The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-08
FyEFTL CAREER ENDED,
o.,,s Of Major J. Waldo at
St, Louis.
PASSING AWAY CAUSES A GLOOM
WHARF lie Lived So Long
'oss's ,Ir was So Highly
Esteemed.

.-,,cularg in railroad circles, in
v.,or Waldo's name had figured
r,euously for so many ears.
,.d Intelligence was conveyed in the
wing telegram;
Stuart, Houston. Texas.
rauIs Mo. November ii. Waldo
,sIs morning. Mrs. Waldo requests
,op notify her parents.
Fred c. Lewis.
Manager Southern Hotel.
ursnts. or rather the only surviving
IN Mrs. Waldo residing in this city
a Gentry, widow of Colonel A. NJ.
' who years ago was prominently
~ with railroad enterprises in
TO-
Gentry herself is quite i'll and the
4 the death Of her son-in-law had
conveyed to her with the greatest
10
hmiIr however. was not entirely
Mo ,voido nod writ,e,
faFed' as MIS- "''N' "'N Wv"
few days previous that Major
! vas then quite i'll, but his condition
n, time was not regarded as serious.
immediate cause of his death, as
tcueutly telesraphed, was a complica-
|, ,,,un,opia and heart trouble.
T., ...,,,,
of "aiao haa no' oeel III sooa ''e"''n
DE past few years He was man OF
kitsbe energy and worked so persis
" ,D ss Ief, the service of the Missouri.
ku and Texas in 1893 his health was
broken and physicians advised him
'psoau se, RESI- "o , eSSVn,i"' 10 mis 'e
|'.u,e for his general breaking down
kr,asm vas his mnst troublesome all
H. ,.u =, w;r,or ~ 1909 bo ro.,r,,s
.-s,as nh,rh No. oi..s,'s rNnanSoa ~
,- s'a a., sm, nio, a., ,ii - h; YEA ao a.
w. n AM ei w., CIV ST., @a ieu u n.s uoo
ny s mere ,oi some liine roturnen 10
| % that he WIS able to resume active
~ '""' "' was '"'' " 'eHu''ie "''''e
/ marked ability and talent In the
t,ament Of large railrond interests was
character that brought his services in
|.iate demand as soon as 1t was known
he was physically able 10 resume
! and in 1881 he wes made president
b Galveston, La Porte and Houston
kay which position no rocentlr rave un
Ecept the position OF commissioner TO
|hves,orn ASSOCIATION, which again car
btu to St. Louis, where his death
|iFsd'
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|,v,, H., .'SUs''s 'H' 'n' ueV'i"p men,
k,s,lr 49,, 1--WE NJ uUN ahcou
y Nnn"I.ohs ron clerk III the ser
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NM S a''ss ,t',''' '''' ra''Foau posi-
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III Nm, noWeVar, ~ had served as
| Nv N. ,tuier IN me olFil war, going out
GA ''''e ~ "'Ss'dl WIN Smelly. s
1Ia Is aalGiani in Mitchell's regi-
yu''hs Inc service he was promoted
sai.. 'avil 10 major ana when Gen
NJ '1' ny after the wa, started loj
Y, MAlor Wade 't0a but a young
'., %,.s ,s porn ~ pseeola county, Mo.
,,sl i', ~ ~ a. s''Pied over IN Texas and
wa THIS State as lbs home.
January 1873, he vas married at
e. ,ue QUEST OUT" aHnsA'er of Colonel a.
u. '' =. ,nen a prominent citizen of
There fla u. VICES f@ FAM stun reside
sy two sons az and iI ogr 5an 1sGh ps I ,he
son being now p years SOY of age. The 'e
's ", are re at college and me daasntsrs
s rib s sin school h. H.. Nqnc Of the children
NV ''D'e d MS uo"'''
I remains will h. hror.,, - ,,o,s,o,
burial .s ,na, ''oN''n, 10 ''o'''''
' as indicated by tie following
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