Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Wilson WATSON / Margaret E. WILLARD (F7664)

m. 4 Sep 1851


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  • Wilson WATSONFather | Male
    Wilson WATSON

    Born  20 Nov 1830  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Apr 1903  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  (NO DATES)  Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  4 Sep 1851  [1]  Ritchie Co, (W)VA  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Martha WILSON | F7663 
    Married  14 Sep 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jacob WATSON | F5741 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sarah PRITCHARD | F5741 Group Sheet 

    Margaret E. WILLARDMother | Female
    Margaret E. WILLARD

    Born  CA 1827   
    Died  Bef Jun 1870   
    Buried     
    Father  George WILLARD | F12291 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Sudna LOWTHER | F12291 Group Sheet 

    John WATSONChild 1 | Male
    John WATSON

    Born     
    Died  IN INFANCY   
    Buried     

    Sudna Jane WATSONChild 2 | Female
    + Sudna Jane WATSON

    Born  1854  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  26 Jan 1875   
    Buried    Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Andrew Montgomery WADE | F5670 
    Married  13 Oct 1870  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Sarah Charlotte WATSONChild 3 | Female
    + Sarah Charlotte WATSON

    Born  17 Apr 1855  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jan 1920  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Ai George KELLEY | F15425 
    Married  18 Jan 1873  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Ritchie Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 21 1860:
      Wilson Watson, 30, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $357; Margaret E, 33; Sudney J, 8; S. Charlotte, 5.
      NOTE: The adjacent households in this census were those of Wilson Watsons siblings, John Watson, George Watson and Mary (Watson) Jett.

      1870 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union Twp), enumerated on Jun 30 1870:
      Wilson Watson, 38, farmer, value of real estate $600, value of personal estate $230, cannot read/write; Sudna Jane, 15; Charlotte, 13. [2]

    Married:
    • Linder, p. 440, gives marriage date as Sep 4 1853 and incorrectly identifies Wilson Watson as the son of George & Sarah Divers Watson. But that Wilson Watson was born in 1850 and married Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville. Nonetheless, Wilson Watson is not listed by Minnie Kendall Lowther among the children of Jacob Watson & Sarah Pritchard.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).
      Identified as Wilson Watson and Margaret E. Willard. Married Sep 4 1851.

    2. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com).