Edward Dillard “Dill” WattsAge: 49 years1888–1937
- Name
- Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts
- Given names
- Edward Dillard
- Surname
- Watts
- Nickname
- Dill
- Nickname
- Eddie
 Birth | March 26, 1888 24 19 |
 Birth of a brother | Claude Everett Watts September 24, 1890 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Meda Watts October 23, 1893 (Age 5 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | June 13, 1900 (Age 12 years) |
| Census | April 15, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Chestene Watts June 7, 1916 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 28 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 29 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 31 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | William Kermit Watts December 25, 1920 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Amanda J “Mandy” Shemwell February 8, 1922 (Age 33 years) Cause: Influenza & bronco infection |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | John Wesley Freeman May 9, 1923 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 41 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 7, 1930 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Robert Harold Atkins March 19, 1933 (Age 44 years) |
 Death | May 8, 1937 (Age 49 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Palmetto Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Clark Watts Birth: March 1864 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States Death: November 20, 1938 — Greene, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Ann “Anna” Freeman Birth: February 1869 24 22 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1959 — Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 5, 1885 — Christian, Missouri, United States |
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3 years himself |
Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts Birth: March 26, 1888 24 19 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: May 8, 1937 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Claude Everett Watts Birth: September 24, 1890 26 21 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: June 1967 — Rogersville, Christian, Missouri, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Meda Watts Birth: October 23, 1893 29 24 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: November 10, 1962 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Willie May Neal |
| himself |
Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts Birth: March 26, 1888 24 19 — Webster, Missouri, United States Death: May 8, 1937 — Rogersville, Webster, Missouri, United States |
| wife |
Willie May Neal Birth: March 22, 1897 — McCracken, Christian, Missouri, United States Death: October 26, 1971 — Wills Point, Van Zandt, Texas, United States |
| daughter |
Chestene Watts Birth: June 7, 1916 28 19 — Missouri, United States Death: November 29, 2009 — Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States |
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5 years son |
William Kermit Watts Birth: December 25, 1920 32 23 — Greene, Missouri, United States Death: October 18, 1998 — Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Clark Watts - Household
West Benton, Webster, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Clark Watts - Household
West Benton, Webster, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Edward Dillard “Dill” Watts - Household
Washington, Greene, Missouri
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