John WATTIS

1826 - 1854  (27 years)

• Name	John WATTIS
  Birth	20 Dec 1826	, , England
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jun 1854	, , Missouri, USA
  Person ID	I604	HHDHA
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2008

  
  

  Family	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   [1]
  Children	1. John Allen WATTIS,   b. 22 Jan 1849, , , Missouri d. 30 Aug 1885, Cotton Valley, Webster, Louisiana (Age 36 years)   2. Sarah Ellen WATTIS,   b. 14 Oct 1850, , , Missouri d. 31 Aug 1851 (Age 0 years)   3. Louise Blake WATTIS,   b. 25 Oct 1852, , , Missouri, USA d. 8 Nov 1854 (Age 2 years)
  Family ID	F427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2018

  
  

• Notes

  HHFO: D01110319-S1 DW record number: 20223 HHFO: D01110319-S1 DW record number: 20223

  
  

• Sources

  [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.