Biographical Sketches
Willis Roseberry Waite
WILLIS ROSEBERRY WAITE (Progressive). Seventy-seventh district. Born at Palmyra, Warren county, Iowa, July 22, 1870. Came to Nebraska October 24, 1880. Attended schools at Palmyra, Iowa, and in Valley county, Nebraska. Holds diplomas from the Columbian business school of Chicago and the Capital city commercial college of Des Moines, Iowa. Married October 25, 1899, to Abbie Grow. Has three children. Is a farmer and horticulturist. Has been a school teacher, music teacher, and book keeper. Has served on the school board. Affiliates with the Methodist church. Address: Arcadia.
Source: Transcription from the book, The Nebraska Blue Book, published in 1926; located on the website, Hathitrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org), accessed 19 January 2026.
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