Waldo, Ohio

This township is the oldest of the divisions of Marion County. It originally formed a part of Marlborough Township, Delaware County, whose territory extended north to the Greenville treaty line. That portion of Waldo lying south of the treaty line remained a part of Marlborough until the formation of Morrow County in 1848. At the March session of the Commissioners of Marion Coun ty of that year, the following entry was made: " On application of the citizens of that part of Marlborough and Radnor Townships which was attached to the county of Marion from the county of Delaware, by the act of the. Legislature erecting the county of Morrow, passed Februaiy 24. 1848; and appearing to the Commissioners that said territory contains an incorporated town, to wit, the town of Waldo, it is Ordered, That so much of said territory (including said town) as is contained in the following metes and bounds, to wit: Beginning on the Greenville treaty line at the northeast corner of that part of Marlborough Township which was attached to said county of Marion from said county of Delaware aforesaid; thence south along the line between the now counties of Marion and Morrow eleven hundred and twenty -one poles (1,121) to the county line between the counties of Marion and Delaware ; thence west along said line, being the south line of Marion County nineteen hundred and fifty poles and a lot line; thence north along said old line to the Greenville treaty line; thence eastwardly along said Greenville treaty line to the place of beginning; be and the same is erected into a new township to be named and styled ' Waldo.' " In June following, at a session of the Commissioners, a number of the citizens of Waldo Township presented a petition requesting that certain territory lying north of the treaty line be added to Waldo Township. Accordingly, the following entry was made: " Ordered, That the whole of Fractional Sections No. 34, 35 and 36, and the east half of Section No. 33, and the south halves of Sections 25, 26 and 27, and the southeast quarter of Section No. 28, in Township No. 6 south of Range No. 15. be and the same is attached to and made a part of the said township of Waldo, and that the boundaries thereof be recorded accordingly."

Passage source: The History of Marion County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio, published 1883.

Long before the Indians had surrendered their claim to the original county of Marion, and before any whites had settled upon its territory, Nathaniel Wyatt, Sr., and Nathaniel Brundige settled in what is now Waldo Township in the spring of 1806. Mr. Brundige was born in Ulster County, N. Y., of which county his parents, William aDd Anna, nee Perkins. Brundige, were also natives. In 1797, Nathaniel Brundige removed to Washington County, Va., to which place Nathaniel Wyatt had emigrated several years before. In 1805, Mr. Brundige, with his wife and nine children, and Mr. Wyatt and his wife (nee Anna Brundige), migrated to Ohio in a wagon and settled in Pickaway County. The same year, they removed to Liberty Township, Delaware, then Franklin County, where they remained a short time. In February, 1806, they came and settled in what is now Waldo Township. Mr. Brundige entered 160 acres. On his arrival here, he met Col. Kilbourn, who was laying out the town of Norton. Kilbourn told Brundige that ho had a piece of land that he would sell for $400. Brundige paid him the amount, and K ilbourn returned to the land office at Chillicothe, had the land entered in Nathaniel Brundige's name, thus clearing 1200 on land that he had not located. This land is a part of the farm owned and occupied by John Brundige. Subsequently, he purchased 150 acres north of Waldo. They were the first white settlers in what is now Marion County. They cut out the first road in the county, as there were then only half beaten paths of the Indians. Mr. Brundige erected a log cabin, 18x20 feet, in size, which he occupied a few years, then built a hewed-log house, 18x30 feet in dimensions. This pioneer dwelling was raised by the early settlers, some of whom came from Radnor. Mr. Brundige was a member of Capt. Drake's militia company, and was connected with the "defeat." Mr. Brundige died July 11, 1825, and Mrs. B. August 11, 1856, aged eighty-five.

Passage source: The History of Marion County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio, published 1883.

John Brundige went also to Pickaway County; thence to this place with his parents in 1806. He rented his father's farm and lived thereuntil his removal to Waldo Village in 1840, where he died and was buried. He was Justice of the Peace in Marlborough about fifteen years; was Associate Judge, as a successor to Judge Drake; Commissioner of Delaware County two terms. He was formerly a \\ ri ig, and subsequently an Abolitionist, in which faith he died. He took active part in local politics. He engaged in mercantile business in Waldo prior to 1837, with Wesson & Hass, under the firm name of Wesson, Hass & Brundige. He built a frame house where Gabler & Gumpf's store now stands. For his first wife, he married Phoebe Drake, by whom he had 'the following children: Mary, Rebecca, Uriah, Anna, Joseph, Daniel, Nathan, Abba and Lydia For his second wife, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, now deceased. They were the parents of nine children, viz., Mary, born August 9, 1794, married Reuben Drake and died in Wyandot County; Anna, born February 11, 1796, married James Trindle and died in Westfield, Morrow County, Leyinab, born April 5, 1799, married Samuel D. Wyatt, and after his death married Mr. Dudley., she is now a widow and is living at an advanced age; Elizabeth, born August 25, 1800, married David Mitchell and died in Hardin County, Iowa; Rachel, born January 21, 11802, married L. S. Hull, and died in Waldo Township in the winter of 1882; James, born July 22, 1805, and resides in Polk County, Iowa; William, born December 3, 1808, resides in Morrow County; Sarah, born September, 1810, married Evan Norris and died in Wood County. Ohio, John was born September 10, 18 IB. the day of Perry's victory.

Passage source: The History of Marion County, Ohio, Containing a History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches, Schools, Etc; General and Local Statistics; Military Record; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio, published 1883.

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