Benjamin F. Waters
Benjamin F. Waters, farmer, P. O. Garrettsville, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, January 20, 1822; son of Gideon and Phœbe (Rhodes) Waters, natives of Connecticut and New York State respectively, and who were married in Chenango County, N. Y. About 1812 they came to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they reared a family of eight children and where Gideon Waters died; his widow then removed to this county, where she passed the remainder of her days. Our subject was married in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1846, to Miss Mary A. Hyde, whose parents were early settlers in this county, and where they died. To this union have been born two sons and two daughters: Emergene, Alva C., Frank H. and Mary (latter deceased.) Our subject came into this county in 1865 and paichased land in the township where he now resides, devoting his time to general agriculture. He served under the 100 days call in the late war, a member of Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-first Regiment Ohio National Guards, and was captured, but soon after paroled. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church, Politically he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885