Benjamin Waldo

Benjamin Waldo (1816 - 1871)^[1] was a medical doctor and state legislator in South Carolina. He relocated to Florida with his wife. Waldo, Florida is believed to have been named for him.^[2]

Dr. Joseph Waldo of Newberry, South Carolina was his father.^[3]

Waldo served in the South Carolina General Assembly representing Newberry, South Carolina and served on the Medical Committee. He was sworn in 1846.^[4] He left after a year with his wife Sarah nee Lipscomb Waldo and settled in Marion County, Florida.^[5]

He left the medical field due to Ill health and became a business partner of David Yulee in Florida.^[1] He had a son who served in the Confederate Army and two daughters. Sallie B. Waldo was one of his daughters.^[6] 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 Confederate Congress.^[7][8]

Waldo lived on the Pine Hill Plantation in Marion County.^[9]

News of his death reached his hometown in May, 1871.^[10]