Jerome Anthony Watrous

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Jerome Anthony Watrous was an Adjutant of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry.

Antebellum

  • Born September 6, 1840 in Conklin, New York
  • Moved with his parents to Wisconsin in 1844
  • Returned to New York from 1850 until 1857
  • 1857 moved back to Wisconsin and settled in Calumet County
  • Taught school for two years
  • Attended Lawrence College (now Lawrence University) for one semester before the outbreak of the war
    • Briefly worked on the editorial staff of the Menasha Conservator and the Appleton Crescent (a forerunner of the Appleton Post-Crescent)

War Career

Postwar Career

  • 1865 - Worked as the editor of the Black River Falls Jackson County Banner when he returned to Wisconsin
  • 1867 - Served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican
  • 1869 - Editor of the Fond du Lac Commonwealth
  • 1877 - Editor of the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph
  • 1887-1889 - State pension agent
  • 1890-1892 - Milwaukee Customs Collector
  • 1898 - Outbreak of the Spanish-American War
    • Commissioned as a Major in the United States Army
    • Served as Paymaster of the Department of Columbia headquartered in Portland, Oregon
  • 1900 - Sent to Manila, Phillipines
    • 1901 - Made Chief Paymaster of the Department of the Southern Philippines
    • 1904 - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
  • ? - Retired from the military and returned to Wisconsin - began writing military and historical works

Published Works

  • Memoirs of Milwaukee County: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present, including a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families in Milwaukee County (1909)

Death and Burial

Family

  • Parents
    • Father: Orrin Joseph Watrous (1815–1850)
    • Mother: Jane E. (Smith) Watrous (1814–1899)
  • Siblings
    • Ansel Watrous (1835–1927)
    • Henry O. Watrous (1838–1863)
    • Demis Watrous Vincent (1843–1928)
    • Eliza J. (Watrous) Axtell (1847–1927)
    • Kate M. (Watrous) McMullen (1849–1885)
  • (1) Wife: Lucy Ann (Lashway) Watrous (1843–1865)
  • (2) Wife: Mary Ellen (Benedict) Watrous (1843–1917) (married 1866)
    • Children
    • Richard Benedict Watrous (1869–1945)
    • Margaret (Watrous) Betts (1872–1910)
    • Amy (Watrous) Derry (1874–1906)
    • Grace Lillian (Watrous) Washburn (1878–1958)
    • Paul Jerome Watrous (1880–1949)
    • Maude Evangeline (Watrous) Betts (1882–1955)

Notes

  1. RWV (1) 0495 and RWV (1) 0516 both list his location as Appleton, Wisconsin. RWV (1) 0494 lists his location as Black River Falls, Wisconsin

Sources

Other Sources

  • IBiCWaM 47 quote