At the home of his son. H. A. Watts, in North Loup, Neb., on November 9, 1913, Frank Watts, in the seventy-ninth year of his age.
Frank Watts was the son of John and Sally Collins Watts, and was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, on November 7, 1835. He was the ninth in a family of eleven children. One sister survives him.
In early life he was a great traveler, especially upon the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rivers. In 1858, while living at Onarga, Ill., and engaged in the shoe and harness business, he was married to Mary Louise Maxson. Mrs. Watts would be best known to readers of the Recorder as a sister of the late Rev. Darwin E. Maxson. In 1873 this family located in Valley Co., Nebraska. The homestead was one mile west of that of Eld. Oscar Babcock, where the Village of North Loup now stands. Mrs. Watts died in 1909. Since the death of his wife Mr. Watts has made his home with one of his sons, of whom there are three: H. Arthur Watts of North Loup, Earl A. Watts of Muncy, Wis., and Lester Watts of Scotia, Neb.
As a young man Brother Watts became a Christian and was baptized by Rev. D. W. Morgan at Onarga, Ill., on April 16, 1865. The writer does not know how long he had been keeping the Sabbath when he came to Nebraska, forty years ago. During practically all of its life he has been an interested and enthusiastic member of the Seventh Day Baptist church of North Loup. G. B. S.
