W.S. Weatherwax，Walter Smiley Weatherwax was born on May 31, 1867, in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, to William C. Weatherwax and his wife Elizabeth Mary Smiley. His siblings included: William E. Weatherwax (1858-1859); Grace Ball Weatherwax (1865-1938); and twin brothers Fred Van Allen Weatherwax (1870-1881) and Albert Weatherwax (1870-1870).