Lawrence F. Waters
(Abt 1808-1888)
Eve Cline
(1826-1887)
Ephraim Lewis Waters
(1847-1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Catherine Beecher

Ephraim Lewis Waters 1 2 3

  • Born: 27 Jan 1847, Muncie, Delaware, IN 1 2 4
  • Marriage (1): Mary Catherine Beecher on 15 Oct 1870 in , Blackford, IN
  • Died: 19 Feb 1910, Hartford City, Blackford, IN at age 63 1 2
  • Buried: 21 Feb 1919, Hartford City: Hartford City Cemetery, Blackford, IN 1 2

   FamilySearch ID: LXMP-YVN.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Muncie, Delaware, IN. 3 The 1850 census recorded Lawrence Waters, blacksmith, 42, living with wife Eve, 24; Laura, 19; Susanah, 9; Horace, 8; Ephraim, 4; Lanow, 11 months. Also in the home is blacksmith Nimrod Lewis, 19. Lawrence was born in Canada, Eve and Nimrod in Ohio, Laura in Noew York, and the others in Indiana.

2. Census in 1870 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. 5 The 1870 census recorded Lawrence F. Water, farmer, 61, born in France, living with wife Eve, 45, born in Ohio, and their children all born in Indiana: Ephraim, farm hand, 23; George, farm hand, 17; Laura, 14; Charlotte, 8; and Charles, 5. Lawrence's farm was valued at $2400 and personal estate $774.

3. Census in 1880 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. 6 The 1880 census recorded Ephriam Waters, works in spoke factory, 32, living with wife Mary, 30. He was born in Indiana, his father in France, and mother in Indiana. She and her parents were born in Pennsylvania.

4. Census in 1900 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN. 4 The 1900 census recorded at 12 Main Street: Ephraim Waters, day laborer, 53, born Jan 1847 in Indiana, living with wife Mary, 50, born Aug 1849 in Pennsylvania where her parents were also born. Ephraim's father was born in France, his mother in Ohio. By 1900 Mary had given birth to 1 child who was no longer alive. They had been married for 30 years.


Ephraim married Mary Catherine Beecher, daughter of Jesse Beecher and Elisabeth Trostle, on 15 Oct 1870 in , Blackford, IN. (Mary Catherine Beecher was born on 15 Aug 1849 in , Juniata, PA,4 7 8 9 10 died on 18 Jul 1931 in Hartford City, Blackford, IN 9 10 and was buried on 20 Jul 1931 in Hartford City: Hartford City Cemetery, Blackford, IN 9 10.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40418239.

2 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 291. Ephriam L. Waters. Father Lawrence Waters. Mother Eve Cline. Informant: Mary C. Waters.

3 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVL-YQC Eve Waters in household of Lawrence Waters, Centre, Delaware, Indiana, United States; citing family 55.

4 1900 United States Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Licking, Blackford, Indiana; Roll: 360; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0025; FHL microfilm: 1240360.

5 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX9-KBH Lawrence F Waters, Indiana, United States; citing p. 30, family 221.

6 1880 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM6-CK1 Ephriam Waters, Hartford, Blackford, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 166, sheet 447B.

7 1860 United States Census, Indiana, Grant County, Center Township, Series: M653 Roll: 261 Page: 389.

8 1870 United States Census, Indiana, Blackford County, Hartford, Series: M593 Roll: 300 Page: 425.

9 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=40413361.

10 Ancestry.com, "Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017," Certificate 21243. Mary Catherine McDowell. Father Jesse Beacher. Mother Elizabeth Trussel. Spouse E. B. McDowell.



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