Benjamin Waldo

Benjamin Waldo (1816 - 1871)[1] was a doctor and state legislator in South Carolina. He relocated to Florida with his wife. Waldo, Florida is believed to have been named for him.[2]

Dr. Joseph Waldo of Newberry, South Carolina was his father.[3]

Waldo served in the South Carolina General Assembly representing Newberry, South Carolina and served on the Medical Committee. He was sworn in 1846.[4] He left after a year with his wife Sarah nee Lipscomb Waldo and settled in Marion County, Florida.[5]

He left the medical field due to Ill health and became a business partner of David Yulee in Florida.[1] He had a son who served in the Confederate Army and two daughters. Sallie B. Waldo was one of his daughters.[6] She married John Marshall Martin an officer in the Confederate Army. He was a Captain in the Marion Light Artillery, and a member of the Confederate Congress.[7][8]

Waldo lived on the Pine Hill Plantation in Marion County.[9]

News of his death reached his hometown in May, 1871.[10]

References
  1. Schwartz, Kathryn Carlisle (March 21, 2003). Baptist Faith in Action: The Private Writings of Maria Baker Taylor, 1813-1895. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570034978 – via Google Books.
  2. Stanley, Sarah (30 November 2018). "Untold Florida: Where Waldo Got Its Name, WUFT".
  3. Francis, Elisabeth Wheeler; Moore, Ethel Sivley (March 21, 1947). "Lost Links: New Recordings of Old Data from Many States". McQuiddy Printing Company – via Google Books.
  4. Representatives, South Carolina General Assembly House of (March 21, 1846). "Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of South-Carolina". State Printers – via Google Books.
  5. O'Neall, John Belton (March 21, 1892). "The Annals of Newberry: In Two Parts". Aull & Houseal – via Google Books.
  6. "Georgia Genealogical Magazine". Southern Historical Press. March 21, 1989 – via Google Books.
  7. Allardice, Bruce S. (March 21, 2008). Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826266484 – via Google Books.
  8. McClendon, Carlee T. (March 21, 1970). "Edgefield Marriage Records, Edgefield, South Carolina: From the Late 18th Century Up Through 1870". R.L. Bryan Company – via Google Books.
  9. "Florida Ante Bellum Plantations 2".
  10. "Benjamin Waldo death, 11 May 1871, Edgefield Advertiser". Edgefield Advertiser. May 11, 1871. p. 3 – via newspapers.com.
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