BIOGRAPHIES:  Daniel WAITE, Town of Weston, Dunn County, WI

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Daniel Waite, farmer and present surveyor of Dunn County. Resides on Section
10, Town of Weston, P. O. Menomonie. He is the son of Emery Waite, who
settled in Columbia County in 1853. He removed with his family to Dunn
County in 1864, where the father of Mr. Waite died in 1879. His mother
lives with her son, Daniel. Parents had three children, all of whom are
residents of Dunn County--Frances, now Mrs. G. W. Bird, Daniel and Eleanor.
Daniel was born in Columbia County in 1854. He prepared for college at
the High School of Menomonie, under Professor Thayer, and took a farmer's
course in the Illinois Industrial University, where he made a specialty
of surveying. He was engaged in teaching for several years in Dunn County;
elected County Surveyor in the fall of 1880. Married Harriet Stevens. They
have one son.

-- From "History of Northern Wisconsin, An Account of Its Settlement, Growth,
Development and Resources; an Extensive Sketch of its Counties, Cities, 
Towns and Villages." Volume 1.  Chicago: the Western Historical Company, 
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, 1881, page 287