Taken from The Genealogy and Biography of the Waldos of America, From 1650 to 1883. By Joseph D. Hall
My Waldo ancestors are the most interesting family I have researched so far. Their history has been both mysterious and tragic. The Waldo's I believe I am descended from are well documented in a family history, Genealogy of the Waldo Family, by Waldo Lincoln which was published in 1902. This family included many influential people including U.S. presidents. However my great-great grandfather, David Waldo and his family were not included in the book. David and his wife are buried in unmarked graves in Greenlawn Cemetery. I did find several stories in the newspaper about David being missing from home and others about tragedies that seemed to follow his family. |
So far I have had no luck coming up with any official documents linking David Waldo to his parents. I believe his father to be Elhanon Winchester Waldo, who was born in Franklin County, Ohio in 1807. Elhanon a son of Shubael Waldo and Esther Cripin, was married to Mary Thomas who was born March 11, 1817, in Pickaway County, Ohio. The 1860 Ohio census lists a David Waldo who is 10 years old with E.W. Waldo family in Franklin County, Ohio. By 1870 census E. W. died and David Waldo is listed as 19 years old living with Mary Waldo(47) in Columbus, Ohio. Also found in 1870 census, Anna (Esther Waldo)Hoe who was married to Benjamin Hoe. Esther was daughter of Elhanon and Mary Waldo. The Hoes had a servant named Lizzie Cook who was then 19 years old. On March 23, 1871 David Waldo married Elizabeth Cook in Madison County, Ohio. The first of 9 children of this union was my great-grandmother Mary Etta Waldo who was born in West Jefferson, Ohio on January 7, 1872. |
Children of David Waldo and Elizabeth Cook
| NAME | BORN | MARRIED | CHILDREN | DIED |
| Mary | Jan. 7,1871 | Edward Sagar (Nov.27,1897) William Hawkins (1930) | Edward Kendall Sagar | Feb.18,1946 Traverse City, Michigan |
| Seymour "Sam" | Feb. 1873 | Teresa Atkinson | Ellen "Nellie" John D "Jay" Aloyisius "James" Joseph | Jan.11,1923 Columbus,OH |
| Anna | June 1876 | Frank Karns | Delbert Olive Eugene | ? |
| Ida May | May 5, 1879 | Elmer Kendle | Callie Edith Lavina Elizabeth | ? |
| Mabel | June 1883 | Otto Wright | Dorothy Thelma Raymond Virgil | Jan.17,1966 Columbus,OH. |
| Maude | June 1883 | James Bailey | ? | ? |
| Eliza | June 3,1885 | Arthur R. Flickinger | ? | June 12, 1973 Lorain, OH |
| Elizabeth | June 3,1885 | Stephen Remaly | ? | ? |
| John David | Dec. 3,1890 | Flora Belle Wood | Wayne | Sept. 10,1948 Columbus, Ohio |
| FRONT PAGE | BRENNAN | CULLEN | MEYERS | LEHMAN | SAGAR |
| MORRISON | WALDO | GOLDSBURY | SCHLESINGER | EGAN | OBITUARIES |