Margaret Ann (Woods) Waite (1819 - 1901)

Born 14 Dec 1819 in Champaign County, Ohio, United States

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Died 5 Nov 1901 at age 81 in Gilead, Miami County, Indiana, United States

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1819. She was the daughter of Joseph Woods and Sarah Heaverin. She passed away in 1901.

• Published in The Rochester Sentinel

Wednesday, October 30, 1901

A telephone report from Gilead brings the intelligence of a shocking accident there Tuesday evening. Mrs. Margaret WAITE, a widely known and beloved grandmother of 84 years, was sitting in her room alone and in some manner knocked a lamp from the table beside her into her lap. The oil spilled over her clothing and before others in the house could get to her she was envoloped in flames. She was partly paralyzed and could not help herself any and was so badly burned that her condition is pronounced beyond recovery.

Grandmother Waite was one of the earliest settlers in the Gilead neighborhood and was the mother of James H. WAITE, of Gilead; Mrs. W. W. LOCKWOOD, of Peru; A. C. WAITE, of Peru; and Sullivan WAITE, of Fairmount.

OBITUARY The Rochester Sentinel Wednesday, November 6, 1901

Mrs. Margaret WAITE, the aged lady who was so severely burned at Gilead last week, died yesterday afternoon.

BURIAL Gilead Cemetery Gilead, Miami County, Indiana, United States

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• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67199965/margaret-ann-waite