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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ George T. Wait ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Wait, George T.
LAST NAME: Wait FIRST NAME: George MIDDLE NAME: T. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 6 Feb 1833 DIED: 13 Feb 1908 BURIED: 15 Feb 1908 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  Farmer
BIRTH PLACE:  Kentucky
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

1860 OR CENSUS – George T. Wait (26y, b Massachusetts, occupation farmer)

MARRIAGE – George T. Wait & Rebecca R.K. Bowen m 7 Nov 1861; C.P. Chapman, MG. Wit: Andrew Seifarth & William Bowen

1870 OR CENSUS - Geo. T. Wait, age 37, occupation farmer, b. Kentucky, is enumerated with wife Rebecca, age 33, b. Missouri, along with Lucy, age 7, b. Oregon, Ellen, age 6, b. Oregon, Oliver, age 4, b. Oregon, Caroline, age 2, b. Oregon, and Otis, age 1, b. Oregon.

1880 OR CENSUS – George Wait (46y, b Kentucky, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Rebecca (44y, b Missouri) and 6 children, all born in Oregon, Ellen (16y), Oliver (13y), Otis (10y), George (9y), Frank (6y) and Mary (3y)

1900 OR CENSUS - George T. Wait, age 67, occupation landlord, b. Feb 1833 in Kentucky, is enumerated with his wife of 38 years Rebecca K., age 66, mother of 9 children 7 of whom are living at the time of the census, b. Jun 1836, along with Mary G., single, age 23, b. Apr 1877 in Oregon.

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (Marion County 1908) #5995 - George T. Wait, male, farmer, married, b. 6 Feb 1833 in Kentucky, d. 13 Feb 1908 in Salem, Oregon (20th & Center St) at the age of 75 years 7 days, interment Zena; informant Oliver C. Wait.

 

OBITUARY: 

The funeral of the late George Wait will take place tomorrow afternoon at 10 o'clock at Zena. The services will be performed by Rev. Dr. Davis Errett of the First Christian church. Relatives and friends will leave here at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Daily Capital Journal 14 Feb 1908 8:5

Old Resident Dies
George Wait Succumbs to Sudden Attack of Heart Disease, Aged 75 Years.
George T. Wait, a former resident of Polk county, dropped dead near his home in Salem early Friday morning. It is thought that death was due to heart disease.
He was on his way to State and High streets where it is said he had intended taking the Oregon Electric car for Portland for a visit. Shortly after he had left the house he met a friend with whom he stopped to talk. Upon reaching to his vest pocket for his watch he discovered that he had left it at home and stated to his friend that he would have to hurry back and get it. He turned around and had taken but a few steps when he sank to the ground and almost immediately expired.
George Wait had been a resident of Salem for the past five years, having moved there from Polk county, where he owned a fine farm. He was 75 years of age and leaves, besides a wife, four sons, Otis, George, and Oliver of Independence, and Frank Wait at Seattle, and three daughters, Mrs. Ellen Southwick of Polk county, and Mary and Gene Wait at the family home.
The deceased was a well known and generally liked citizen and had many influential friends in Salem and in Polk county. Funeral services were held at the Wait residence on Saturday at 10 o’clock, and the remains were taken to Zena for burial.
Polk County Observer, Tuesday, 18 Feb 1908, 1:2

INSCRIPTION: 

George T. Wait
Feb. 6, 1833
Feb. 13, 1908
Father

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1908) #5995

1860 OR CENSUS (Polk co, FA#215)

Marion Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1849-1871, page 31

1870 OR CENSUS (Polk County, Eola, FA #391)
1880 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Bethel, ED 102, FA#84)

1900 OR CENSUS (Marion Co, Prospect, ED 127, sheet 1B)
DCJ 14 Feb 1908 8:5
PCO 18 Feb 1908, 1:2

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