Re: Watrous, Samuel Bowman; New Mexico
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In reply to:
Re: Watous, Samuel Bowman; New Mexico
8/16/01
My step-son's gr.gr.grandfather was Charles Erastus Watrous, son of Samuel Bowman Watrous. This must be your Uncle Charlie. Born Oct.23,1867 in La Junta (renamed Watrous), Mora Co., New Mexico. We didn't know he was a Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt.
Maybe he did marry a Mexican gal, we don't know about that. He did marry Pauline Gertrude Chipman, born Missouri. Their son, Ralph Winans Watrous, was born July 13,1905 Watrous,NM.
Why no one talks about Uncle Charlie is probably because he shot and killed his son Ralph on Jan.3,1936 in Denver,CO. Found insane, he was sentenced to, and died, in the Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo, on Feb.12,1956. Ralph had married Honora Mary McKillip in Cheyenne,WY in I think 1931. Their son, Hugh Michael Watrous, was later adopted by Honora's second husband, Joseph Cloutier, and became Hugh M. Cloutier. Hugh is my step-son's grandfather.