Gazlay Family History
Martha E. ‘Mattie’ Watters
Parents
| Father | Joseph Watters (ca. 1832 - ) |
| Mother | Derinda Gardner (13 August 1831 - 17 March 1891) |
Personal Information
| Record Created: 7 April 2012; Last Edited: 11 December 2014 |
| Person ID | 3752 |
| Name | Martha E. ‘Mattie’ Watters |
| Gender | Female |
| Born | 17 July 1855 in Ohio1, 2, 3, 4 |
| Married | 16 January 1879 in Hardin County, Ohio to Edwin D. Elder4, 5, 6 |
| Died | 15 January 1906 in Antrim County, Michigan1, 7 |
| Buried | in Fairview Cemetery (South), Mancelona, Antrim County, Michigan1 |
Person/Family
| Spouse 1 |  Edwin D. Elder (son of Milton S. Elder and Cynthia Dunston) |
| Born | 31 July 1855 in Ohio |
| Married | 16 January 1879 in Hardin County, Ohio to Martha E. ‘Mattie’ Watters |
| Married | ca. December 1907 in Michigan to Jeanette Harris |
| Died | 12 November 1911 |
| Children | of Martha E. ‘Mattie’ Watters and Edwin D. Elder: |
| +1. | Stacie Estella Elder |
| Born | 13 December 1879 in Ohio |
| Married | 21 October 1903 in Kearney Township, Antrim County, Michigan to Emanuel John Kauffman |
| Died | 1956 |
| +2. | Leota Lena Elder |
| Born | 10 July 1882 in Ohio |
| Married | 10 September 1918 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan to Jacob Bausal White |
| Died | 30 August 1926 in Highland Park, Wayne County, Michigan |
Sources
- Antrim County Cemetery Records, Antrim County, Michigan; available at Alden District Library, Alden, Michigan (website: www.aldenlib.info); Mancelona Township, Old Cemetery [now called Fairview Cemetery (South)]: Elder, Edwin D., 1855-1911; Obit of 11/23/1911: born: 7/31/1855; died: 11/12/1911; Elder, Mattie E., wife of E. D., 1855-1906.
- U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Ohio, Hardin County, Blanchard Township, Page No. 4, family of Joseph Watters (38, Ohio, farm laborer); Derinda Watters (38, Ohio); Martha E. Watters (15, Ohio); Amanda C. Watters (12, Ohio); Eliza J. Watters (10, Ohio); Sherman Watters (5, Ohio); Mary E. Watters (1, Ohio).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Ohio, Hardin County, Mount Victory, Enumeration District 99, Sheet No. 86A, family of Edward Elder (25); wife Martha E. Elder (25); daughter Stacie Elder (0); Charles Pearson (23).
- U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Antrim County, Kearney Township, Enumeration District 5, Sheet No. 11A, family of Edwin Elder (44, Ohio, July 31, 1855, merchant); wife of 21 years Mattie Elder (44, Ohio, July 17, 1855, 2 children, 2 living); daughter Stacie Elder (20, Ohio, Dec 13 1879, bookkeeper); daughter Leota Elder (17, Ohio, July 10, 1882, house work).
- Email between Adrienne White Kaufman and Lee Gazlay, November 2014, providing details of the descendants of Martha ‘Mattie’ Watters.
- Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, Hardin County, Edwin D. Elder and Mattie Watters, married on 16 January 1879.
- Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995, available at familysearch.org. Hattie Elder, died: 15 January 1906 in Antrim Co., Michigan; age 50, born in Ohio; married; father: Joseph Watters; mother: D...Gardner.