post, he visited Russia, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and other European countries. After returning to the United States, he was engaged in the development of the iron and coal interests in Pennsylvania. Personal life In 1838, Watts was married to Anna Maria Shoenberger (1818–1888), a daughter of Sarah (née Krug) Shoenberger and Dr. Peter Shoenberger of Pittsburgh, who built the Juniata Iron Mill and what became the Shoenberger Steel Company. Together, they were the parents of nine children, including: Henry Shoenberger Watts (1844–1876) Ethelbert Watts (1846–1919), a diplomat who married Emily Pepper, sister of Dr. William Pepper Jr. (provost of the University of Pennsylvania), in 1871. William Meredith Watts (1847–1899) John Shoenberger Watts (1850–1933), who married Mary Peace (1858–1880) in 1877. After her death, he married Mary Rhodes Mauran (1859–1942) in 1884. Charles Alfred Watts (1859–1934), who married Caroline Helmuth (1865–1907). His wife died February 1, 1888, in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Watts died at his residence in Philadelphia on November 30, 1890. He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. Descendants Through his son Ethelbert, he was a grandfather, among others, of Rear Admiral William Carleton Watts (1880–1956) and Henry Miller Watts (1875–1959), who married Laura Barney, a daughter of Charles D. Barney (founder of present-day Smith Barney) and granddaughter of financier Jay Cooke. References External links Henry Miller Watts (1805-1890) at the Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections 1817 births 1894 deaths Dickinson College alumni Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Lawyers from Philadelphia Pennsylvania lawyers United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 19th-century American diplomats Ambassadors of the United States to Austria-Hungary 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers