John T. Watt : 無料・フリー素材/写真
John T. Watt / jajacks62
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| 説明 | Co. A, 32nd OH. InfantryApparently he initially settled in Marshall County, Kansas, before going to Baldwin City (perhaps to live with a child of his during his final days).Page 274 and 275 of: Portrait and biographical album of Marshall County, Kansas: containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the Presidents of the United States, Chapman Bros., 1889. JOHN T. WATT. Among the men who have been instrumental in forwarding the agricultural interests of Marshall County. Mr. Watts has occupied a prominent position. He is a thorough and skillful farmer as a glance at his fine homestead will at once indicate. He owns and occupies 160 acres, comprising a portion of sections 1, 8, and 9, Richland Township, to which he removed Oct. 1, 1883. This was then a tract of wild land without any improvements whatever, and it is hardly necessary to say that no small amount of time, labor and money have been expended in bringing it to its present condition. The greater part has been thoroughly cultivated, and produces in abundance the rich crops of this region; the balance is good pasture. Mr. Watt has put out an orchard of 400 apple trees, and a quantity of forest trees, which form a fine windbreak. He has fenced and cross-fenced his land, erected substantial buildings, and gathered together the modern machinery required in developing the soil to the best advantage. In addition to general farming, he makes a specialty of stock-raising—horses, cattle and swine—and feeds the most of the fifty acres of corn which he usually plants. He puts in about thirty acres of oats, fifteen acres of flax, and has fifteen acres of fine meadow land, which produces a choice quality of timothy hay. The improvements on his farm have been effected in six years’ time, mostly by the proprietor alone, he hiring help only about six months during the entire period. Mr. Watt was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, March 17, 1840, but when he was an infant of three months his parents removed to Jefferson County, where he was reared to man’s estate, and received a good practical education in the common school. About the time of reaching his majority, the Rebellion, having broken out, he enlisted as a Union soldier, July 12, 1861, in Company A, 32nd Ohio Infantry, which was assigned to the army of the Cumberland, and first sent into Virginia. He first met the enemy in actual conflict at the battle of Green Briar, in the Alleghany Mountains, when there were about 5,000 troops on each side, the Union boys being under the command of Gen. Milroy. He also fought along the valley of the Shenandoah in many skirmishes, and was at Vicksburg and Port Hudson. At Harper’s Ferry, after three days’ fighting, he was captured with 5,000 others, but with them was soon paroled and sent to Chicago to be exchanged. Later our subject went with his regiment to the vicinity of Vicksburg, where Grant was operating and again to Port Hudson. He participated in many of the important battles which followed, namely: Franklin, Wilson Creek, Jackson, Miss., Champion Hills, Black River, and was present at the siege of Vicksburg. After the capture of the city, they set out and marched 400 miles to Meridian, Ga., destroying everything along the railroad lines, and some days marching twenty hours out of the twenty-four. After returning from Canton, Miss., they were seven days without rations, living on parched corn until a train of supplies could reach them from Vicksburg. They captured a number of rebels, among them being one Jeff Davis, although not the leader of the Confederacy. Their next expedition was up the Tennessee River, and they afterward joined Sherman on his march to the sea as far as Atlanta. Mr. Watt, when in the vicinity of Kenesaw Mountain, was sent out scouting with an Indian, and received fifteen bullet holes through his clothes, while his left arm was broken, and one of the large arteries partially severed. Prior to this, while scouting in the Alleghany Mountains, he was separated from his regiment for six weeks, but received no bodily injury. After being wounded he was sent to Rome, Ga., where he remained four weeks, then went home on furlough. When starting to rejoin his regiment, he was sent to Chattanooga, and thence to New Berne, N. C., whence he proceeded to Washington, and was present at the Grand Review at the close of the war. Shortly afterward he received his honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio, and was mustered out in Louisville, Ky., after having given to his country a faithful service of four years and three months. He has not yet entirely recovered from the effects of army life and his wounds. After retiring from service, Mr. Watt lived one year in Carroll County, Ohio, then removed to De Kalb County, Mo., where he became owner of 120 acres of land, three miles from Marysville, the county seat. In connection with farming, he operated as a contractor and builder in Marysville, Plattsburg, St. Joseph, and Northern Kansas, and was thus employed until coming to this county. Here he has been Township Clerk, and a member of the School Board besides occupying other positions only given to the useful and efficient citizen. He votes the straight Republican ticket, and believes in “the Union forever.” While a resident of Marysville, Mo., our subject was married Oct. 18, 1870, to Miss Nancy J. McClaren, and of this union there have been born four children, all of whom are living—Grace, Bertha, Bessie, and a babe unnamed. Mrs. Watt was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 31, 1850, and when a young lady, removed to Missouri to keep house for a brother. She lived there until the time of her marriage. Her parents, John and Anna McClaren, were natives of Virginia and Ohio, and are now deceased; she was the fifth in a family of eight children. James Watt, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, and was married in the Key Stone State, to Miss Maria Thomas. Shortly afterward they removed to Carroll County, Ohio, and then to Jefferson County, where they spent the remainder of their days, living to a ripe old age, the father dying in the spring of 1882, at the age of seventy-two, and the mother three months later, at the age of seventy. The latter was born in 1812, and was the daughter of William Thomas. Mr. Watt socially belongs to the Masonic fraternity, also to the A. O. U. W., the G. A. R., and the Pilgrim Knights. By a course of general reading he has kept himself well informed in regard to current events, and is in all respects a representative citizen. |
| 撮影日 | 2007-08-05 18:30:51 |
| 撮影者 | jajacks62 , Chanute |
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| 撮影地 | Baldwin City, Kansas, United States 地図 |
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