Individual Details
Robert W. Watt
(1852 - 6 Oct 1914)
Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Thursday, October 8, 1914, Page 10, Col. 4: Robert Watt Dies of Burns. Winchester Citizen Meets Death in Colorado. Former Drygoods Merchant of Scott County Succumbs to Injuries Received From Gasoline Explosion--Burial will be Made in Winchester Friday. Word has been received in the city of the death of Robert Watt, a former resident of Winchester, who succumbed to wounds received in a gasoline accident Tuesday at Fort Collins, Colorado, where he had been making his home for the past years and a half with his daughter, Mrs. Lucy McCandlas*.
A week ago last Saturday Mr. Watt, who assists his son-in-law in the management of a grocery store, was called upon by an automobile owner to draw some gasoline after dark. Mr. Watt took a lantern to the place where the gasoline was stored and in some way the gasoline exploded. He was hurried to a hospital where it was found that he was burned severely about the hips and arms. His relatives were hopeful of his condition, but the past two days he gradually grew worse and passed away Tuesday night at midnight.
Mr. Watt was born in Winchester in 1852 and had practically made that place his home being one of the prominent dray goods merchants of the town. His wife, who was Miss Hattie, daughter of the late Col. Jesse Neuman, who resided in Jacksonville, after the close of the civil war, died about three years ago and for the past year he has been making his home with his daughter in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge of Winchester, and of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a man respected for his upright life, and pleasant ways, and his death comes as a great sorrow to his many friends.
He is survived by three children, Mrs. Lucy McCandlas* of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Mrs. Margaret King, of Hutchinson, Kansas, and Jesse Devore Watt. He also leaves one brother, David Watt, and sister, Miss Kate Watt of Winchester, and a sister, Mrs. Belle Coons of Calalco, California.
The remains will arrive in Winchester tomorrow and funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 11, 1914, Page 14, Col. 3: Funeral Services Are Held For The Late Robert Watt. Winchester Pays Tribute of Respect to Former Citizen. Funeral services for the late Robert Watt, who died in Fort Collins, Colorado, were conducted from the residence of his brother, David Watt, of this city Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to their former citizen. The services were in charge of Rev. J. F. Rogers. Music was given by Mrs. Wallace Kinnison, Miss Louise Frost, Miss Martha Higgins, S. G. Smith and Otis Robison. The flowers were kindly cared for by Mrs. Elmer McCullough, Mrs. W. D. Gibbs and Miss Lillian Siebert.
The remains were laid to rest in the Winchester cemetery and the bearers were Messrs. Bert Clark, Roy Bradshaw, Carl Miller, Fred Allen, James Overton, William Kuechler.
Those from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King of Hutchinson, Kansas, Mrs. Lucy McCandlas* of Fort Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Jesse Watt of Fort Scott, Kansas.
*McCandless
A week ago last Saturday Mr. Watt, who assists his son-in-law in the management of a grocery store, was called upon by an automobile owner to draw some gasoline after dark. Mr. Watt took a lantern to the place where the gasoline was stored and in some way the gasoline exploded. He was hurried to a hospital where it was found that he was burned severely about the hips and arms. His relatives were hopeful of his condition, but the past two days he gradually grew worse and passed away Tuesday night at midnight.
Mr. Watt was born in Winchester in 1852 and had practically made that place his home being one of the prominent dray goods merchants of the town. His wife, who was Miss Hattie, daughter of the late Col. Jesse Neuman, who resided in Jacksonville, after the close of the civil war, died about three years ago and for the past year he has been making his home with his daughter in Fort Collins, Colorado. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge of Winchester, and of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a man respected for his upright life, and pleasant ways, and his death comes as a great sorrow to his many friends.
He is survived by three children, Mrs. Lucy McCandlas* of Ft. Collins, Colorado; Mrs. Margaret King, of Hutchinson, Kansas, and Jesse Devore Watt. He also leaves one brother, David Watt, and sister, Miss Kate Watt of Winchester, and a sister, Mrs. Belle Coons of Calalco, California.
The remains will arrive in Winchester tomorrow and funeral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 11, 1914, Page 14, Col. 3: Funeral Services Are Held For The Late Robert Watt. Winchester Pays Tribute of Respect to Former Citizen. Funeral services for the late Robert Watt, who died in Fort Collins, Colorado, were conducted from the residence of his brother, David Watt, of this city Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends who gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to their former citizen. The services were in charge of Rev. J. F. Rogers. Music was given by Mrs. Wallace Kinnison, Miss Louise Frost, Miss Martha Higgins, S. G. Smith and Otis Robison. The flowers were kindly cared for by Mrs. Elmer McCullough, Mrs. W. D. Gibbs and Miss Lillian Siebert.
The remains were laid to rest in the Winchester cemetery and the bearers were Messrs. Bert Clark, Roy Bradshaw, Carl Miller, Fred Allen, James Overton, William Kuechler.
Those from a distance to attend the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. N. King of Hutchinson, Kansas, Mrs. Lucy McCandlas* of Fort Collins, Colo., and Mrs. Jesse Watt of Fort Scott, Kansas.
*McCandless
Events
| Birth | 1852 | Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois |  | ||
| Birth | May 1852 | Illinois | | ||
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1877 | Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois - Haddie Virginia Newman | | ||
| Residence | 1900 | Residence Age: 48; Residence Able To Speak English: Yes; Residence Can Read: Yes; Residence Can Write: Yes; Residence Enumeration District: 0138; Residence Home Mortgaged: F; Residence Home Ownership: O; Residence MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; Residence Owns Farm: H; Residence Years Married: 23; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Head - Winchester, Scott, Illinois, USA | | ||
| Death | 6 Oct 1914 | Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado | | ||
| Race | White | | |||
| Occupation | Clerk Dry Goods | | |||
| Ethnicity | American | | |||
| Burial | Winchester City Cemetery, Winchester, Scott Co., Illinois | |
Families
| Spouse | Haddie Virginia Newman (1853 - 1911) |
| Child | Jesse DeVore Watt (1877 - 1920) |
| Child | Lucy D. Watt (1879 - 1965) |
| Child | Margaret M Watt (1882 - 1936) |
| Child | Harry C. Watt (1893 - 1911) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004), Year: 1900; Census Place: Winchester, Scott, Illinois; Roll: 344; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0138; FHL microfilm: 1240344.
2. Find A Grave.
3. Obituaries of Robert Watt, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Thursday, October 8, 1914, Page 10, Col. 4 And Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 11, 1914, Page 14, Col. 3.
5. Illinois Marriages 1815-1935.
7. Find A Grave.
8. Obituaries of Robert Watt, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Thursday, October 8, 1914, Page 10, Col. 4 And Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 11, 1914, Page 14, Col. 3.
12. Find A Grave.
13. Obituaries of Robert Watt, Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Thursday, October 8, 1914, Page 10, Col. 4 And Jacksonville Daily Journal, Jacksonville, Illinois, Sunday, October 11, 1914, Page 14, Col. 3.