Marion Jasper Watts Sr. (1835 - 1915)

Born 23 Jan 1835 in Haywood, Tennessee, United States

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Died 6 May 1915 at age 80 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Marion was born in 1835. He passed away in 1915.

Notes

Possible Spouse: Susan Emily Gilbreath. Early censuses show his wife's name as Susan Emily. CA death index for Susan Watts Shackelford gives father as Watts and mother as Gilbrath. Susan (dau), who marries at 16, is living in Sebastian co in 1880 and nearby in IT in 1900. Family is stating Susan Gilbreath died in 1889 or 1899. By end 1880, Marion has remarried to Thenia. Did he and Susan divorce or is her DOD wrong as there are discrepancies and no clear source found at this time? FAG contradicts itself. Stone appears to be placed long after death.

Marriages

M. J. Watts married "Thenia" E. Mamel (Trammel) on December 9, 1880 in Sebastian, Arkansas. He was 45 and she was 29. ^[1]

Census

• Fact: Residence (1860) Sugar Loaf Township, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Spadra Township, Johnson, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Sugar Loaf, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Township, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
• Fact: Residence (06 May 1915) Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas
• Fact: Burial (1915) Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

Sources

1. ↑ "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ1R-N5Y : 11 January 2020), Thenia E. Mamel in entry for M. J. Watts, 1880.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M87Y-XRR : 13 December 2017), Marian Watts, 1860. Sugar Loaf twp, Sebastian, Arkansas.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNWP-LY2 : 26 August 2017), Marion J Watts, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 182, sheet 647D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0057; FHL microfilm 1,254,057. Sugar Loaf, Sebastian, Arkansas.

• "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQB3-582 : 18 March 2019), Marion J. Watts, 9 Dec 1880; citing Marriage, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,073.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSRG-FMQ : accessed 8 August 2019), Marion J Watts, Township, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45, sheet 7A, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,846.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKK3-N3F : accessed 8 August 2019), Gov M J Watts, Fort Smith Ward 3, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 156, sheet 7A, family 169, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 65; FHL microfilm 1,374,078.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPDM-HTN : 26 November 2014), Susan M Shackelford, 15 Oct 1943; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. Father: Watts, mother: Gilbrath.

• "Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJRF-4W5 : 27 November 2014), Marion J Watts, 06 May 1915; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).

• Find A Grave, database and image, memorial page for Marion Jasper Watts (23 Jan 1835–6 May 1915), Find A Grave: Memorial #44908011, citing Oak Cemetery, Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Rock Talker (contributor 47016709) .

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 November 2018, 19:09), entry for Marion Jasper "Governor" Watts(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KNSL-Z5Q); contributed by various users.

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