John Allen WATTIS

1849 - 1885  (36 years)

• Name	John Allen WATTIS
  Birth	22 Jan 1849	, , Missouri   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Aug 1885	Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I4013	HHDHA
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	John WATTIS,   b. 20 Dec 1826, , , England d. 26 Jun 1854, , , Missouri, USA (Age 27 years)
  Mother	Sarah HENDRICKS,   b. 25 Oct 1829, West Fork of Drakes Creek, Simpson, Kentucky d. 27 Dec 1906 (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1848	, , Utah   [3]
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kate POPE,   b. 1857, Athens, Claiborne, Louisiana
  Marriage	Abt 1874	, Webster, Louisiana   [4]
  Children	1. Edward E. WATTIS,   b. 1875, Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisina, USA   2. Jordan Edmond WATTIS,   b. 28 Aug 1877, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 27 Mar 1939, Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana, USA (Age 61 years)   3. C. Allen WATTIS,   b. 1879, Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisina, USA   4. Cora Amelia WATTIS,   b. 2 Sep 1884, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA d. 28 Sep 1956, Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Notes

  HHFO: D0111031901 1963: 178 See separate PAF data files for descendant information. DW record number: 20233 HHFO: D0111031901 1963: 178 See separate PAF data files for descendant information. DW record number: 20233 1963: 178 See separate PAF data files for descendant information. DW record number: 20233

  
  

• Sources

  [S41] 1880 United States Federal Census Images, (Ancestry.com), Webster Parish, 2nd Ward, Dist 50., Im., 3 of 18. Wattis, J. A. 31 Farmer Mo Eng. Ky. N. C. 23 Wife La. Ga. Ga. Edward E. Dau. La Mo La J. E. Son " " " C. A. " " " " They are listed next to the Jack Pope family. [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation p. 53., JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a. I have not been able to locate this family in MO on the 1850 Census. [S13] Allen, Marguerite Hendricks, Henry Hendricks Genealogy, (Henry Hendricks Family Organization, Third Ed. 1995), Fourth Generation, p. 53, JSMB US/CAN Book 929.273 H384a. After Sarah's mother died, her father, heartbroken, moved his family to Louisiana. Sarah and two of her sisters, Elizabeth and Tabitha, were taken to Illinois to go to school. While there, they joined the Mormons and made the long arduous trek to Salt Lake City. (See notes for Elizabeth D1103009). On the trek to Salt Lake City, Sarah met John WATTIS, an Englishman, who, with his brother Edward, was also making the pilgrimage; this group arrived 5 Oct 1847 according to the history of her sister, Tabitha (D110311). While living in Salt Lake, thinking she was wanted for a plural wife and not believing in polygamy, she packed her possessions one midnight and slipped away with John Wattis, being married in Utah, 21 Feb 1848, then journeying on to Missouri. There she bore one son and two daughters. She lost one of her daughters in 1851 and in 1854 her husband John passed away. [S41] 1880 United States Federal Census Images, (Ancestry.com), Webster Parish, 2nd Ward, Dist 50., Im., 3 of 18.