Benjamin Waldo (1816 - 1871) was a medical doctor and state legislator in South Carolina. He relocated to Florida with his wife.

Waldo, Florida Waldo is a city in Alachua County, Florida, United States. It is part of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2020 census, the population was 846, down from 1,015 at the 2010 census. History William Sparkman, the "father ...

is believed to have been named for him. Dr. Joseph Waldo of

Newberry, South Carolina Newberry is a city in Newberry County, South Carolina, United States, in the Piedmont northwest of Columbia. The charter was adopted in 1894. The population was 10,277 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Newberry County; at one time ...

was his father. Waldo served in the

South Carolina General Assembly The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and ...

representing

and served on the Medical Committee. He was sworn in 1846. He left after a year with his wife Sarah nee Lipscomb Waldo and settled in

Marion County, Florida Marion County is a county located in the North Central region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 375,908. Its county seat is Ocala. Marion County comprises the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan S ...

. He left the medical field due to Ill health and became a business partner of David Yulee in Florida. He had a son who served in the

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and two daughters. Sallie B. Waldo was one of his daughters. She married John Marshall Martin an officer in the Confederate Army. He was a Captain in the Marion Light Artillery, and a member of the

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. Waldo lived on the Pine Hill Plantation in Marion County. News of his death reached his hometown in May, 1871.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waldo, Benjamin 1816 births 1871 deaths 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly