Lieutenant Franklin Alonzo Waterman, of the First Regiment, Rhode Island Light Infantry, of whom his colonel wrote: 'I recall no one who earned more faithfully the reputation of a brave, modest, and exemplary officer than did Lieutenant Franklin A. Waterman.' Lieutenant Waterman was a son of George Waterman, who, after a life spent in manufacturing, sailed for California with the 'Forty-Niners', and consumed nine months in reaching that place via Cape Horn. His second wife, and the mother of Lieutenant Franklin A. Waterman, was a daughter of Franklin Baxter, who was a quartermaster in the United States Navy for thirty years.

Lieutenant Franklin A. Waterman, after the war, gained an enviable reputation as an art connoisseur, conducting a fine art business on Westminster street, Providence, his patrons coming even from Boston and New York. He married Hannah Waterman Eddy, born July 26, 1847, died August 22, 1890. Lieutenant Waterman was born in Johnston, R. I., February 16, 1844, and died April 6, 1886.

The American ancestor of this Waterman family was Colonel Richard Waterman, born in England, in 1590, died in Rhode Island, 1673, whose great-great-grandson was Captain John Waterman, a sea captain, who 'went on China voyages', and who was also known as 'Paper Mill John', he erecting one of the first paper mills in America. Captain John Waterman married Mary Olney, eldest daughter of Captain Olney, founder of Olneyville, R. I. Captain Olney was a son of James and Hallelujah (Brown) Olney, she a daughter of Daniel Brown, son of Chad Brown. Their son, John Olney Waterman, married Sally Franklin, a beauty and a belle, daughter of Captain Asa Franklin, a captain in the French and Indian War, and an officer of the Revolution. They were the parents of George Waterman, the martyr 'Forty Niner', father of Lieutenant Franklin A. Waterman.

Parents:
. George Waterman
. Britannia Franklin Baxter

Marriage:
. Hannah Waterman Eddy, 30 May 1867