Address 97 King Street
"Nelson L. Wait was born 9 Aug 1825, in Whately, Franklin, MA. In the 1850 US Census, he is listed as a tailor, living in Palmer, Hampden, MA, residing with the Horace Dickinson family, whose daughter, Harriet Sophia, he married nine days later, on 15 Jul 1850.
On 10 Mar 1853, Nelson was listed in the membership records of Greene St. Methodist Episcopal Church (later Asbury ME Church). His original address in this record was 74 Suffolk, Manhattan. This was later crossed out and changed to 44 av D. Just nine months after the initial entry, we find his death record in Manhattan. Information in that record is: Nelson L. Wait, death 28 Dec 1853, Address 97 King Street, 27 yrs, Marital Status unknown, Occupation Tailor, Birthplace Massachusetts, New York, New York , Cemetery New York Bay.
The church record and death record combine to give us three Manhattan addresses in nine months. All the while, his wife Harriet Sophia Dickinson Wait and son Herbert (born 21 May 1851) were living in Palmer, Hampden, MA. Palmer was a small industrial town with several cloth manufacturers and about twenty resident tailors. Due to all of these factors, is assumed that Nelson routinely went to Manhattan to take orders/sell clothing and that while on one of those trips he unexpectedly died. The cause has not been discovered.
Finally, it should be noted that Nelson has another cemetery record in Whately, MA, in East Whately Cemetery, Memorial ID 127281078, which is likely a memorial inscription only. The headstone is shared with his 10-year-old sister, Cornelia, who died two months earlier. Following is the headstone inscription:
'Cornelia N daughter of Joel and Nancy Wait died Oct. 12, 1853 AE 10 [illegible portion] Nelson L. Wait son of J & N Wait Died N.Y. Dec 29, 1853, Age 28.'"
Contributed by Mary Vanderburg Stone
"Nelson L. Wait was born 9 Aug 1825, in Whately, Franklin, MA. In the 1850 US Census, he is listed as a tailor, living in Palmer, Hampden, MA, residing with the Horace Dickinson family, whose daughter, Harriet Sophia, he married nine days later, on 15 Jul 1850.
On 10 Mar 1853, Nelson was listed in the membership records of Greene St. Methodist Episcopal Church (later Asbury ME Church). His original address in this record was 74 Suffolk, Manhattan. This was later crossed out and changed to 44 av D. Just nine months after the initial entry, we find his death record in Manhattan. Information in that record is: Nelson L. Wait, death 28 Dec 1853, Address 97 King Street, 27 yrs, Marital Status unknown, Occupation Tailor, Birthplace Massachusetts, New York, New York , Cemetery New York Bay.
The church record and death record combine to give us three Manhattan addresses in nine months. All the while, his wife Harriet Sophia Dickinson Wait and son Herbert (born 21 May 1851) were living in Palmer, Hampden, MA. Palmer was a small industrial town with several cloth manufacturers and about twenty resident tailors. Due to all of these factors, is assumed that Nelson routinely went to Manhattan to take orders/sell clothing and that while on one of those trips he unexpectedly died. The cause has not been discovered.
Finally, it should be noted that Nelson has another cemetery record in Whately, MA, in East Whately Cemetery, Memorial ID 127281078, which is likely a memorial inscription only. The headstone is shared with his 10-year-old sister, Cornelia, who died two months earlier. Following is the headstone inscription:
'Cornelia N daughter of Joel and Nancy Wait died Oct. 12, 1853 AE 10 [illegible portion] Nelson L. Wait son of J & N Wait Died N.Y. Dec 29, 1853, Age 28.'"
Contributed by Mary Vanderburg Stone
Address 97 King Street
"Nelson L. Wait was born 9 Aug 1825, in Whately, Franklin, MA. In the 1850 US Census, he is listed as a tailor, living in Palmer, Hampden, MA, residing with the Horace Dickinson family, whose daughter, Harriet Sophia, he married nine days later, on 15 Jul 1850.
On 10 Mar 1853, Nelson was listed in the membership records of Greene St. Methodist Episcopal Church (later Asbury ME Church). His original address in this record was 74 Suffolk, Manhattan. This was later crossed out and changed to 44 av D. Just nine months after the initial entry, we find his death record in Manhattan. Information in that record is: Nelson L. Wait, death 28 Dec 1853, Address 97 King Street, 27 yrs, Marital Status unknown, Occupation Tailor, Birthplace Massachusetts, New York, New York , Cemetery New York Bay.
The church record and death record combine to give us three Manhattan addresses in nine months. All the while, his wife Harriet Sophia Dickinson Wait and son Herbert (born 21 May 1851) were living in Palmer, Hampden, MA. Palmer was a small industrial town with several cloth manufacturers and about twenty resident tailors. Due to all of these factors, is assumed that Nelson routinely went to Manhattan to take orders/sell clothing and that while on one of those trips he unexpectedly died. The cause has not been discovered.
Finally, it should be noted that Nelson has another cemetery record in Whately, MA, in East Whately Cemetery, Memorial ID 127281078, which is likely a memorial inscription only. The headstone is shared with his 10-year-old sister, Cornelia, who died two months earlier. Following is the headstone inscription:
'Cornelia N daughter of Joel and Nancy Wait died Oct. 12, 1853 AE 10 [illegible portion] Nelson L. Wait son of J & N Wait Died N.Y. Dec 29, 1853, Age 28.'"
Contributed by Mary Vanderburg Stone
"Nelson L. Wait was born 9 Aug 1825, in Whately, Franklin, MA. In the 1850 US Census, he is listed as a tailor, living in Palmer, Hampden, MA, residing with the Horace Dickinson family, whose daughter, Harriet Sophia, he married nine days later, on 15 Jul 1850.
On 10 Mar 1853, Nelson was listed in the membership records of Greene St. Methodist Episcopal Church (later Asbury ME Church). His original address in this record was 74 Suffolk, Manhattan. This was later crossed out and changed to 44 av D. Just nine months after the initial entry, we find his death record in Manhattan. Information in that record is: Nelson L. Wait, death 28 Dec 1853, Address 97 King Street, 27 yrs, Marital Status unknown, Occupation Tailor, Birthplace Massachusetts, New York, New York , Cemetery New York Bay.
The church record and death record combine to give us three Manhattan addresses in nine months. All the while, his wife Harriet Sophia Dickinson Wait and son Herbert (born 21 May 1851) were living in Palmer, Hampden, MA. Palmer was a small industrial town with several cloth manufacturers and about twenty resident tailors. Due to all of these factors, is assumed that Nelson routinely went to Manhattan to take orders/sell clothing and that while on one of those trips he unexpectedly died. The cause has not been discovered.
Finally, it should be noted that Nelson has another cemetery record in Whately, MA, in East Whately Cemetery, Memorial ID 127281078, which is likely a memorial inscription only. The headstone is shared with his 10-year-old sister, Cornelia, who died two months earlier. Following is the headstone inscription:
'Cornelia N daughter of Joel and Nancy Wait died Oct. 12, 1853 AE 10 [illegible portion] Nelson L. Wait son of J & N Wait Died N.Y. Dec 29, 1853, Age 28.'"
Contributed by Mary Vanderburg Stone
Inscription
UPPER
Cornelia N
dau of Joel and Nancy Wait
...12, 1853
age 10
LOWER
Nelson L. Wait
son of Joel & Nancy
Died N.Y. Dec 27 (or 29),
1853, Age 28
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