Everest Elliott Watrous 1883-1958
2010
Everest Elliott Watrous was the third of four sons born to Henry Reynolds Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was born in the tiny Iowa town of Red Oak where his father Henry had gone to practice law. He joined an older brother named Earl and followed the death of an infant brother named Wayne. Everest migrated with his parents and brother to Utah where a younger brother Martin was born and died. Everest lived his life in Utah except for two years which he and his brother spent with their paternal grandparents in Terre Haute, Henderson County, Illinois. It is impossible to do justice to the interesting life Everest lived. His biography has been compiled by his grandson Thomas Watrous and provides the details of his life. He was a businessman, a miner, an investor, a father, husband and grandfather. When he was 19 he married Mary Maria Jenkins, the daughter of Mormon converts. They became the parents of three sons: Mervyn, Wayne and Raymond. Some of the time the family lived in Salt Lake City and some of the time they lived in Big Cottonwood Canyon or Park City. His wife Mary died at the home of her son Mervyn in California. She was only 44. Her body was returned to Utah for burial. Later in his life, Everest married Susan Irvine Shirtz. The family loved her and knew her as Grandma Susie. Everest died and was buried in the Murray City Cemetery in Murray Utah. In the same general area is his father Henry Reynolds Watrous and his brother Earl Pancake Watrous. His wife Mary is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery. Her grave is marked with a stone which appears to have been handmade.
The migration of Everest Elliott Watrous
Iowa to Illinois to Utah