a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; a Mason and a Confederate
veteran, serving as a commissioned officer. Veterans will act as honorary
pallbearers at this funeral tomorrow. His widow and three grandchildren survive
him.

Zachariah John Waters was born on November 3, 1833, in Centerville, Tennessee,
his father, Zachariah, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca, was 21. He was married
three times and had two sons and one daughter. He died on August 12, 1909, in
his hometown, having lived a long life of 75 years, and was buried there.
NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN, Friday, Aug. 13, 1909
Zachariah John Waters,
Name Zachariah J Waters
Rank at enlistment 1st Lieutenant
State Served Tennessee
Service Record     Commissioned an officer in Company D, Tennessee 48th Infantry
Regiment.
Sources Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
Confederate Name Zachariah J Waters
Enlistment Date 1862
Military Unit     Forty-eighth (Voorheis') Infantry
DEATH RECORD
Zachariah John Waters
CENTREVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 12-
(Special)-After an illness of long duration, Mr. Zach J. Waters succumed to a
cancer at 2 o'clock this morning. He was also afflicted with kidney trouble. He
was 75 years, 9 months, and 9 days old. He was in independent circumstances, and
was esteemed as a worthy citizen. He was a member of M. E. Church, South, a
Mason and an ex-Confederate soldier, who was a commissioned officer in the
service. Civil War veterans will be honorary pallbearers at his funeral tomorrow
morning. Surviving him are his wife and three grandchildren.

Additional Comments:
Zachariah John Waters was born on November 3, 1833, in Centerville, Tennessee,
his father, Zachariah, was 24 and his mother, Rebecca, was 21. He was married
three times and had two sons and one daughter. He died on August 12, 1909, in
his hometown, having lived a long life of 75 years, and was buried there.

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