Levi W. Watrous

Representing: Union

G.A.R Post

Alfred Sully Post No. 3 of Dayton, WA

Unit History

9th Iowa Infantry F

The Seattle post-intelligencer. Sunday, Jun 12, 1910 Seattle, WA Page: 14

Source: Family Search profile K2JR-RL2

Family History

Created by Brian

Levi W Watrous

Birth: 13 Jun 1825
Ontario, Canada
Death: 8 Jun 1910 (aged 84)
Dayton, Columbia County, Washington, USA
Burial: Dayton City Cemetery

Dayton, Columbia County, Washington, USA

Memorial ID

Aged 84y 11m 25d...Son of David & Rebecca (HODGKINS) Watrous...1840 married Elmira FISH of OH...Father of Henry F, Fred, Frank, Mrs. R. WALSH, Mrs. J.A. KNOX, & Mrs. P.A. HATFIELD, Mrs. James BUTLER, Walter, & Reuben...Obit Columbia Chronicle, Dayton WA, 11 June 1910, Page 3 Column 3.

When Levi Walter Watrous was born on June 13, 1825, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Rev. David, was 35 and his mother, Rebecca, was 33. He married J. Almira Fish in 1840 in Rock, Wisconsin. They had nine children in 22 years. He died on June 8, 1910, in Dayton, Washington, having lived a long life of 84 years.

Discharged from the Army

9th Iowa Regiment. Enlisted by Lieut. Heff (?). He was 5'9" with light complexion, blue eyes and auburn hair. He was kicked in the side by a mule in December of 1861 and had been incapacitated for 60 days due to a hernia on his left side.

Levi's Home

The Watrous family home (A Private residence) was open for Dayton’s annual Historic Homes Tour in 2012. The newspaper article description of the home: "The Watrous Home is a large bungalow, built in 1910, which still has its original carriage house behind it. The carriage house now contains a quilting workshop and a guest cottage." Levi died in 1910, and I'm not sure which of the children owned this home.

Source: https://www.union-bulletin.com/news/north-of-the-tracks/article_32e04f64-9067-51e6-a120-5adcb36b9494.html

Cemetery