Early Life
Waldo was born in 1800 in Harrison County, Virginia to Jedediah Waldo. Harrison County would become part of West Virginia during the American Civil War when a portion of Virginia joined the Union as a new state. After turning 19 years of age Waldo migrated to Missouri where he entered the lumber business. Then in 1825 he married Malinda Lunsford and they moved to St. Clair County, Missouri.
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