[Postmarked] 20 Mar 1975 to Wally Waits
Sylvester Waits b. ?? Tenn.
No death date or place
m. Martha ?
Children
Joseph Henderson Waits b. Sept. 1849 Tenn or Miss.
D. July 5, 1932 Pheonix Ariz. Buried in Pheonix.
m. 1/ Laura Medora Jones b. Miss. 1855.
d. Quitman, Texas,
Wood Co. 1896 Buried Eberneser Cemetary.
2/Cynthia Lee, 1905.
They had one son who died as an infant,
Children of Joseph Henderson Waits and Laura Medora Jones
Waits.
1.
Walter Henderson Waits Borned and died in Miss. Infant.
2.
Wiley John Waits b. Oct. 27, 1875 Coahoma Co. Miss.
D. Jan 16 1940. Kingman Ariz.
Mohave Co. Buried same place
m. Clara Agnes Preisssinger,
Denton Co. Texas May 18, 1894
d. Jan 16, 19?? Buried Kingman,
Ariz.
3.
Alice Waits Grisham b. May 1, 1877, Coahoma Co. Miss.
d. July 27, 1915, Vincent,
Texas. Buried Vincent. Howard Co.
m. Byron Grisham
4- Laura Isabell Waits, b. Nov 30,
1879 (my mother) Coahoma
Co. Miss. D. Aug. 31, 1967 Buried
Clover Hill Cemetary
m. James Homer Thomason Dec. 24,
1899 Quitman, Texas, Wood Co.
5-Frances Waits b. ? in Miss. Or Ark. D. Feb. 27, 1913, Abeline,
Texas. Taylor Co.
6-Kirk Patrick Waits b. Sept 3,
1886 Denton, Co. Texas.
d. Dec. 1973 Clebern Texas. M.
Lillie Wood, 1909
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7- William Cowan Waits, b. Oct.
18, 1888 Denton Co. Texas
m. Mae Lord Still living
8- Joseph Stanley Waits, b. April
17, 1890 Denton Co. Texas
m. 1/ Pearl Bowlsby, 2/ Hattie Miller.Still living.
9 Denton Co.
Geo. Gordon Waits, b. Nov. we.
1893. D. Feb. 23, 1955 Abanathy, TEx.
m. Eula McCoy, Vincent, Howard Co. Texas , Nov.
19, 1916
Family moved from Denton Co. Texas
to Wood Co., Tex, around 1894 or 18 95.
Sylvester had Joseph Henderson,
Braze , Sharp, and Mary by first
marriage. There was a Jim Waits who was a half brother. There
probably were others but I do not
have a record of them.
Sylvester was a spy for the North
during the CW [Civil War] and had to leave
His family in a hurry. KKK. I have no idea where he went but
It is thought that he went to Van
Zandt Co. Texas.
Joseph had a cousin Joe Johnson or
Johnston
Al Waits was a cousin (I
think) he was a cotton buyer and
Someone shot him in Mineola,
Texas.
I do not know too much about the
family. Hope you can get some
good out of what I have written
for you. There was a James
Waits who was RW [Rev. War]
soldier but I do not know anything about
Him.
If this helps you I can send all grandchildren of Joseph Henderson
Waits if you want them.
From. Ethel T. Jensen
Box 399
Pinedale, Wyo. 82941
