Lafayette Harrison WATTS

Birth:
6 Jul 1848
New York
Death:
23 Jun 1936
Hennepin, Minnesota
Burial:
Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota
Marriage:
3 Aug 1873
Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota
Mother:
Mary LOCKE
Notes:
                   pg. 810,  History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss--Wedge
1900 census lists a Mary born Dec 1832 Ohio, parents Pennsylvania and Ohio and
James H. Watts born May 1831 in Indianaparents Scotland, NewYork
maybe a brother to Lafayette
1885 census Zumbrota, Goodhue, MN

Member of the Masons, Modern Woomen and the MOdern Brotherhood.
Died in a Masonic home
emigrated to the west in 1858 locating near Baraboo, Wis for one year.  They
came to Zumbrota township in 1873.
1886 went to North Dakot until 1896
1896 Zumbrota, MN
1904 put in cement sidewalk in fron ot Zumbrota Hotel 
Cemetery record
Athelia MILLER
Birth:
16 Sep 1857
Minnesota
Death:
16 Mar 1893
Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota
Burial:
Hammond, Minnesota
Notes:
                   pg. 810, History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

1900 census Zumbrota Township  says  parents born in England and NOva Scotia
Information on death date by Barbara Watts
Died in a Masonic Home
Children
Marriage
1
Amelia WATTS
Birth:
16 Sep 1874
Minnesota
Death:
16 Mar 1893
North Dakota
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Pg 810, History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
1875 census Zumbrota, Goodhue, MN
2
Edith WATTS
Birth:
6 Jul 1877
Minnesota
Death:
Notes:
                   Pg. 810, History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

1900 census Zumbrota Township
3
Norris Truman WATTS
Birth:
28 Apr 1884
Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota
Death:
4 Dec 1951
Clackamas, Oregon
Barbara "Laura" Lenore SCHLEICHER 
Marr:
19 May 1917
Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota 
Notes:
                   Birth Certificate says Norris Truman Watts
Marriage Certificate
Information given by Tom Watts
1900 census in Goodhue Townhsip pg 319 is a students and laborer Father born in
New York mother Minn.
4
Lafayette A. WATTS
Birth:
8 Oct 1893
North Dakota
Death:
1 Apr 1977
La Habra, Orange, California
Mrs. Clara Margaret WATTS 
Marr:
Aft 1913
Minnesota 
Notes:
                   Pg. 810, History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

1900 census Zumbrota Township  says  parents born in England and NOva Scotia
SS death Index
CA death records
Graduating class Zumbrota, 1913
1920 census Mineola, Goodhue, Minnesota
5
Reginald R. WATTS
Birth:
16 Mar 1896
of Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota
Death:
Oct 1970
Dallas, Dallas, Texas
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Pg. 810, History of Goodhue County, Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

SS death Index

1900 census Zumbrota Township  says  parents born in England and NOva Scotia
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Lafayette Harrison Watts - Athelia Miller

Lafayette Harrison Watts was born at New York 6 Jul 1848. His parents were Richard Watts and Mary Locke.

He married Athelia Miller 3 Aug 1873 at Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota . Athelia Miller was born at Minnesota 16 Sep 1857 daughter of Alfred J. Miller and Amy A. Davis, Mrs. .

They were the parents of 5 children:
Amelia Watts born 16 Sep 1874.
Edith Watts born 6 Jul 1877.
Norris Truman Watts born 28 Apr 1884.
Lafayette A. Watts born 8 Oct 1893.
Reginald R. Watts born 16 Mar 1896.

Lafayette Harrison Watts died 23 Jun 1936 at Hennepin, Minnesota .

Athelia Miller died 16 Mar 1893 at Zumbrota, Goodhue, Minnesota .