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Mary Gambia Waterman

Birth
Camden, Oneida County, New York, USA
Death
4 Feb 1899 (aged 81)
La Grange, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA
Burial
Warrens, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
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Daughter of Joseph Gambia and Rachel Smart
Wife of Othniel Waterman

Obituary from Valley Junction Advocate 9 Feb., 1899, p. 1

Mrs. Othniel Waterman died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Jones, near this village, Saturday morning, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Funeral services were held Monday, Rev. Kilbourn preaching the sermon. The remains were interred in the Lincoln cemetery.
Mary Gambia was born in the town of Camden, Oneida county, N. Y. on March 15, 1817. She was married to Othniel Waterman of Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1839. To this union was born six children, F. C., Sarah A., Chas., Mary E., Adelaide, Theodore and Henry, the last two dying in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman moved to Hamilton, Ind., in 1840, while it was a wilderness, and with his brother cleared a farm. They lived at this place until '52 and then moved to Milwaukee, and Mr. W engaged with his brother-in-law in manufacturing cream brick. Two years later he purchased a farm near Bangor and the family lived on for a couple of years and then moved to Fox Lake.
Mr. Waterman moved to this county after his boys went into the war, and the family lived on the farm until Mr. Waterman's death in 1882. Mrs. Waterman, or "Grandma" as she was called lived with her daughter, Mrs. Alice Jones for the past six years. MRs. Waterman joined the Methodist church when she was 14 years of age, at Utica, N. Y., and during all the years of ther life was in good standing in the church and exemplified the life of a Christian throughout.
Daughter of Joseph Gambia and Rachel Smart
Wife of Othniel Waterman

Obituary from Valley Junction Advocate 9 Feb., 1899, p. 1

Mrs. Othniel Waterman died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Jones, near this village, Saturday morning, aged 81 years, 10 months, and 20 days. Funeral services were held Monday, Rev. Kilbourn preaching the sermon. The remains were interred in the Lincoln cemetery.
Mary Gambia was born in the town of Camden, Oneida county, N. Y. on March 15, 1817. She was married to Othniel Waterman of Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1839. To this union was born six children, F. C., Sarah A., Chas., Mary E., Adelaide, Theodore and Henry, the last two dying in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Waterman moved to Hamilton, Ind., in 1840, while it was a wilderness, and with his brother cleared a farm. They lived at this place until '52 and then moved to Milwaukee, and Mr. W engaged with his brother-in-law in manufacturing cream brick. Two years later he purchased a farm near Bangor and the family lived on for a couple of years and then moved to Fox Lake.
Mr. Waterman moved to this county after his boys went into the war, and the family lived on the farm until Mr. Waterman's death in 1882. Mrs. Waterman, or "Grandma" as she was called lived with her daughter, Mrs. Alice Jones for the past six years. MRs. Waterman joined the Methodist church when she was 14 years of age, at Utica, N. Y., and during all the years of ther life was in good standing in the church and exemplified the life of a Christian throughout.


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  • Created by: Jan Satrom
  • Added: Aug 6, 2022
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242378653/mary-waterman: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Gambia Waterman (15 Mar 1817–4 Feb 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 242378653, citing Lincoln Township Cemetery, Warrens, Monroe County, Wisconsin, USA; Maintained by Jan Satrom (contributor 48483631).