William Henry Wax

1849 - 1915  (66 years)

• Name	William Henry Wax
  Born	3 Jul 1849	Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Oct 1915	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6904	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Elmina Heslet Wax,   b. 13 Sep 1858,   d. 19 Feb 1942  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1880
  Children	+ 1. Maud Ada Wax Reichman,   b. 4 Oct 1882, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 14 Nov 1978, Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia  (Age 96 years) + 2. Mary Isabel Wax Van Vleck,   b. 20 Aug 1887, Stanton County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Jan 1959, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 71 years) + 3. Bertha M Wax Myers,   b. 7 Aug 1895,   d. 11 Jan 1979  (Age 83 years) + 4. Clinton C Wax   5. Anna Wax Lemon Cotton   6. Joseph Wax
  Last Modified	3 May 2018 10:47:38
  Family ID	F2466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Jul 1849 - Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wax, William William Wax William Wax, aged 66 years, 3 months and 27 days died last Saturday afternoon at 4:30 after three weeks of serious illness from a complication of diseases that had kept him in poor health for about four years. Mr. Wax was born in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1849, leaving that state while quite young and moving to Illinois. He was a member of an Illinois regiment during the Rebellion and left Illinois about 1878 coming to Rossville and made this neighborhood his home for the past 37 years. In the year 1880 he was married to Elmina Heslet and to them was born six children, Joseph of Pecna, Colo., Mrs. Maude Reichman of Topeka, Clinton of St. Marys, Mrs. Mary VanVleck, Mrs. Anna Lemon and Mrs. Bertha Myers, all of Rossville, with his widow survive him. Mr. Wax united with the M.E. Church in 1800 and remained a consistent and faithful member until his death. The funeral was held Monday, at 1:30 at the M.E. Church, conducted by Rev. All, of Topeka, a former minister here and a personal friend of the family. Interment was made in the Rossville cemetery.