This entry is from the J.J. Watts collection. John J. Watts hailed from Warren, Maine and moved to the northern Ozarks of Missouri sometime after the Civil War. He was a circuit-riding Baptist Minister and his territory covered Phelps, Pulaski, and Texas Counties and parts of Maries and Dent Counties. He established a cemetery, Watt’s Lawn, which is located 1 mile West of J Highway, near the Pulaski County-Phelps County line. This collection covers 1878-1912.
William Franklin Marlow died in Big Piney April 13th 1910 at 10 o'clock p.m., aged 38 ys., 4 ms., & 19 ds. He was a son of Bro. James Gilbright and Sister Melvina A. Marlow and was born in Phelps Co., Nov. 24th 1871 and was of a family of 10 children, 8 living with father and mother. Nov. 26th 1891, he was united in marriage with sister Martha E. Mathis, a daughter of Enoch Solomon and Charlotte Mathis, and has a family of 8 children, 6 of whom with their mother survive him. Funeral sermon at Big Piney Cemetery Apr. 15th 1910 at 2 p.m.
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