William Watterson, Sr.
The Watterson family was living in the Macedonia, Iowa Branch of the Church in 1847; at the time of the 1850 federal census they were living in Davis County, Utah Territory. Mary Calvin Watterson, the wife and mother, was re-baptized in the Salt Lake Valley on 13 October 1850. William's birth year is from an 1852 Church ordinance record. He was a member of the 35th Quorum of Seventy.
His obituary confirms that he arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850 and also confirms his death date.
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William Watterson Sr. (1804 - 1855) Profile