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Born 1845
From History of Greene County, Missouri .. (1883)
HENRY WATTS.
Henry Watts is the son of Milton and Lucinda (Brown) Watts, who were natives of Virginia, and his grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. Henry was born in Scott county% Virginia, March 7th, 184.5, and when twelve years of age he went with his uncle, Granville H. Watts, to Lincoln county, Kentucky, where he was reared, working on the farm and at the saddler'a trade with his uncle. He lived in that county until 1879, when he came to Ash Grove, Greene county, Missouri, where he engaged in the harness and saddlery business. In 1880 he went to Greenfield, and in 1881 located at Bois D'Arc, where they are now doing a flourishing business. He also owns one hundred and twenty acres of land, the result of his industry and energy. Mr. Watts is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is one of the most substantial citizens of Bois D'Arc.
As printed in History of Greene County, Missouri .. (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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