Don't forget the OTHER Watts cemetery over by Baker Community: Name: Benjamin Wesley WATTS Given Name: Benjamin Wesley Surname: Watts Sex: M Birth: 20 DEC 1871 in Searcy Co,AR 1 Death: 17 NOV 1949 in Harriet,Searcy Co,AR 2 Burial: 18 NOV 1949 Watts Cem,Searcy Co,AR 3 Note: !MARRIAGE: *to Sarah Woodcock - Ruby Lacy, "Arkansas, Searcy County, Marriages: Volume III, 1905-1913," (privately published: Ashland, OR, 1987) p 1; listed as "B W Watts, 34, Monks" to "Sarah Woodcock, 32, Monks" on 14 Jan 1906, bk H, pg 24 *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); says 10 Jan 1906 Note: !BIOGRAPHY: *from obit: "He professed faith in Christ at the age of 32 years, and lived a devoted christian life. He was a member of the Baptist church of the Walnut Grove community." *from obit: "Survivors include . . . 27 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; . . ." Note: !RESIDENCES: *1891 - Marshall, AR (marriage license) *1906 - Monks, AR (marriage license) Father: Francis Marion WATTS b: FEB 1850 in AR Mother: Margaret HILL b: MAY 1849 in AR Marriage 1 Mary Matilda TREAT b: 28 DEC 1872 in AR Married: 17 SEP 1891 in Searcy Co,AR 4 5 Divorced: N Children William Edward WATTS b: JUL 1892 in Searcy Co,AR Elvada WATTS b: FEB 1895 in Searcy Co,AR James Oscar WATTS b: 17 APR 1897 in Searcy Co,AR Ollie Mae WATTS b: 24 SEP 1900 in Searcy Co,AR Marriage 2 Sarah P WOODCOCK b: ABT 1874 in AR Married: 14 JAN 1906 in Searcy Co,AR 4 Divorced: N Sources: *Census: 1900, AR, Searcy Co, Big Creek Twp, E D 120 sheet 10a, page 23, famil #126 (indicates Dec 1872); listed as "Benjamin W Watts" *Census: 1920, AR, Searcy Co, Big Creek Twp, E D 110 sheet 1a, page 180, famil #11, Benjiman W Watts household (indicates abt 1872); listed as "Benjiman W Watts" *Census: 1930, AR, Searcy Co, Big Creek Twp, E D 65-4 sheet 4a, page 193, family #71, Benjamin W Watts household (indicates abt 1872); listed as "Benjami W Watts" first married at age 19 *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); says " . . . born near Marshall, Ark., December 20, 1871, the son of the late Francis and Margaret Watts, and lived his entire life in Searcy county." *Data compiled by Gloria Funderburgh (source: not listed); says 20 Dec 1871, the son of J W and Elizabeth Watts *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); says " . . . died at the home of his son, Oscar Watts, of Harriet, Thursday, November 17, 1949, after an illness of more that two years." *Data compiled by Gloria Funderburgh (source: listed as Searcy County, Arkansa Cemeteries, bk I, pg 119); *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); arrangements by Coffman Funeral Home of Marshall *to Sarah Woodcock - Ruby Lacy, "Arkansas, Searcy County, Marriages: Volume III, 1905-1913," (privately published: Ashland, OR, 1987) p 1; listed as "B W Watts, 34, Monks" to "Sarah Woodcock, 32, Monks" on 14 Jan 1906, bk H, pg 24 *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); says 10 Jan 1906 *Ruby Lacy, "Arkansas, Searcy County, Marriages: Volume 1, 1881-1895," (privately published: Ashland, OR, 1984) p 19; listed as "Benjamin Wesley Watts 19, Marshall" to "Matilda M Treat, 18, Marshall" on 17 Sep 1891, bk D, pg 110 *Obituary of Benjamin Wess Watts. "Mountain Wave", Marshall, AR, [date not provided] (copy from microfilm by correspondence (3/98) from Dewayne Treat); says "He was married to miss Tilta Treat, September 16, 1891, and to this union five children were born, one dying in infancy." "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.searcy/3550.1.1.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I don't know, but there are not many people in Watts Cemetery at Rumley. Benjamin J. G. Watts born 25 Jul 1833 Wayne Co. TN died in Searcy Co. AR (no date) son of John Watts and Jensie married Mary Ann Polly Denton 17 May 1857 in Searcy Co. served in Co. M 3rd Ark. Cavalry Civil War. Mary Ann "Polly" Watts 17 Aug 1838 AR died 01 Jul 1929 Searcy Co. AR. daughter of Christopher Denton and Elizabeth Holmes. Her stone is off base. Jensie Watts same stone as John Watts, no dates. John Watts 1799 VA - 04 Feb 1865 Rumley Searcy Co. AR. He was married three times unknown wife about 1820, 2nd Jensie about 1830, 3rd Christina "Tina" Whitmore about 1859. Jewel (no last name) Killed in Tornado, probably a granddaughter, marker has no info except name. William R. Watts 04 Mar 1866 - 15 Jan 1906, son of Benjamin G. Watts and Mary Ann Denton, husband of Marth E. Massey married 11 Sep 1887 Searcy Co. AR Book C page 152 Mary Watts 29 May 1870 - 15 Oct 1870 C. L. helped Ruby Lacy (now deceased) from Ashland, Oregon to copy the cemeteries in Searcy Co. back in the early 1990s. She did books on them for sale. This is where this informaiton comes from. There is also a small WATTS cemetery located in northeastern Pope County. It is located on the Asa "Sweet" Watts farm. Only three graves marked. One is Asa's wife, Martha Jane Kesner Watts 12 Aug 1853 - 12 Oct 1924. The other two are one of their daughters and her husband, Charles Abby Ragland 18 Nov 1877 - 05 Jul 1955 and Navada "Vada" Ragland 07 Aug 1880 - 25 May 1943. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ARSEARCY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Any questions? Get answers on any topic at Yahoo! Answers. Try it now.