Philander Waters
Philander Waters, farmer and mechanic, Garrettsville, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, July 31, 1838, eldest in the family of nine children of Milton and Pluma (Moore) Waters, natives of New York. The former, a farmer by occupation, and an early settler of Trumbull County, Ohio, died September, 1882; his widow still survives. Our subject's facilities for obtaining an education were limited to the common schools. He entered on his career in life as a farm hand, but having a natural inclination for mechanics, eventually entered a shop, and has since been engaged in the latter occupation. During the war of the Rebellion he enlisted with the 100 days men in Company I. One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National Guards. Mr. Waters was married July, 1867, to Miss Maria Reynolds, a native of Windham Township, this county, by whom he has two children: Virdie, born in November, 1872, and Pearl, born in February, 1874. In 1881 Mr. Waters removed to Garrettsville, purchased a small farm and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885