WATERS, John T.

WATERS, DINSMORE, BUTTERFIELD

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Date: 12/9/2001 at 10:31:26

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF De Witt TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) pgs 736-751

JOHN T. WATERS, De Witt; born in September, 1832, in England; his father settled in Ohio in 1842. In 1849, Mr. Waters, then a young man of 17, passed four years along the Mississippi River, returning to Ohio in the fall of 1853; he came to Clinton County in the fall of 1855. Married, in December, 1855, Rosina Dinsmore, a native of New York. He entered the army in 1863; was 2d Lieutenant in the 9th I. V. C.; served till February, 1865. Have two children-Maggie I. and Carroll W.; he went to California in 1875; his wife, who accompanied him, died Aug. 26, 1877 he returned in March, 1878. Mr. Waters was Clerk of the office of County Judge from 1858 to 1860; was appointed Deputy Sheriff in 1860 under Charles H. Toll, Sheriff; was re-appointed under George Griswold; engaged in farming during 1865-66; from the spring of 1867 till 1877, was, with Thomas F. Butterfield, in the grain, lumber and agricultural implement business; during that time, held most of the township offices; was Township Collector four years; holds that office at present; has been Assessor for township and city, member of School Board, etc.