Robert Ramsey Watts 1838-1903

RAMSEY, WATTS

Posted By: Volunteer - Rich Lowe
Date: 11/10/2008 at 15:19:32

The Enterprise (no date).

Robert Ramsey Watts passed peacefully away at his home in Hillsboro, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1903.

The deceased was the eldest son of Isaac and Mary Ramsey Watts, born Nov. 13, 1838, in Dundee, Scotland. When quite young, he with his parents moved to England and from there to America. His boyhood days were spent in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1853, he, with his parents, came to Iowa, locating on a farm two miles southwest of Bonaparte, Van Buren county. He was the oldest son of nine children.

In the fall of 1861, at the first call of his country, he enlisted in the Federal army, and belonged to Co. G 3rd Regiment, Iowa, Vol. Cavalry, and for four years served his country well, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war.

[originally posted on RootsWeb Boards by Carolyn Patton http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.vanburen/2525/mb.ashx )