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Jesse Wilmer Watts 1877–1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 May 1877

Birth Location: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 19 May 1942

Death Location: Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA

Father: Horatio Watts

Mother: Harriett McCullough

Spouse(s): Mary Mathews

Children(s): Anna Watts, Harriet Watts, Jesse Watts, John Watts

Jesse Wilmer Watts was born in 1877 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA, the child of Horatio Nelson Nate Watts And Harriett Delphine Sarah Mccullough. Jesse Wilmer Watts married Mary Elizabeth Mathews, and had children including Anna Katherine Watts, Harriet Dorethea Watts, Jesse Wilber Watts, John Edward Watts. Jesse Wilmer Watts passed away in 1942 in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA.

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Biography

  • Jesse Wilmer Watts was born in 1877 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA, the child of Horatio Nelson Nate Watts And Harriett Delphine Sarah Mccullough.
  • Jesse Wilmer Watts married Mary Elizabeth Mathews, and had children including Anna Katherine Watts, Harriet Dorethea Watts, Jesse Wilber Watts, John Edward Watts.
  • Jesse Wilmer Watts passed away in 1942 in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Horatio Watts
1852–1908
Birth Location: Miltonville, Ohio, USA
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Harriett McCullough
1856–1883
Birth Location: Illinois, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Mathews
1889–1979
Birth Location: Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA
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Children(s)

Anna Watts
1920–2004
Birth Location: Pisgah, Harrison, Iowa, USA
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Harriet Watts
1905–1986
Birth Location: Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa, USA
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Jesse Watts
1907–1985
Birth Location: Huron, Pennington, South Dakota, USA
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John Watts
1917–1977
Birth Location: Esmund, South Dakota, USA
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Jesse Watts's Ancestors

Self
Jesse Watts
1877–1942
Birth Place: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
Parents
Horatio Nelson Nate Watts
1852–1908
Miltonville, Ohio, USA
Harriett (Delphine Sarah) McCullough
1856–1883
Illinois, USA
Grandparents
John (Bonaparte) Watts
1815–1880
Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
Elizabeth (Philinda) Burtch
1820–1872
Lawranceburg, Indiana
George (Mc) Cullough
1805–1889
Jefferson County, Ohio, USA
Eleanor Lowry
1808–1863
Pennsylvania, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Philinda Ashley
1780–1857
John McCullough
1777–1850
Jane Richey
1781–1854
Elijah Lowry
1764–1838
Elizabeth Mills
1764–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Ashley
1758–1828
Phoebe Howe
1761–1833
James Lowry
1734–1778
Mary Veazey
1728–1789

Jesse Watts's Descendants

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Jesse (Wilmer) Watts (26 May 1877–19 May 1942) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Mathews (19 Jan 1889–27 Aug 1979)
  1. 1. Anna (Katherine) Watts 1920–2004
  2. 2. Harriet (Dorethea) Watts 1905–1986
  3. 3. Jesse (Wilber) Watts 1907–1985 m. Emily (Pauline) Menard 1912–1986
    1. 1. Jerry (R) Watts 1944–2019
    2. 2. Bernard (Wilmer) Watts 1929–1929
    3. 3. Marvin (Wilber) Watts 1935–2000 m. Lovina (May Thorp) ❌ 1938–2010
    4. 4. Pauline (Bernadette) Watts 1947–1992 m. Donald (Joseph) Tompkins 1945–2016
    5. 5. Robert (Edwin) Watts 1932–2016
    6. 6. Sharone (P Watts) Nichols 1940–2014
  4. 4. John (Edward) Watts 1917–1977

Jesse Watts's Timeline

2 Records

1877
26 May 1877
Birth of Jesse Wilmer Watts in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
1942
19 May 1942
Age 65
Death of Jesse Wilmer Watts in Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA
Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 May 1877
    Event Place: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 19 May 1942
    Event Place: Blair, Washington, Nebraska, USA
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