Charles Wesley Waite

As printed in 1905

CHARLES WESLEY WAITE.

TiiiiKK is probably no one among the traveling men of the Mississippi valley who is more favorably known and respected than the subject of this review. He has been on the road practically all his life, and by his energy, ability, and courtesy has achieved success and made a host of friends all along the line.

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From childhood Mr. Waite had been raised in the Methodist faith, and was one of the most devoted members of this church, always taking much interest in the Sunday-school work, where he was superintendent for many years. He was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His death occurred in Dayton, Ohio, in 1890, in the seventy-third year of his age. He had assisted in many ways to make the city a prosperous and thriving one, and his death was mourned by all who knew him, as his influence had ever been for good, and will be long felt after his very name shall have passed out of the minds of men.

Mrs. Waite, mother of our subject, was born in Perth Amboy, a city on the coast of Xew Jersey, and when very young went to Dayton with her parents, where she grew to womanhood, and where she was married. She, too, was an earnest member of the Methodist church, and was a woman of much refinement and culture, who took rare delight in doing good for others. In 1871 she passed away in the city of Dayton, which had been her beloved home for so many years; and there in the beautiful cemetery, in the shade of the trees, she and her husband are buried.

Of the eight children born to this W'worthy couple, six grew to maturity: (i) Benjamin T., died in Indianapolis, Ind., in 1885: (2) Caroline, married the

Rev. James H. Gardner, a Methodist minister of Delaware, Ohio, and has two daughters, both married. (3) Amelia E., has been married twice. Her first husband was a Mr. Sweet. They were the parents of one son, Frank '. Sweet, who made his home with his uncle, the subject of this review, in 1888, and attended the schools in Burlington. During 1888 the Rev. G. J. Johnson held a revival in Burlington, and Mrs. Sweet's son was among the converts. He was baptized by Dr. Johnson, March 25, 1888, and is now a prominent Baptist minister in Adrian, Mich. After Mr. Sweet died, his widow later married Albert J. Williamson, of Piqua, Ohio, who is now deceased, and Mrs. Williamson now makes her home with her son, Rev. Frank '. Sweet. (4) Charles Wesley, our subject. (5) Anna Eliza, the wife of Charles S. Sullivan, who is a book merchant in Dayton, Ohio. (6) Sarah Josephine, married Robert Cunningham, who owns a book-store in Delaware, Ohio. Two died in infancy.

Mr. Waite received his education in the public schools of Dayton, where he was graduated from the high school. After he laid aside his text-books he clerked for several years in a store, where he soon learned the business. When al)out twenty-one years of age, he began to travel, and has virtually been on the road ever since in the employ of Eastern firms, being now with a Chicago company- with a territory out of Chicago and headquarters in Burlington.

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The business methods adopted by.Mr. Waite have been of the very highest, and are largely the secret of his success and

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As printed in Biographical review of Des Moines County, Iowa (1905). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.