The Shemwell Family

Orren Jasper WattsAge: 84 years18531937

Name
Orren Jasper Watts
Given names
Orren Jasper
Surname
Watts
Birth January 27, 1853 35 21
Birth of a brotherJames M Watts
July 30, 1854 (Age 18 months)
Death of a brotherGeorge D Watts
October 14, 1855 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherWilliam Price Watts
August 2, 1857 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherLester Watts
December 12, 1859 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 3 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census August 1, 1860 (Age 7 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Watts
1861 (Age 7 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherMary “Polly” Harshberger
after 1860 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 8 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Birth of a sisterDora Watts
March 28, 1867 (Age 14 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 13 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 13 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Birth of a sisterDella Watts
December 18, 1868 (Age 15 years)
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 15 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census July 16, 1870 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherRobert Watts
1873 (Age 19 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 24 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Census June 5, 1880 (Age 27 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 45 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
Death of a fatherDaniel Lucas Watts
October 26, 1913 (Age 60 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 62 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 63 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 64 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/
Death of a motherJulia Bingham
July 20, 1920 (Age 67 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 76 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
Death of a brotherJames M Watts
January 6, 1931 (Age 77 years)
Death August 2, 1937 (Age 84 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 23, 1848Saline, Missouri, United States
5 months
elder brother
George D Watts
Birth: May 7, 1849 32 17Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: October 14, 1855Saline, Missouri, United States
4 years
himself
Orren Jasper Watts
Birth: January 27, 1853 35 21Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: August 2, 1937Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
18 months
younger brother
James M Watts
Birth: July 30, 1854 37 23Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: January 6, 1931Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
3 years
younger brother
William Price Watts
Birth: August 2, 1857 40 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 5, 1939St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger brother
Lester Watts
Birth: December 12, 1859 42 28Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: January 20, 1946Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
2 years
younger brother
John Watts
Birth: 1861 43 29Saline, Missouri, United States
Death:
6 years
younger sister
Dora Watts
Birth: March 28, 1867 50 35Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: June 23, 1957Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
21 months
younger sister
Della Watts
Birth: December 18, 1868 51 37Saline, Cooper, Missouri, United States
Death: November 25, 1957Marshall, Saline, Missouri, United States
5 years
younger brother

Orren Jasper Watts has 18 first cousins recorded

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
Daniel L Wattshead43MWM MasonOH
Julia Wattswife30FWMO
Orren Wattsson7MWMO
James Wattsson5MWMO
William Wattsson2MWMO
Lester Wattsson6 monthsMWMO
William Binghambrother in law23MWwagon makerMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household

Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Watts, Daniel Lhead53MWfarmerOH
Watts, Juliawife39FWMO
Watts, Orren son17MWfarmingMO
Watts, James son15MWfarmingMO
Watts, Williamson13MWfarmingMO
Watts, Lesterson11MWMO
Watts, Johnson9MWMO
Watts, Doradaughter4FWMO
Watts, Elladaughter1FWMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Daniel Lucas Watts - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Watts, DanWM63headMfarmerOHPAVA
Watts, JuliaWF49wifeMMOVAVA
Watts, O JWM26sonSschool teacherMOOHMO
Watts, LesterWM20sonSfarm laborerMOOHMO
Watts, DoraWF12daughterSMOOHMO
Watts, DellaWF10daughterSMOOHMO
Watts, RobertWM7sonSMOOHMO