Daniel Waldo (September 10, 1762 – July 30, 1864) was an American

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. Born in

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, Waldo served in the

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and later became a missionary and clergyman. In 1856, at the age of 94, Waldo was named

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of the

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. Waldo's earliest ancestor Deacon Cornelius Waldo arrived to the American colonies from Ipswich, England around 1654.https://www.americanrevolution.org/last_men/lastmen2.php#:~:text=The%20earliest%20ancestor%20of%20Mr,Edward%3B%20Zaccheus%3B%20and%20Rev. It is recorded that he was in good health during his service to the House; he was also one of seven Revolutionary War veterans who, having survived into the age of photography, were featured in the 1864 book ''

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'' (which gives many more details of his life). Waldo died in

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at the advanced age of 101, of injuries sustained after falling down a flight of stairs, and he was given a memorial in the House itself.

References

*Reverend E.B. Hillard,
The Last Men of the Revolution
' (1864), republished 1968 with additional notes by Wendell Garrett.

External links

"Father Waldo's America"
1762 births 1864 deaths American centenarians Men centenarians People from colonial Connecticut Yale University alumni People from Windham, Connecticut Chaplains of the United States House of Representatives Burials in New York (state) American people of English descent Deaths from falls People of Connecticut in the American Revolution Clergy in the American Revolution {{US-Christian-clergy-stub