Enos Waters was born in 1890, in Neleigh, Nebraska, and is a son of
Lewis and Sarah Enos Waters. The father died February 17, 1924. The
mother is residing on the old Enos homestead, five miles west of
Carlinville in Bird township. There is another son, O. S. Waters, who is
in the advertising business in Los Angeles, California. Since pioneer
days none have stood higher in their respective communities than the
Enos and Waters families. The names are synonymous with good citizenship
and sturdiness of character. Mr. Waters' grandparents on his father's
side were Mr. and Mrs. John Waters, for many years residents of the
Charity church community. On his mother's side the grandparents were Mr.
and Mrs. Miles Enos, the community which bears their name having been so
named in honor of Miles Enos.
Enos Waters attended and graduated
from the Townsend Harris high school in New York City; he then attended
the City College of New York. Mr. Waters finished his college education
by attending and graduating from the University of Illinois, in the
class of 1914, taking the degree of B. S. in Agriculture. In the same
year Mr. Waters began farming on the Enos lands west of Carlinville,
where he remained until 1921, during which time he was instructor in
Agriculture at Blackburn College.
In 1921 Mr. Waters was offered
and accepted the position of Farm Advisor of Edgar county, Illinois,
with headquarters at Paris, the county seat. He continued there until
1928 when he resigned and returned to Carlinville.
In 1929 he
became Farm Manager for the trust department of the Carlinville National
Bank. This department has charge of approximately 17,000 acres of land
in Macoupin county for various individuals and institutions. He is also
secretary of the Carlinville National Farm Loan Association, which is
the local unit of the Federal Land Bank, of St. Louis. This association
has about $1,000,000 in farm mortgage loans in Macoupin county. Mr.
Waters is also secretary of the Carlinville Production Credit
Association, making loans for production purposes through the Farm
Credit Administration. This latter organization does an extensive
business in financing feeder cattle and making dairy Loans in Macoupin
and Montgomery counties. Mr. Waters is engaged in a work which is
especially appealing to him and for which he made thorough preparation
in his education. His duties bring him in contact with a large number of
people over a wide range of Macoupin county. All who know him hold him
in great respect and place implicit confidence in his integrity and
honesty.
Mr. Waters was united in marriage in 1919 with Miss
Reba Sacre, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerre Sacre, prominent
residents of near Carlinville. Mrs. Waters died in 1928.
Extracted 15 Dec 2018 by Norma Hass from History of a Famous Courthouse, by W. B. Brown, published in 1934, page 50.
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