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- Funeral services for William H[enry]
WATERMAN, 93, Milton, were held at 2 p.m.
- Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Congregational
Church Milton, Rev. J. W. C. Emigholz officiating. Burial was
in Milton Cemetery.
- Pallbearers were William L. WATERMAN,
Tom JONES, Bob JONES, George
- JONES,
Ross RAY and Curtis AUSTIN.
- Mr. WATERMAN died Saturday,
Oct. 16, at Rockhaven, Janesville, where he had
- been a patient for the past three and
one-half months.
- The son of Henry Harrison and Adelia
JANES WATERMAN, he was born on the
- WATERMAN
farm one mile south of Milton, Nov. 13, 1871. The farm was in
the WATERMAN family from 1836 to 1960 when it was sold
to B. J. BROWN.
- The city of Janesville was named after
his mother's relatives, who were early settlers
- of Janesville. His grandmother was
the first white woman buried in the Milton Cemetery. He had spent
his entire life in the Milton community, and had been a life
long member of the Congregational Church.
- Mr. WATERMAN and Winnie SCOTT
were married at the family farm Oct. 15,
- 1896. She died in 1958.
- He is survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Mildred GRAY of Milton, and Mrs. Grace
- THUELER
of R. 4, Janesville; one son, Robert of Milton Junction, and
one daughter-in-law, Mrs. B. H. WATERMAN of Beloit; eight
grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
- Among those who predeceased him were
two sons, Bert in 1956, and William, who
- died in infancy, and two sisters. [Thursday
edition, p. 8]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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