Henry Arthur Watts, eldest child of Frank and Louise Maxson Watts, was born August 15, 1862, at Onarga, Ill. At the age of eleven he came with his parents to North Loup, Neb.
Mr. Watts was twice married. On May 24, 1884, he married Miss Eva Adele Green who died April 24, 1888, leaving one daughter, Jessie, now Mrs. Ralph Comstock of St. Charles, Ill. On January 3, 1892, he married Mrs. Hannah Clement Curry. To them were born three children: Madge, now Mrs. Charles Fuller of North Loup; Martin of North Loup; and Eva, now Mrs. Gipe of Long Beach, Calif. His wife died August 13, 1927.
On July 14, 1888 he was baptized and united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church and remained a conscientious member for fifty-three years.
He passed away at the home of his daughter in California March 10, 1941. Funeral services were held at North Loup, conducted by Pastor A. Clyde Ehret. Burial was in the North Loup cemetery.
Besides his immediate family he leaves a brother Earl of Exeland, Wis., eleven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. A. C. E.
