Arnold Pond Waite1

M, #38704, b. Jan 11, 1834, d. Dec 30, 1918

Family

Hila Turner b. circa 1839, d. circa 1915
Children

Chronological Events

Birth*Jan 11, 1834 Arnold Pond Waite was born on Jan 11, 1834 at Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States.1 
Marriage*Feb 17, 1862 He married Hila Turner on Feb 17, 1862 at Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont, United States.1,2 
Death*Dec 30, 1918 Arnold Pond Waite died on Dec 30, 1918, at age 84 at Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States, at the home of his daughter Jennie.3 
ObituaryDec 31, 1918  OBITUARY: Arnold P. Wait, a veteran of the Civil war and a member of Roberts post, G.A.R., died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. R.S. Rowe, 15 Adams street, after a long illness from cancer. Mr. Wait was born in Danby, January 11, 1834. He enlisted as corporal in Company D, 7th Vermont infantry, December 11, 1861, and was promoted to sergeant, October 1, 1862, and to first lieutenant, February 28, 1865. Mr. Wait was married on February 17, 1862, to Hila Turner, at Shoreham. She died two years ago. He is survived by seven sons and daughters, Wallace H. Wait, Mrs. L.S. Bailey and Mrs. Rowe of Rutland, Charles Wait of Brandon, Mrs. Abbott Case of Plattsburg, N.Y., Mrs. A.A. Courcelle of Rutland and Wilbur Wait of Brandon. He is also survived by 17 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the house.

The burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, the G.A.R. ritual being read at the grave. 

Published in the Rutland Daily Herald, Dec. 31, 1918.2
 
Burial*Jan 1, 1919 He was buried on Jan 1, 1919 at Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 62880301.4 

Military*

 

Listed as a Military Veteran who served in wartime combat in the Union side of the Civil War.

 

Citations

  1. [S4094] Vermont - Death Record, online at Ancestry.com.
  2. [S19] Obituary - Online, Newspaper or Funeral Home.
  3. [S79] Gravestones - Find-A-Grave.com, online at findagrave.com.
  4. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves, #79.