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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:place></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Obediah was a witness to the will of Thomas Graves, father to his brother John s wife, Frances.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Thomas Graves will was written in 1788 and it listed all of his assets and children.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>At that time, Obediah was the right age to be a young law clerk.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Frances</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> s brother Lewis Graves was very interested in Law and it is possible that he was a big influence on Obediah.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It is also known that Richard Waite, grandfather to Obediah, did not have a will and it took a number of years for the children to settle the affairs of their father.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Perhaps this is why Obediah impressed upon Thomas Graves and his own father, John Wait, the need for a proper will.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died on </span><st1:date Year="1845" Day="15" Month="1"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>January 15, 1845</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He was the Mayor of Winchester from 1824 to 1831 and the President of the Bank of the Valley from 1823 until his death.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Mary Ann Harrison</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> was Obediah s first wife and they were married in March of 1794 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She was the daughter of Mary Wood and Matthew Harrison.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She died before 1830 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:18.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Sarah Stuart</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> was Obediah s second wife and they were married on </span><st1:date Year="1830" Day="4" Month="2"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>February 4, 1830</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'> at Christ s Church, </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>She was the daughter of the late Dr.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>David Stuart of Ossian Hall, </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Fairfax County</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'> and the sister of Charles Stuart.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="John%20Wait%20Will.htm">John Wait Will</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="Estate%20Sale%20of%20John%20Wait%2012-24-1801.htm">Estate Sale of John Wait 12-24-1801</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="Letter%20to%20WG%20Singleton%20about%20Hannah%20Waite.htm">Letter to WG Singleton about Hannah Waite</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>The children of Obediah and Mary Ann were:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="Harrison%20Waite.htm">Harrison</a><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                </span>Born about 1796 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Obed F.<span style='mso-tab-count:2'>                </span></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Born in 1798 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died on </span><st1:date Year="1820" Day="11" Month="6"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>June 11, 1820</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'> in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Sheperdstown</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="Maria%20Antoinette%20Waite%20and%20Washington%20G.htm">Maria Antoinette</a></span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count: 1'>    </span>Born about 1800 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Charles</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count: 2'>                </span>Born 1806 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Winchester</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>He died March 1815 in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Martinsburg</span></st1:City><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>, </span><st1:State><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Virginia</span></st1:State></st1:place><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>This page was last updated on </span><st1:date Year="2005" Day="30" Month="10"><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>October 30, 2005</span></st1:date><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><a href="John%20Waite%20and%20Keziah.htm">John Waite and Keziah</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>