Individual Details
Mordica Richard Watts
(October 15, 1823 - July 5, 1885)
FAG 68201874
1850 Lincoln County, Missouri census, family # 771: Mordica WATTS, 28, m, merchant, Tenn; Mary A. WATTS, 21, f, Mo; James M. WATTS, 2, m, Mo; Daniel HAMMACK, 28, m, Tenn.
"Mordeca is sometimes spelled Mordecai. On the 1850 census, he is listed as a merchant. Leander Martin Hammack is also listed as a merchant. They worked together. Leander married a sister of Mordeca and Mordeca married a sister of Leander. Thus their children were double first cousins." (Gloria O. Palmer, 1994.)
1850 Lincoln County, Missouri census, family # 771: Mordica WATTS, 28, m, merchant, Tenn; Mary A. WATTS, 21, f, Mo; James M. WATTS, 2, m, Mo; Daniel HAMMACK, 28, m, Tenn.
"Mordeca is sometimes spelled Mordecai. On the 1850 census, he is listed as a merchant. Leander Martin Hammack is also listed as a merchant. They worked together. Leander married a sister of Mordeca and Mordeca married a sister of Leander. Thus their children were double first cousins." (Gloria O. Palmer, 1994.)
Events
Birth | October 15, 1823 | Hartsville, Smith County, Tennessee | |||
Marriage | December 3, 1847 | New Hope, Lincoln County, Missouri - Mary Amanda Hammack | |||
Death | July 5, 1885 | New Hope, Lincoln County, Missouri | |||
Burial | New Hope Cemetery, Lincoln County, Missouri |
Families
Spouse | Mary Amanda Hammack (1829 - 1911) |
Child | James Madison Watts (1848 - 1932) |
Child | Julina "Zulinia" Jane Watts (1850 - 1893) |
Child | Nancy Louisa Watts (1853 - ) |
Child | William Wiseman Watts (1856 - 1950) |
Child | Richard Wommack Watts (1858 - 1900) |
Child | Cyrus Mordica Watts (1861 - ) |
Child | Martha Verdella Watts (1863 - ) |
Child | Joseph Nelson Watts (1866 - 1931) |
Child | Margaret Duncan "Maggie" Watts (1868 - 1948) |
Child | Charles Lee Watts (1871 - 1936) |
Child | Infant Watts (1875 - 1875) |
Father | William Thomas Watts (1783 - 1851) |
Mother | Nancy Wommack (1784 - 1854) |
Sibling | Eliza Ann Watts (1801 - 1879) |
Sibling | Wesley C. Watts (1804 - 1841) |
Sibling | Seneca H. Watts (1812 - 1897) |
Sibling | Gabrilla A. Watts (1814 - ) |
Sibling | Arzilla Watts (1816 - 1909) |
Sibling | Mary A. Watts (1818 - ) |
Sibling | Virdilla Watts (1820 - 1860) |
Sibling | Cancyra "Cy" "Cyrus" Watts (1826 - ) |
Sibling | Mirdella Watts (1829 - 1864) |