OBIT: Waldeck, 1941 - Lawrence Co Obituary of John A. Waldeck, Big Sandy News, February 28, 1941, Page 1 John A. Waldeck, 91, Succumbs Thursday John Alexander Waldeck, 91, one of Lawrence county's oldest citizens and a resident of Louisa since 1865, died early Thursday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Ryan. Mr. Waldeck, who retired in 1929, had been in failing health the past two years. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Monday and grew gradually worse, succumbing at 3:45 a.m. Thursday. A son of Virginia parents who migrated to Eastern Kentucky a century ago, Mr. Waldeck was born at Paintsville, Ky., June 30, 1849, a son on Nicholas Carpenter Waldeck and Maria Dunlap Waldeck. The family moved to Blaine in 1850 and subsequently to farms at Fallsburg and Dean Bend, W. Va., and then settled in Louisa in 1865. At the age of 19, Mr. Waldeck in 1868 went to Gettaway, Ohio where he served four years apprenticeship in the tannery of his brother, James F. Waldeck. Having completed his apprenticeship, he returned to Louisa in 1872 and became associated with another brother, William Waldeck, in the operation of a tannery here. He later took over the management of the tannery and operated it for a number of years. It stood at the corner of Pocahontas and Pike streets. When the leather business declined, he closed the tannery and for a time worked with engineering crews and government dredge boat crews on Big Sandy river. From 1896 to 1918 he was associated with the Snyder Bros. Hardware here. In 1918 he took a position as toll keeper on the Louisa and Fort Gay bridge and held the position until he retired in 1929 at the age of 80. He became a Mason in 1872 and was a member of both the lodge and chapter in Louisa. Funeral will be conducted from the home of his daughter here Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. T. J. Hopson and Rev. E. W. Elrod officiating, and interment will be made in Pine Hill cemetery overlooking Louisa. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lottie Sanson [sic] Waldeck, who is 82 years old; one daughter, Mrs. Chas. Ryan, of Louisa, and a grandson, John Ryan, of Louisa. [John was a paternal GGG uncle of mine. I am descended from John's older sister, Elizabeth Ann, who married Sylvester Dunbar Bradley, son of Stephen and Mary (Fillinger) Bradley.] reprinted with permission of "The Times Mail" From: "Diana Flynn" Date: 20 Apr 1998