Jessie Preston WattsAge: 80 years1900–1981
- Name
- Jessie Preston Watts
- Given names
- Jessie Preston
- Surname
- Watts
 Birth | October 30, 1900 37 |
 Death of a mother | Adeline Alan 1907 (Age 6 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 15 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 16 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 17 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/ |
 Marriage | Margie Elizabeth McGehee — View this family about 1921 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Hazel Mae Watts September 26, 1922 (Age 21 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 28 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 41 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Jimmy Dale Trafton June 7, 1948 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 49 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 45 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | September 15, 1981 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John W Watts Birth: March 1863 — Louisiana, United States Death: |
| mother |
Adeline Alan Death: 1907 |
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Marriage: — |
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| himself |
Jessie Preston Watts Birth: October 30, 1900 37 — Texas, United States Death: September 15, 1981 |
| brother |
Walter Watts Death: |
| elder brother |
Charlie Watts Birth: September 19, 1896 33 — Texas, United States Death: October 8, 1984 — Henderson, Rusk, Texas, United States |
| Family with Margie Elizabeth McGehee |
| himself |
Jessie Preston Watts Birth: October 30, 1900 37 — Texas, United States Death: September 15, 1981 |
| wife |
Margie Elizabeth McGehee Birth: June 21, 1900 40 34 — Texas, United States Death: January 5, 1983 — Texas, United States |
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Marriage: about 1921 — Texas, United States |
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21 months daughter |
Hazel Mae Watts Birth: September 26, 1922 21 22 — Texas, United States Death: April 12, 2009 — Texas, United States |