Was a farmer and then a pastor in the Church of the Brethren.
Elected minister of the Church of the Brethren in Fredonia, KS in November 1917
Attended McPherson College In McPherson, KS
Wife was named Gladys.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZL-G75 : accessed 21 April 2019), Benniah Waas in household of Frank S Waas, Center, Wilson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 211, sheet 3B, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 459; FHL microfilm 1,374,472.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K662-KYN : 13 March 2018), Benaiah Stephen Frank Waas, 1917-1918; citing Wilson County, Kansas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,643,943.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXR-C1Q : accessed 21 April 2019), Benaiah S Waas in household of Frank S Waas, Center, Wilson, Kansas, United States; citing ED 224, sheet 8A, line 41, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 554; FHL microfilm 1,820,554.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHMB-16G : accessed 21 April 2019), Benaiah Waas, Barkley, Jasper, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1, sheet 12A, line 40, family 72, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 594; FHL microfilm 2,340,329.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYWY-VDQ : 16 March 2018), Bensiah Waas, Glendale, Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-104, sheet 10B, line 57, family 226, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 107.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKC4-M711 : 14 October 2017), Benaiah Frank Waas, 25 Apr 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
CRAIK, ELMER LEROY. 2016. History of the church of the brethren in kansas (classic reprint). [Place of publication not identified]: FORGOTTEN Books.
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