Isaac Waters

WATERS, COON, MACK

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/27/2004 at 22:23:51

Isaac Waters resides on section 33. His father, William S. Waters, purchased the east 80 acres of this farm of Mr. Coon, and the west 80 of Charles Mack. William S. Waters was a native of England. He came to this country, with his family, in 1829, settling at Coal Castle, Pennsylvania, and engaging in coal mining. He removed to Rock county, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1848, coming here and settling in 1854. He died January, 1874; his wife died in 1875. Isaac Waters was born in Cornwall, England, in 1827. He worked for many years as a machinist. His father came here from Ozanukee county, Wisconsin, where he had removed from Rock county.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 418