Joshua Waits was born in 1810 in North Carolina. He appears in the USC 1840 Overton Co., TN 1 male age 10-15, 2 females age 5-10 and 1 female age 50-60 and then in the USC 1870 Osage, Dent Co., MO census we find his wife Polly living with her son JR John Rhodes Waits along with his 30 year old single sister Polina. They raise their family in Tennessee until 1868 when we find a court summons for Joshua to appear as a witness in a murder trial. We never find another record for him after that. Joshua married Mary Reynolds "Polly" in 1828/1835. Mary was born in 1808 in Wilkes Co., NC. She died in 1881 in Phelps Co., MO. They had at least two children; John Rhodes Waits and Paulina Waits who was born in 1840. This line is being worked by Mary Waites mwaites@carolina.rr.com.