Person:Evan Watts (2)

1860 census, Evan, Angeline, Byron, and Theodocia have not been located

1870 Vermilion Co., IL, census, p.397A, Vance Twp., Fairmount P.O., July 7, 1870, S.M. Brown: 240/229, EVAN WATTS, 40 M W, farmer, OH; Angeline, 35 F W, keeping house, OH; Byron, 12 M W, farm labor, IN; Ida, 8 F W, IL; Bertie, 3 F W, IL; Grace, 5/12 F W, IL.

Angeline died May 30, 1871, age 38y 6m 19d (b. Nov. 11, 1832); three known children (Theodocia, Chester, and presumably Grace) are buried near her in Bodkin Cemetery, Vance Twp., Vermilion Co., IL. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005

no date [ca. 1873], Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I received a letter from Sarah Dolby in which she writes that . . . Evan Watts, wife & one child* are dead."

• It's not known if this refers to Chester or Grace.

Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1875 March 26, Samuel Dalbey appeared in Vermilion County Court with Byron Watts who asked that Samuel be appointed his guardian. Samuel also requested the court appoint him guardian of Ida and Alberta Watts as their parents were both dead. This suggests that Byron, Ida, and Alberta were Evan and Angeline's only surviving children. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005

1880 census, Byron Watts has not been located

1880 Fountain Co., IN, census, p.48A, Shawnee Twp., June 10, 1880, O.D. Osborn: IDA M. WATTS, W F 18, niece, at home, IL OH OH; with JOEL WATTS, W M 55, head, md., farmer, OH NY OH; Miranda C., W F 44, wife, housekeeping, KY KY KY; Franklin F., W M 27, son, single, laborer, IN OH OH.

1880 Fountain Co., IN, census, p.47C, Shawnee Twp., June 29, 1880, O.D. Osborn: ALBERTA WATTS, W F 13, boarder, IN IN IN; with 138/138, JOHN M. COX, W M 35, head, farmer, IN NC PA; Jemima M., W F 38, wife, house keeping, IN blank blank; John Wenini___, W M 10, boarder, servant, IN KY OH.