• Born: 11 Apr 1835, South Willingham, Lincolnshire, England
• Christened: 19 Apr 1835, South Willingham St. Martin, Lincolnshire, England ²
• Married: 31 May 1862, Crawford, OH, USA ¹
• Died: 23 Jan 1915, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH, USA ³
• Buried: Greenlawn Cemetery, Plymouth, Richland, OH, USA ⁴

  Research Notes:

In 1870, T. D. Wait (35) of England, blacksmith, and wife Emeline (37) of Ohio, were living in New Haven, Huron, Ohio, USA. With them was son Jessie (4) of Ohio.

In 1880, Dixon Waite (45) of England, blacksmith, and wife Emeline (59) of Ohio, were living in Plymouth, Huron, Ohio. Present was son Jesse (14) of Ohio.

In 1900, T. Dickson Wait (65) of England, hardware clerk, widowed, was boarding with James Gillespie, carpenter, in Plymouth Village, New Haven Twp., Huron, Ohio.

In 1910, Dickson T. Waite (75) of England, widower, was with his son* Jesse F. Waite & his wife May in Cleveland Ward 24, Cuyahoga, Ohio.

* He is recorded as "father-in-law" of Jesse, which presumably is an error on the part of the Census taker.

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Obituary

THOMAS DIXON WAITE - The subject of this sketch was born in South Wellingham, England, April 11, 1835, and died at Cleveland, Ohio, at the home of his son, J.F. Waite, January 23, 1915, aged 79 years, 9 months and 12 days.

May 31, 1862 he was united in marriage to Emeline LaDow, who died June 2, 1890. Thomas Dixon Waite came to this country with his parents in 1854, the family consisting of five sons and one daughter. Here he continued to reside until twelve years ago, when he went to Cleveland to live with this son and family, whose loving ministrations have been gladly bestowed upon the father. His illness has been of some length, in spite of this fact his death was unexpected, as none realized that the end was so near.

Mr. Waite was a blacksmith by trade, which he followed for many years in Plymouth, and for a number of years was engaged in the implement trade, after the stress of hard labor and advancing years began to reduce his strength. He was of a quiet, unassuming nature, and was a man held in the highest esteem by all those bearing his acquaintance and his death will be mourned not only in the home but by his large circle of relatives and friends, as he was a man who would endear himself to anyone.

(Plymouth Advertiser: 30 January 1915, Vol. 62, No. 11) ⁵

   Marriage Information:

Thomas married Emeline LADOW, daughter of Jesse LADOW and Catherine, on 31 May 1862 in Crawford, OH, USA ¹. (Emeline LADOW was born in 1831 in Ohio, USA and died on 2 Jun 1890 in Plymouth, New Haven, Huron, OH, USA ⁶.)