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WADDINGTON, HEROLD ALVIN "WADDY" - Husband of Sarah "Sally" Habita Koza; Father of Herold A. Waddington, Jr.; Son of William Benjamin and Alida Westerfield Waddington - Nov 27, 1887 - Feb 16, 1964 WADDINGTON, SARAH (SALLY) HABITA KOZA - (Mrs. Herold Alvin Waddington); Daughter of Bartholomew and Agnes Siek Koza; Sister of Katherine Koza Maxwell, Josephine, Stanley and Alexander Koza - Dec 29, 1909 - Aug 17 or 18, 1991 WAECHTER, LAWRENCE - Aug 12, 1863 - May 28, 1927 WAGNER, WILLIAM "BUTCH" - Feb 28, 1857 - July 8, 1914 WAHL, BRITT - Also spelled Wall – Snowslide - Died Dec 25, 1883 - Britt met his death in a snowslide on Christmas night WAHLBERG, GUS - Typhoid Fever - Brother of Claes Wahlberg - Died Sept 19, 1898 - Age 25 Years - Early on a Tuesday morning the grim reaper swung his sickle and cut down, in the vigor and pride of young manhood, Gus Wahlberg. WALDBERG - See Wahlberg WALDRON, MARY BALL - (Mrs. James W. Waldron); Daughter of Martin and Mary McNessey Ball - Died Feb 19, 1908 - Age 44 Years - Mary, afflicted with rheumatism since childhood, died at her home in Gladstone. WALKER, BOBBY – 1848 - Jan 9, 1931 WALKER, ELIZA S. HAYES - (Mrs. William Shockley "Cap" Walker); Daughter of Robert and Ann Smith Hayes; Sister of Frances Hayes and Hattie Hayes Bainum - Sept 15, 1827 - Dec 12, 1904 WALKER, GERTIE - 1876 - Nov 26, 1892 - Age 16 Years - died of inflammation of the bowels WALKER, JAMES E. - Typhoid - Son of James and Myrtle Walker - May 23, 1875 - Dec 27, 1916 WALKER, JOSEPH "JOE" - Snowslide - Son of John and Elizabeth Walker; Uncle of Mrs. Martha O. Walker - 1872 - Mar 17, 1906 WALKER, NELLIE - Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Walker - Died Aug 26, 1893 WALKER, ROBERT ARTHUR - Twin son of Phillip C. and Louise M. Cope Walker; Twin brother of William Elmer Walker - Died Jan 23, 1925 - the second born twin, Robert Arthur, was stillborn WALKER, WILLIAM SHOCKLEY "CAP" - Husband of Eliza S. Hayes; Brother of Mrs. Martha Tschudi; Uncle of Mary G. Price - June 27, 1821 - Oct 24, 1900 - A terrible accident at Ophir befell respected Silverton townsman, Cap Walker WALL, BRITT - See Wahl, Britt WALLER, FRANK - Husband of Edith Meyer (later Miller); Father of Frank John Waller - Died Jan 20, 1897 - Age 38 Years - With Frank's death another name was added to the list of those who have joined the silent majority WALSH - Also see Welsh WALSH, JAMES - See Wamsley, James WALTER, F.W.A. "OLD MAN WALTER" - Died Sept 16, 1898 (approximately) - found dead, his body in a horrible state of decomposition WALTER, JESSIE MENCIMER - (Mrs. Edward William Walter); Mother of Thelma Minnie Walter Alling; Daughter of John Mencimer - Aug 26, 1874 - Dec 30, 1936 WALTERS, FRED - Died Sept 1898 WAMPLER, JOHN W. - Son of William Wampler - 1852 - Oct 31, 1934 WAMSLEY, JAMES - Also known as James Walsh/Welsh - Died Sept 11, 1905 - James died at the Teller House on Greene Street due to heart problems and alcoholism WARNOCK - See Whermick WARREN, GRACIE ALDER – Prostitute - Died Jan 4, 1906 - Age 36 Years - Gracie, an inmate of one of the Blair Street dance halls, was ill five days before she succumbed to pneumonia and alcoholism WARREN, INFANT BOY - Son of Frank and Mrs. Warren - Aug 9, 1890 - Nov 20, 1890 - Age 3 Months 11 Days - "How much of light, how much of joy, was buried with that little boy!" WASEM, ADELINE MORELAND PLANTZ - (Mrs. Rudy Wasem) - Daughter of George Parker and Ellen Chivers Plantz; Granddaughter of T. Parker Plantz; Sister of Maud F., Phebe E., Charles G., Edna May, Ralph Albert, Edith Alice and May Tunny Plantz; Granddaughter of John M. Chivers - June 30, 1898 - April 10, 1998 - Addie died in Yuba City California a few days after falling and breaking her hip. She was buried in California, and a memorial marker was placed in Hillside Cemetery in 1999. Addie loved Silverton and longed to be able to see it once again. WASSON, ANGENETTE - (Also known as Patsy Johnson) – Prostitute - 1881 - June 7, 1903 - Age 22 Years - A girl known as Patsy Johnson, who worked at Luke's Dance Hall, died about noon on a summer Sunday WATERS - See Watters WATSON, ALBERT ZOLLICOFFER - Husband of J.M. and of Mary Lechner; Father of Frank Lowe, Barney Albert, William Downing "Billy", Thomas Lechner and Lena A. Watson; Son of William Downing and Nancy Anne Newcomb Watson; Brother of Mary Watson Wilson Emens, Frank L., George Alexander and John Henry Watson; Grandson of John H. and Lucinda Courtright Newcomb and of John Harwood and Elizabeth Rankin Watson - Mar 3, 1862 - Nov 7, 1915 - Again the town was alarmed by the chanting of the solemn dirge that marked the departure of man into everlasting life
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