John Calvin Waters was the youngest child of James Henry and Anna (Schlosser) Waters. After his widowed mother's death, he inherited the family farm, which stood at the south-west corner of Old Route 40 and Harmony Road. Upon the death of his widowed wife Emma (Haller), it passed in turn to his youngest child, Mary Elizabeth Waters and her husband Frank Ropp.
The farmouse was of red brick, rather classic in design which is unusal for that area, with double front entrances leading to a large 2-story center hall, with double staircases on either side connected by a visible second-floor walkway between them.
Family members related how, during the Civil War, the farm was so overrun by soldiers that the well was drunk dry! And the family had to repeatedly take their remaining horses up into the woods to keep whichever army was passing through, from stealing them. This would have been a chore for John Calvin's older brothers, as he was only a toddler at the time.
John Calvin died young, while all of his children were still minors: the oldest was only 16, and the youngest 1 year old. According to Anna, his daughter, he went out in bad weather one night to assist, someone from the church, caught pneumonia, and suddenly died. His obituary related it this way:
"Mr. John Calvin Waters, a well-known farmer, who resided on a farm adjacent to the village of Harmony, this county, died about 4 o'clock Wednesday evening, December 10th, after an illness of only a few days, of congestion of the lungs and heart failure, in the 42nd year of his age. Mr. Waters attended the funeral at Myersville on Thursday of last week of Mr. Lakin Shank (note: it was actually
Emory Layton Shank, memorial #108538933), who was killed by a dynamite explosion in Virginia, and on returning home complained of being sick. On Friday a physician was called in, but he continued to grow rapidly worse until death ensued at the time above stated. ..." (The Frederick Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, Friday, December 12, 1902.)
His widow, Emma (Haller) paid off their debts and raised all of the children, and according to daughter Anna, supported the family at least in part by being a renowned baker in Middletown. All of the couple's daughters were in fact wonderful bakers, and this would explain why.
The farmouse was of red brick, rather classic in design which is unusal for that area, with double front entrances leading to a large 2-story center hall, with double staircases on either side connected by a visible second-floor walkway between them.
Family members related how, during the Civil War, the farm was so overrun by soldiers that the well was drunk dry! And the family had to repeatedly take their remaining horses up into the woods to keep whichever army was passing through, from stealing them. This would have been a chore for John Calvin's older brothers, as he was only a toddler at the time.
John Calvin died young, while all of his children were still minors: the oldest was only 16, and the youngest 1 year old. According to Anna, his daughter, he went out in bad weather one night to assist, someone from the church, caught pneumonia, and suddenly died. His obituary related it this way:
"Mr. John Calvin Waters, a well-known farmer, who resided on a farm adjacent to the village of Harmony, this county, died about 4 o'clock Wednesday evening, December 10th, after an illness of only a few days, of congestion of the lungs and heart failure, in the 42nd year of his age. Mr. Waters attended the funeral at Myersville on Thursday of last week of Mr. Lakin Shank (note: it was actually
Emory Layton Shank, memorial #108538933), who was killed by a dynamite explosion in Virginia, and on returning home complained of being sick. On Friday a physician was called in, but he continued to grow rapidly worse until death ensued at the time above stated. ..." (The Frederick Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, Friday, December 12, 1902.)
His widow, Emma (Haller) paid off their debts and raised all of the children, and according to daughter Anna, supported the family at least in part by being a renowned baker in Middletown. All of the couple's daughters were in fact wonderful bakers, and this would explain why.
John Calvin Waters was the youngest child of James Henry and Anna (Schlosser) Waters. After his widowed mother's death, he inherited the family farm, which stood at the south-west corner of Old Route 40 and Harmony Road. Upon the death of his widowed wife Emma (Haller), it passed in turn to his youngest child, Mary Elizabeth Waters and her husband Frank Ropp.
The farmouse was of red brick, rather classic in design which is unusal for that area, with double front entrances leading to a large 2-story center hall, with double staircases on either side connected by a visible second-floor walkway between them.
Family members related how, during the Civil War, the farm was so overrun by soldiers that the well was drunk dry! And the family had to repeatedly take their remaining horses up into the woods to keep whichever army was passing through, from stealing them. This would have been a chore for John Calvin's older brothers, as he was only a toddler at the time.
John Calvin died young, while all of his children were still minors: the oldest was only 16, and the youngest 1 year old. According to Anna, his daughter, he went out in bad weather one night to assist, someone from the church, caught pneumonia, and suddenly died. His obituary related it this way:
"Mr. John Calvin Waters, a well-known farmer, who resided on a farm adjacent to the village of Harmony, this county, died about 4 o'clock Wednesday evening, December 10th, after an illness of only a few days, of congestion of the lungs and heart failure, in the 42nd year of his age. Mr. Waters attended the funeral at Myersville on Thursday of last week of Mr. Lakin Shank (note: it was actually
Emory Layton Shank, memorial #108538933), who was killed by a dynamite explosion in Virginia, and on returning home complained of being sick. On Friday a physician was called in, but he continued to grow rapidly worse until death ensued at the time above stated. ..." (The Frederick Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, Friday, December 12, 1902.)
His widow, Emma (Haller) paid off their debts and raised all of the children, and according to daughter Anna, supported the family at least in part by being a renowned baker in Middletown. All of the couple's daughters were in fact wonderful bakers, and this would explain why.
The farmouse was of red brick, rather classic in design which is unusal for that area, with double front entrances leading to a large 2-story center hall, with double staircases on either side connected by a visible second-floor walkway between them.
Family members related how, during the Civil War, the farm was so overrun by soldiers that the well was drunk dry! And the family had to repeatedly take their remaining horses up into the woods to keep whichever army was passing through, from stealing them. This would have been a chore for John Calvin's older brothers, as he was only a toddler at the time.
John Calvin died young, while all of his children were still minors: the oldest was only 16, and the youngest 1 year old. According to Anna, his daughter, he went out in bad weather one night to assist, someone from the church, caught pneumonia, and suddenly died. His obituary related it this way:
"Mr. John Calvin Waters, a well-known farmer, who resided on a farm adjacent to the village of Harmony, this county, died about 4 o'clock Wednesday evening, December 10th, after an illness of only a few days, of congestion of the lungs and heart failure, in the 42nd year of his age. Mr. Waters attended the funeral at Myersville on Thursday of last week of Mr. Lakin Shank (note: it was actually
Emory Layton Shank, memorial #108538933), who was killed by a dynamite explosion in Virginia, and on returning home complained of being sick. On Friday a physician was called in, but he continued to grow rapidly worse until death ensued at the time above stated. ..." (The Frederick Daily News, Frederick, Maryland, Friday, December 12, 1902.)
His widow, Emma (Haller) paid off their debts and raised all of the children, and according to daughter Anna, supported the family at least in part by being a renowned baker in Middletown. All of the couple's daughters were in fact wonderful bakers, and this would explain why.
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