Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Watt, Robert December 15, 1821 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Washington Township
p. 758 & 759

Robert Watt was born in Fayette County. Pa., Dec. 15, 1821, and in April, 
1822, his parents moved to Union County, Ind., where he was reared and 
educated. His boyhood was spent on the farm and in teaming. August, 1848, he 
came to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in Washington Township on his present 
farm. At that time it was in the woods, but he cleared and cultivated it, and 
now has 220 acres of the finest land in the township. He also for several 
years traded extensively in horses, taking them in droves over the mountains 
to Baltimore. He was married in 1847 to Silvira Hurst, a native of Wayne 
County, Ind., born Oct. 29, 1824, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Hurst, 
natives of Maryland. To Mr. and Mrs. Watt have been born four children, three 
sons and a daughter, the sons all married and living in Wayne County. 
Politically Mr. Watt is a Democrat. His parents, William and Rhoda (Seaton) 
Watt, were natives of Pennsylvania, his father born Dec. 6, 1796, and his 
mother Feb. 12, 1793. His father was by trade a hatter, and followed that 
business in his native State several years after his marriage. In April, 1822, 
he moved to Brownsville, Union Co., Ind., and worked at his trade till 1833, 
when he moved to a farm a mile and a quarter northwest of town, where he lived 
till his death, Feb. 17, 1879. His wife died in October, 1868. They were both 
active members of the Methodist Episcopal church. All of their ten children 
are living. Mr. Watt was politically an ardent Democrat. He was a very 
prominent man in the county. He represented Union County in the State 
Legislature seven terms, from 1831 to 1844, and in the State Senate two terms. 
He was County Commissioner three terms, and was a delegate to Indianapolis 
when the State Constitution was revised. He was Major of the State Muster in 
an early day. He was an honest politician, and one respected by all who knew 
him, serving his county and State with fidelity and the same good business 
ability that characterized his management of personal affairs.


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