Jul-28-2018
Husband: Morgan Bird Watson Also known as: M. B. Watson 1
Born: Mar-10-1847 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 2,3 Died: Apr-26-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Military: Co E, 6th WV Inf, Civil War 4 Father: George W. Watson (1822 - 1893) Mother: Susan Divers (1820 - 1878)
Wife: Harriet E. Hess Married: Aug-26-1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 2
Born: Nov- 8-1849 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 5 Died: Aug- 4-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 3 Census: 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Resided: 1867 in Doddridge Co, WV 2 Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Census: 1850 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: Archibald Hess (1806 - 1885) Mother: Mary Wilson (1810 - )
M Child 1: Schuyler McWhorter Watson Born: Mar- 2-1871 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 6,7,3 Died: Jan- 2-1931 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3,6 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 6,4 Census: 1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Georgie Adams b. ca 1876 Married: Feb-17-1895 in Ritchie Co, WV 7 Wife: Ida Blanche Reed b. Nov-20-1898 d. Apr- 3-1989 Also known as: Blanche Reed 8 Married: Oct-12-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
M Child 2: Joseph William Watson Born: ca 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 10 Wife: Gatha G. Williams b. ca 1877 d. bef Aug 1911 Married: Nov-19-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 11 Wife: Liddie Hurst b. ca 1891 Married: Aug-15-1911 in Lewis Co, WV 12
M Child 3: Bruce Watson Born: Jun-30-1880 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 13,14,8 Died: May-31-1952 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13,14 (see note 1) Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4,13 Resided: 207-1/2 Market St in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1930 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2) Resided: 1911 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8 Occupation: night clerk at Monroe Hotel 13 Occupation: 1940 laborer (road work) 15 Occupation: 1930 grocer 16 Wife: Frankie Mae Leggett b. Dec- -1890 Married: Jan-21-1911 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. (2) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (3) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), But son Schuyler's death record states her birthplace as Doddridge Co. (6) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (9) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Schuyler M. Watson, divorced, 48, b. Ritchie Co, res. Smithville; and Blanche Reed, single, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Smithville. Married Oct 12 1919 "at Charley Simmons, Ritchie Co.", MR p. 360 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11542881&Type=Marriage. (10) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994) (11) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Joseph Watson, 24, of Ritchie Co; and Gatha G. Williams, 21, or Ritchie Co. Married Nov 19 1898. (12) Lewis County WV Marriages 1881-1937, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Sep 1994), Identified as Joseph William Watson, widowed, 38, b. Ritchie Co, res. Lewis Co, son of Morgan & Harriet; and Liddie Hurst, 20, of Lewis Co, dau of D. S. & Rachel. Married Aug 15 1911. (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2152602&Type=Death. (14) Headstone (year only) (15) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (16) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). Event Notes Note (1) Informant: Norene Law. Note (2) Spring RunName Index