General Notes

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EDEN TWP. From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

JONATHAN WATERBURY, farmer, Sec. 4; P.O. Camanche; was born in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1819, within ten miles of Albany, and had resided in various counties of the State till 1843, when he emigrated into Rock Island Co., Ill., settling at or near Cordova, where he resided four years; came to Iowa in 1848, settling in Jackson Co.; resided a short time: removed thence to Clinton Co. where he entered a tract of land and improved it, making the farm on which he now resides, consisting of 160 acres. He married, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 25, 1841, Miss Fannie L. Tripp, a native of that State; they have four children—Arthur, Homer B., Ida May (now Mrs. William Hardy) and Charley. They are members of the Baptist Church. Mr. W. is a member of A., F. & A. M. Mr. W. is a Republican. Mrs. W. died June 14, 1875, of apoplexy; she left a kind and loving husband and family to mourn their loss.

Buried in Prarie Union Cemetery.