WATTS, James Gilates
1829 - 1902 (73 years)-
Name WATTS, James Gilates Nickname Captain Birth 1 May 1829 Wayne County, Mississippi, United States [1, 2] Gender Male Death 24 May 1902 Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States [1, 2] Burial Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States [2] Address:
Rose Hill CemeteryPerson ID I12667 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 3 Aug 2018
Family BELL, Eleanor, b. 20 Dec 1832, Wadesboro, Anson, North Carolina, United States d. 6 Mar 1917, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States (Age 84 years) Marriage 25 Feb 1851 [2] Residence 29 Jun 1880 Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States [3] Lawyer - Listed as James and Ellen Watts.
Children 1. WATTS, Elizabeth Jane, b. 8 Mar 1852, Mississippi, United States d. 27 Aug 1920, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States (Age 68 years) Family ID F3809 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Notes - Capt. James Watts was a Methodist, active 33rd degree Mason, Capt. of Calvary Company from Mississippi. His children were reared in DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi. Son of Judge John Watts and wife Elizabeth Ann Chapman, his early life was spent in Jasper County where he attended Paulding Academy, but left school in 1846 to study law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1850 and practiced law in DeKalb and Meridian.
On February 25, 1851 James Gilates Watts married Eleanor Bell.
SOURCE Family documents and Biographical and Historical Memoirs of the State of Mississippii published in 1891.
- Capt. James Watts was a Methodist, active 33rd degree Mason, Capt. of Calvary Company from Mississippi. His children were reared in DeKalb, Kemper County, Mississippi. Son of Judge John Watts and wife Elizabeth Ann Chapman, his early life was spent in Jasper County where he attended Paulding Academy, but left school in 1846 to study law.
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