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Chapman (1880), Liberty Township biographies
b. 11 June 1838 in this county, son of Peter and Susan Waldsmith, natives of Ohio (p. 731). Reared on a farm; deprived of common schools, staying home to work for his mother while his father was away labouring (p. 731). M. 28 Sept. 1869 Maggie Lower, daughter of Peter and Rosanna Lower; two children, Rosanna and Grant; Mrs. Waldsmith, educated at the Academy at Millersburg, Ohio, taught school c. 16 years (p. 731). “Mr. W.’s father was a settler in this county at the early period of 1832” (p. 731); the narrative places Mr. Waldsmith, father of George, on Sec. 30 in 1838 and tells the mid-winter Pottawatomie visit to Mrs. Waldsmith’s house (pp. 718–719). Narrative lists George among leading farmers (p. 719). [PROFILE — at claim strength for the mill item] Carrying fact: George Waldsmith is C11’s subject. The 14 Nov. 1991 Independent-News column names George Waldsmith as the gristmill builder; Chapman and the Nomination name no builder for the 1837 gristmill (NL-1/NL-2 settlements). This biography — the bedrock life record — names no mill, no building, and no trade for George or his father beyond farming and the 1832/1838 settlement facts above. The builder claim therefore stays a single late column’s claim, flagged, not a biography fact. Settler for C11: Saltzgaber (1978) if a copy is located (location unproven, NL-2), or a contemporary mill record; neither was reached.