His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records John M. Otis, age 44, residence Sharpsburg, Bath Co., Kentucky, born 12 Feb 1874, farmer, employer Ben Wright, Sharpsburg, Ky, nearest relative Mrs. Ida P. Otis, Sharpsburg, Ky.

His death certificate records John Miller Otis, age 78 , born 12 Feb 1874 in Bath Co., Kentucky, died 7 Nov 1952 at Mary Chiles Hospital, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Ky, residence rural Owingsville, Bath Co., Ky, widowed, farmer, father William Otis, mother’s maiden name Cynthia Bohannon, cause of death fractured skull, cerebral concussion, contusions of chest, fractured ribs, multiple lacerations of face and neck, accident on highway near Sharpsburg, Ky, drove his car off the road.

Her death certificate records Ida Pearl Green Otis, age 70, born 3 Aug 1876 in Bath Co., Ky, died 17 Feb 1947 at Mary Chiles Hospital, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky, residence rural Owingsville, Bath Co., Ky, married, wife of John M. Otis, father W. M. Green, born in Rowan Co., Ky, mother’s maiden name Margaret Maze, Bath Co., Ky, cause of death hypertensive heart disease, informant John M. Otis, Sharpsburg, Ky, burial in Polksville Cemetery.

(I would not take this as firm evidence that her father’s middle initial is M. It is common to find W. M. being used as an abbreviation for William, as if it were another way of formatting Wm.)

In 1900 John and Ida are listed in Sharpsburg with his mother and four of his siblings as:
Otis, John M., son, 22, b. Feb 1878, farmer; Ida, dau-in-law, 23, b. Aug 1876; William, grandson, 10/12, b. July 1899. All born Ky Ky Ky.

The number of years married and number of children columns are not filled out for John or Ida. See Cynthia’s notes for details on the rest of the household.

1910 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg precinct, enumerated 5 May, lists on p. 13A as family #239:
Otis, John M., 36, farmer; Ida, wife, 33, first marriage for both, married 12 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living; William, 10; Roy, 8; Russell, 6; Cathline, 4; Margret, 2. McClothan, Elzia (male), servant, 20, married 0 years, farm labor; Bertie, servant, 19, married 0 years, cook for private family. Hadon, Lee, servant, 46, black, single, farm labor. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1920 census of Bath Co., Ky, Sharpsburg precinct, enumerated 20 Jan, lists on pp. 12A-12B as family #195/200:
Otis, John, 45, farmer; Ida, wife, 43; Roy, son, 18; Russell, son, 16; Kathaleen, dau, 13; Margaret, dau, 11; John, son, 7; Gertrude, dau, 4. All born Ky Ky Ky.

1940 census of Bath Co., Ky, Bethel precinct, ED 6-3, enumerated 15 April, lists on pp. 9B-10A as family #172, on Reynoldsville Pike:
Otis, John, 66, farmer; Ida P., wife, 63; Roy, son, 38, single; Margret, dau, 30, single. All born in Kentucky, living in rural Bath Co., Ky in 1935 (but not same precinct.)

The preceding household is headed by their son John.