Husband: Alfred Nealy Watson
Also known as: Nealy Watson 1,2
Born: May- 7-1857 3,4,5 (see note 1)
Died: Aug-13-1932 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3,6
Buried: at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Resided: at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,7
Census: 1930 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV (see note 2)
Census: 1900 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer, miller 3,5
Father: John Watson (1835 - 1888)
Mother: Sarah Catherine Thrash (1832 - 1874)
Other spouse 2
Other spouse 3
Wife: Margaret N. Sommerville 8
Married: Oct-23-1879 in Ritchie Co, WV 9
Born: Nov- 6-1842 3,10 (see note 3)
Died: Aug- 8-1921 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3,10
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 8,3,11
Father: Robert Sommerville (1800 - 1871)
Mother: Mary "Polly" Ward (1802 - 1894)
F Child 1: Iona Watson Born: 1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 4,12,11 Died: Mar-27-1967 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,13 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 11 Census: 1930 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Albert Lindsay Britton b. Jan-25-1873 d. Nov- 9-1954 Married: Nov-27-1898 in Ritchie Co, WV 14,4
Sources: (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. (2) Death record of daughter. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (5) 1900 Census, Gilmer County, WV (Troy District). (6) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, b. Ritchie Co, d. Aug 13 1932, age 75y3m7d, son of John & Catherine (Thresh) Watson. (7) Death record of wife. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. (9) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Alfred N. Watson, age 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of John & Catharine; and Margaret N. Sommerville, age 34, b. Virginia, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Oct 23 1870. (10) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (11) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1956-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1999) (13) Headstone (year only) (14) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm) Event Notes Note (1) Death record states birthplace as Ritchie County, but 1879 marriage record with Margaret Sommerville states Barbour County, and 1930 marriage record with Ella Adams states Harrison County. Note (2) In household with daughter & son-in-law Iona & Albert Britton. Note (3) Birth date of 1844 reported by Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, and Nov 1844 in 1900 Census, while "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 497, reports birth date on headstone as 1843. But death record specifies Nov 6 1842. Middle initial given as N in marriage record and 1900 Census, but appears as A on headstone.