. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . ied in 1891 to Lillian M. Fouke ; five DIRECTORY. 315 children. Watts, Thomas O., retired farmer:born in Pine Creek townstiip, January10, 1851; married in 1876 to Mattie ; two ctiildren. Watts, N. A., farmer; born in IMueCreek townsliip, February 20, 1853 ; mar-ried in 1891 to Victoria Weller. Watts, William H., laborer ; born inPine Creek township, May 3, 1860 ; mar-ried in
. Mount Morris: past and present; an illustrated history of the township and the village of Mount Morris, Ogle County, Illinois, in their various stages of development, together with a local biographical directory . ied in 1891 to Lillian M. Fouke ; five DIRECTORY. 315 children. Watts, Thomas O., retired farmer:born in Pine Creek townstiip, January10, 1851; married in 1876 to Mattie ; two ctiildren. Watts, N. A., farmer; born in IMueCreek townsliip, February 20, 1853 ; mar-ried in 1891 to Victoria Weller. Watts, William H., laborer ; born inPine Creek township, May 3, 1860 ; mar-ried in 1893 to Ella McNett; one child. Watts, Fred L., farmer ; born in PineCreek township, February 7, 1869 ; mar-ried in 1894 to Fannie F. Felker. Morris. After three mouths he boughtMr. Binkleys interest and has since con-ducted the business alone. Later hepurchased the store building which heoccupied. Mr. Watts was united inmarriage October 25, 1898, to AdaMumma, and for a wedding tour tookin the Trans-Mississippi Exposition atOmaha. Mr. and Mrs. Watts now oc-cupy the fine residence shown herewith,which was erected during the summer of1899. Watts, Gera. farmer. The subject ofthis sketch was born on his fathers. Residence of Oliver S. Watts. Watts, O. S., groceryman ; was bornin Pine Creek township, March 28, 1871,being the son of William H. and AnnaO. Watts, deceased. lie attended thedistrict school until about fifteen yearsof age when he attended two winters inthe Mount Morris public school, andafterward attended Mount Morris Col-lege two and one half years, graduatingfrom the commercial course with theclass of 92. He worked on the farmfor his father from 1892 to 1897, whenhe formed a partnership with A. in the grocery business in Mount farm in Iine Creek township, March 20,1852. Besides a common education heattended Mount Morris College during1875 and 1878. In 1878 he went toQuitman, Mo., a small town of fivehundred inhabitants, but remained onlyone season, returning
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