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             Husband: Jacob Watson    
                Born: ca 1787              in Virginia  1
                Died: bef Aug 1860          2 (see note 1)
              Census: 1850                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1840                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: aft 1812             in Harrison Co, VA (now Barbour Co, WV)  3
             Resided: until about 1812     in Marion Co, (W)VA  3
          Occupation:                      farmer  1
              Father: William Watson   (1745 - 1809) 
              Mother: Elizabeth Jane Patton   (1747 - 1832) 
Other spouse 2
                Wife: Elizabeth Gandy   3  
             Married: Jan- 9-1812          in Monongalia Co, (W)VA  4,5
                Born: Mar-27-1787           5
                Died: 1813                 in Barbour Co, (W)VA  5
             Resided: (moved, ca 1812)     to Barbour Co, (W)VA  6
             Resided: originally           in Marion Co, (W)VA  6
              Father: Samuel Gandy 
              Mother: Rachel Combs 
           M Child 1: Otho G. Watson      
                Born: 1813                  7,8
                Died: Aug-16-1894          in Spencer District, Roane Co, WV  9
              Buried:                      in Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV  10
             Resided:                      in Roane Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
              Census: 1850                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: (settled, ca 1845)   at Brush Run, Ritchie Co, WV  3,7 (see note 2)
              Census: 1840                 in Harrison Co, VA (now Doddridge Co, WV)  
             Resided: originally           in Barbour Co, (W)VA  3
          Occupation:                      farmer  11,12,13
            Military:                      Pvt, Co E, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War  14,15
                Wife: Louisa Jett  b. Feb-23-1810  d. Apr- 5-1911  
       Also known as: Louise 3
             Married: 1836                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  16,7

Sources:
(1) 1850 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA. 
(2) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237. 
(4) Virginia Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale AZ , The Pritchard Family History (Heritage Books, Bowie MD, 1999, 
rev 2001), p. 106. 
(6) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 244. 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 245. 
(8) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(9) Roane County Death Records, Spencer, WV, Identified as Otho G. Watson, age 81, married, died Aug 16 1894 in Spencer 
District of Roane County, cause of death old age.  Informant:  Jacob Watson, son. DR p. 
68. 
(10) Findagrave.com. 
(11) 1850 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. 
(12) 1870 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(13) 1880 Census, Roane County, WV. 
(14) American Civil War Soldiers [database online], Ancestry.com. 
(15) Military Grave Marker. 
(16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Groom identified as Oatha G. Watson.  Bride identified in marriage 
record itself as Louisa Jett, but in index as Louise Jett.  Ceremony held on an unspecified date in 1836. MR Bk 3, p. 
100. 

Event Notes
Note (1) He did not appear in the 1860 Census.
Note (2) Moved from Barbour County to Brush Run in Ritchie County in 1845, later
moving to Roane County, WV.







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