Waite Minter, Former Resident Here Dies Waite Minter, a former resident of Mercer County , died Sunday Sept. 22, 1940 at his home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, where he had made his home the past three years. He was 65 years old. He had been in failing health for some time, having recently suffered a third stroke of paralysis. Burial was made in the Bonners Ferry cemetery. Thomas Waitman Minter, son of J. B. and Louisa Minter, was born May 17, 1875, on a farm east of Mill Grove. He had spent his entire life here, except the last three years spent in Idaho. He was married to Ida Duke of Mill Grove in 1900 and to them were born two sons, Harry of Mason City, Iowa, and Johnny, who preceded his father in death. Mr. Minter was married to Elsie Mastin of Ravanna in 1909 and they be came the parents of a daughter and four sons, Miss Annabel Minter of Taft , Calif., Alton Minter, Alred Minter, J. B. Minter, and a son Acton Minter, who preceded his father in death in 1938. Besides his wife and sons, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Minter, and a brother, Oscar, of near Mill Grove, also two grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends." (I have 33 pages of his ancestors and will send files)