Thomas D Watts

Brief Life History of Thomas D

When Thomas D Watts was born on 20 June 1851, in Todd, Kentucky, United States, his father, Charles Grandison Watts, was 33 and his mother, Caroline Elizabeth Smith, was 30. He married Girtrude Burgess on 13 November 1879, in Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Trenton, Todd, Kentucky, United States in 1879 and Trenton, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1880. He died on 9 March 1898, at the age of 46, and was buried in Watts Graveyard, Trenton, Christian, Kentucky, United States.

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Thomas D Watts
1851–1898
Girtrude Burgess
1862–1881
Marriage: 13 November 1879
Charles Burgess Watts
1881–1881

Sources (11)

  • Thomas G Watts in household of Eugen O Watts, "United States Census, 1880"
  • T D Watts, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Thomas D Watts, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Watt , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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