Laura Alice Burkhart

     Laura Alice Burkhart was born in 1911 in Tennessee.

Laura married Cleon WATTS, son of William Lewis WATTS and Minnie Lee GILLILAND, on 30 November 1928 in Hamilton County, Tennessee.¹

Laura Alice Burkhart and Cleon WATTS appeared on a census enumerated 4 April 1930 at 950 North Fourth Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. They were rooming with Emma Claggett, 45, from Maine, her year-old daughter, and two female roomers, Annalee Rush and Macill McCoy, both 20. Emma and the two girls worked in a winding mill. Cleon was listed as a 23-year-old insurance manager and Laura, his wife, was 19. They had been married one year. Cleon was a veteran.

Laura Alice Burkhart and Cleon WATTS appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 April 1940 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. The household was listed as Cleon Watts, a 33-year-old insurance salesman, Laura Watts, his 29-year-old wife, and daughters Dorla Dean, 8; Norma J., 7; Phyllis A., 4; and sons, Benjamin, 2; and Larry M. Watts, 3 months. They lived at 3814 Chandler Avenue.