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Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Thomas A. Watters, sister Nellie M. Watters, Flagler


In 1880 Colfax County, Nebraska, Louis K. Walters is 37, Kate Walters 32 Wife, Nellie Walters 6 Daughter, Joseph E. Walters 4 Son, and Thomas Walters 2 Son.

In 1900 Grinnell, Iowa, Lewis R. Watters is 57, Catherine J. Watters 52 Wife, Nellie M. Watters 26 Daughter, Thomas A. Watters 22 Son, Arthur G. Watters 18 Son born in Nebraska, Bessie L. Watters 16 Daughter, and Kate B. Watters 11 Daughter.


In 1910 Grinnell, Iowa, Lewis K. Watters is 67, Catharine J. Watters 62 Wife, Thomas H. Watters 32 Son, and Bessie L. Watters 26 Daughter.




Thomas Henry Watters regisitered for WWI in Flagler, farming north of Arriba in Lincoln County, born March 3, 1878. His reference was Dr. Nellie M. Watters of the Stewart Bldg., Chicago, Illinois.
Thomas Henry Watters, born March 3, 1878; one time student I. C; stockman, Flagler, Colorado.

May 1916 Arickaree items in the Akron newspaper "John Vibber and Ruby Woods went to Flagler Saturday with some cattle Mr. Vibber had sold to Watters Brothers."

October 1916 advertisement in the Hugo, Colorado Range Ledger.
" A Masquerade dance will be held at Watters Hall, Flagler, Colo., Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1916. WATTERS BROS."

February 1919 advertisement in the Champaign, Illinois Daily News " FOR LAND BARGAINS IN KIT CARSON and Cheyenne counties, and elsewhere in eastern Colorado, write the Watters Bros., Flagler, Colo. Land selling for $10 and up per acre. We have some well improved farms. Write today for our list of land bargains."

Watters Hotel, Flagler, Colorado, built in 1914


"The Watters Hotel was the scene of local elections and a good place to eat a meal."

Flagler "S.A. D. Culbertson bought the Watters Bros. Meat Market."

Nellie is in Chicago in 1920, 36, in a big lodging house, no occupation listed.



In 1930 Los Angeles, Nelle M. Watters is 56, a physician, Catherine J. Watters 82 Mother.

Thomas is running a hotel in Goodland, Kansas in 1930, living alone.

Catherine Jane Lindsey Watters BIRTH 4 Nov 1847 DEATH 29 Jan 1932 Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas, (she must have been living with son Thomas.) BURIAL Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, Poweshiek County, Iowa, MEMORIAL ID 91847621.

January 17, 1936 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Funeral services for Mrs. Kathleen Soffel, formerly of Pittsburgh, who died Sunday in Goodland, Kan., will be held here tomorrow afternoon in the home of Mrs. Fred A. Fichtel, 119 Sycamore street, Mt. Washington, followed by burial in Mt. Lebanon cemetery.
Mrs. Soffel leaves her husband, Herman E. Soffel; a daughter, Kathreen Jane Soffel; a son, Thomas Soffel; two brothers, Thomas Watters, of Goodland, and Arthur G. Watters, of Flagler, Col., and two sisters, Mrs. Frank Matz, of South Sioux City, Neb., and Miss Nellie Watters, of Goodland."

In 1940 Goodland, Kansas, Thomas H. Watters 60 is a hotel owner, Ralph D. Barington 22 Employee.

Thomas Henry Watters registered for WWII in Goodland, living at 1631 Main, born March 3, 1878 at Leigh, Nebraska, self-employed. His reference was Nellie M. Watters of Goodland.



Thomas H. Watters BIRTH 1878 DEATH 1950 BURIAL Goodland Cemetery Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT 17-3 MEMORIAL ID 96818162.
"TOM WATTERS, 71, DIES.
The Colorado-Kansas Businessman Was Widely Known.
Goodland, Kansas, Jan. 6
Tom Watters, one of the better known Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas hotel men, stockmen and ranchers, died in Goodland early this morning following a lingering illness and a major operation. Watters came to Goodland from Flagler, Colo., some thirty years ago and purchased what is now known as the Watters hotel, building it into one of the most popular Western Kansas hotels. He sold his holdings about three years ago and has since devoted his entire attention to the development of his ranch on the Smoky south of Goodland. The Watters ranch is one of the show places of Western Kansas, dotted with hundreds of trees along the Smoky and planted to hundreds of acres of alfalfa mostly under irrigation. An extensive wheat farmer and stockman, he had thrived during recent years and was one of the most substantial businessmen in this end of the state. He was an enthusiastic booster for Western Kansas and had taken an active part in the development of this section for the last half century. Watters was never married and is survived by one sister, Dr. Nellie Watters, a brother and ten nieces and nephews. Had he lived until March, he would have celebrated his seventy-second birthday anniversary. "

1952 advertisement in the Wray, Colorado Gazette.


Nelle M. Watters BIRTH 1873 DEATH 1952 BURIAL Goodland Cemetery Goodland, Sherman County, Kansas, PLOT 17-3 MEMORIAL ID 96818157.

One tree says " Dr. Nellie Mabel Watters
BIRTH 18 SEP 1873 Nebraska,
DEATH JUL 1952 Denver, Colorado."

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