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OSMYN WATTS, a progressive farmer of Worthington, was born in that town, May 30, 1828, son of John and Philura (Anable) Watts. Mr. Watts’s grandfather was John Watts, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the United States and settled in Worthington, where he engaged in farming. John Watts, Jr., Mr. Watts’s father, followed the same occupation through life. He also erected a saw-mill, which he operated successfully for several years. He was a well-known and highly esteemed citizen, a Whig in politics, and was a member of the Board of Selectmen. He and his family attended the Congregational church. He died May 3, 1853. His wife was the mother of fifteen children, eleven of whom survived, and were named: Eliza, Martha, John, Jane, Mary, Lucy, Samuel, William, Alonzo, Henry, and Osmyn. The others died in infancy. The mother’s death occurred in August, 1869.

Osmyn Watts resided with his parents and assisted his father upon the farm. At his father’s death he purchased the homestead. He sold it later, and after residing for a time first upon the farm which he now cultivates and then with an aunt, he moved to Chester, Mass. In 1853 he bought a farm in Middlefield, Mass., where he resided for fourteen years. At the expiration of that period he sold the property there, and in 1868 moved to his present farm in Worthington. He now carries on general farming, stock-raising, and dairying, and personally attends to a major part of the farm duties. He is a Republican in politics.

On January 20, 1851, Mr. Watts was united in marriage to Eunice D. Barnes. She was born in Southampton, February 18, 1833, daughter of Stephen C. and Delana (Gorham) Barnes. The father, a native of Connecticut, died January 16, 1873; and the mother, who was born in Montgomery, Mass., died March 27, 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Watts have one daughter, Eunice P., who was born October 29, 1851. She is the wife of B. G. Blake, of Williamstown, Mass., and has had four children: Osmyn B., Walter, Winnifred, and Margaret (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Watts are members of the Congregational church.