Jacob Watrous

1871 - 1937  (66 years)

• Name	Jacob Watrous
  Birth	6 Mar 1871	Ledyard, New London, Connecticut
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Aug 1937	Ledyard, New London, Connecticut
  Person ID	I16071	Whipple Descendants
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2009

  
  

  Father	Charles Watrous,   b. 26 Feb 1840, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut d. 29 Mar 1906, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Hannah Crouch,   b. 12 Jun 1835   d. 29 Mar 1906, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	8 Sep 1860
  Family ID	F8574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Lucy Crouch,   b. 24 Jul 1878, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut d. 12 Dec 1942, New London, New London, Connecticut (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	24 Sep 1911	Ledyard, New London, Connecticut
  Children	1. Charles Jacob Watrous,   b. 12 Oct 1915, Ledyard, New London, Connecticut d. 12 Nov 2000, Groton, New London, Connecticut (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F8628	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 Mar 1871 - Ledyard, New London, Connecticut Marriage - 24 Sep 1911 - Ledyard, New London, Connecticut Death - 18 Aug 1937 - Ledyard, New London, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: Email from R. Gilebarto to the Whipple Web Site, 9 Feb 1998. Gives birth 3 Mar 1871. !DEATH: Died pulling a "tin heater" (wood stove) on himself and getting crushed. --R. Gilebarto !BIOGRAPHY: He was fond of wearing several knit hats at one time and this saved him from being mugged by a would-be robber who was not able to knock him out as intended by clubbing him on the head. Another fond story was the dress and bonnet he was made to wear by the Quaker women to save him from serving in the military. They felt he was more useful on the farm and it is still recalled with a grin seeing this ugly, large "woman" wearing men's boots running out to the barn to milk the cows every morning and having cow dung caked to the hem of "her" dress. He faithfully wore the garb until he was released of the hoax by the women-folk. --R. Gilebarto !SOURCE: "Descendants of James Watrous," emailed by R. Gilebarto to Weldon Whipple 1 Jan 2001. Gives birth 6 Mar 1871.