Waldo

   You are getting two posts for the price of one today! Most of you are are aware of the Where's Waldo book series, if his last name was Waldo and his first name is George he is here in Bayside.
      George Waldo was born July 22, 1821 in Sacketts Harbor. He taught school in the Jefferson County area for a few years before he started constructing Railroads. The first railroads he built were in the southern part of the state. In 1853 Mr. Waldo came to Potsdam as superintendent of construction on the Potsdam line of the Potsdam and Watertown railroad. On Sept 13, 1855 he married Mary Pert at Crary's Mills. Soon after he succeeded Wm. Knowles as station agent. Mr. Waldo also had farmed. He spent his last few years living in Lawrence Ave. He was a member of the Universalist Church. He died Jan 31, 1896 of a heart affection. Mary survived him with their two daughters (Cornelia) Nellie E. and Mary Adelia. Mary died Mar 16, 1902. Cornelia followed on Jul 6, 1909 and Mary Adelia died Apr 17, 1926 or 28. They are buried in Sec G lot 4.

George's Footstone

Mary's Footstone

Cornelia' Footstone

Mary Adelia's Footstone

Waldo Family Headstone

Revolutionary War Veterans buried in Bayside

     I thought with the 4th of July coming up, I would do a post on Revolutionary War Veterans buried in Bayside. Because all of them died before 1867 when interments began at Bayside, it means they were moved from other cemeteries. According to an article in the May 27, 1889 issue of the St. Lawrence Herald there are four Revolutionary War Vets buried in Bayside. They are as follows:

William Davis 1762-May 25, 1833. He was also in the War of 1812.

William Davis's Gravestone and Veteran Marker

Lieut. Lemuel Fling 1757-Oct 22, 1824

Lieut. Lemuel Fling's Gravestone and Vet Marker

Col. Alexander Brush died Jul 16, 1814. 

Col. Alexander Brush's Family Headstone

     Sylvanus or Silvanus Willis or Willes born Mar 26, 1756 and died Aug 18, 1871. There is at least four generations of his family buried in Bayside which I will write about another time.

Silvanus Willes Gravestone