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| W. H. Waters was born in Broome County, N.Y., May 14, 1842. Settled in Jackson County, Iowa, in 1854, moving to Montcalm County, Mich., in 1855; returned to York State in 1858, remaining till the Spring of 1862, when he settled in Oceana County, Mich. Enlisted in 1864, in the Third Michigan Infantry; served in the Army of the Cumberland till the close of the war. Engaged in farming till 1875; then worked as a carpenter and joiner till 1882, when he purchased an interest in a furniture store on State Street, Hart. Married, August 28, 1862, to Charlotte Goodenough, who was born in Broome County, N.Y., October 20, 1843. |