Daniel Wait

WAIT, SPRAGUE, NICHOLS

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/27/2004 at 22:18:08

Daniel Wait was born in Orleans county, New York, on the 8th day of April 1833. His father, Eli Wait, was also a native of the Empire State, but his mother, Abigail (Sprague) Wait, was born in Vermont. Daniel Wait was reared on a farm, and in 1856 united in marriage with Betsy Nichols, daughter of Benjamin and Nancy Nichols, and continued his residence in his native State until 1861, then came to Iowa and resided in Butler county three years.
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He then went back to New York, but in 1871 again returned to Butler, and has since been a resident of Jackson township. Mr. and Mrs. Wait have five children – Harriet, Carrie, Fred, Jessie and Edward. Mr. Wait is a republican and a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Pages 605 - 606