"bdaa i. Samuel, son of Samuel (Shubael, Edward, John, Cornelius) and Hannah (Waters) Waldo; born Nov. 8, 1769, at South Dover, N. Y.; died May 4, 1858, at Chatham, N. Y. He was a farmer, living at Chatham, near the village of New Concord, where he and his second wife are buried. He was a life-long Baptist, and a deacon of the Baptist Church. He was twice married, but nothing has been learned of his first wife. He married (2), Abiah, daughter of Isaac (Thomas) and Lydia (Marsh) Northrop of Now Milford, Conn.; born, 1772; died July 14, 1865, at Chatham.
The inscriptions on the gravestones of Dea. Samuel Waldo and his second wife are as follows:—
'Samuel Waldo | Died | May 5, 1858 | Aged 88 y'rs | 5 m's & 28 d's | Blessed are the dead | who die in the Lord.'
'Abiah | Wife of | Samuel Waldo | Died | July 14, 1865 | In the 93 year | of her age.'"
