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Wilson WATSON

Wilson WATSON

Male 1830 - 1903  (72 years)


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  • Name Wilson WATSON
    Birth 20 Nov 1830  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850  Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 14 Aug 1862 to 27 Jun 1865  [5, 6] 
    Pvt, Co G, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 
    Census 1870, 1880  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1890  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1900  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 7] 
    Death 28 Apr 1903  Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Burial (NO DATES)  Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Person ID I20805  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Mar 2017

    Father Jacob WATSON,   b. CA 1787, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Aug 1860 (Age ~ 73 years)
    Mother Sarah PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1797, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Margaret E. WILLARD,   b. CA 1827   d. Bef Jun 1870 (Age ~ 43 years)  [11]
    Marriage 4 Sep 1851  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • 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.
    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.
    Children 
     1. John WATSON   d. IN INFANCY
    +2. Sudna Jane WATSON,   b. 1854, Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Jan 1875 (Age 21 years)
    +3. Sarah Charlotte WATSON,   b. 17 Apr 1855, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 1920, Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F7664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Martha WILSON,   b. CA 1845, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jun 1900 (Age ~ 55 years)
    Marriage 14 Sep 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Children 
    >1. Ella Edith WATSON,   b. 1872   d. 20 Jun 1939, Ross Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    >2. Ruhama Belle WATSON,   b. 26 Dec 1874, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1926, Norview (Norfolk), VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     3. Mattie M. WATSON,   b. CA 1877
     4. Esta H. WATSON,   b. May 1877
    >5. Claud Herman WATSON,   b. 28 Feb 1879, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Aug 1953, Franklin Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    >6. Emma WATSON,   b. Nov 1883, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F7663  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1864] Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death.

    2. [S2053] 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District).

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 180.

    4. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    5. [S2222] 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    8. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, DR p. 78.
      Identified as Wilson Watson, widowed, farmer, age 72y 5m 8d, died Apr 28 1903 at Berea, cause of death paralysis complicated by LaGrippe, burial at Holbrook. (Note: Age at death calculates to a birth date of Nov 20 1830, corresponding to the Nov 1830 birth date given in the 1900 Census. There is a Civil War military marker for Wilson Wilson at Pine Grove Cemetery (aka Lowther Cemetery) at Holbrook, no dates.)

    9. [S1736] Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV.

    10. [S123] Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    11. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 228.

    12. [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.

    13. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 180.
      Groom identified as Wilson Watson, widowed, age 39y 10m, born in Barbour Co, son of Jacob & Sarah Watson, resident of Ritchie Co. Bride identified as Martha Hess, widowed, age 25, born in Marion Co, dau of Benjamin L. & Martha Wilson. Ceremony held Sep 14 1871.

    14. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).
      Identified as Wilson Wilson, 39, widowed, son of Jacob & Sarah, born in Barbour Co, resident of Ritchie Co; and Martha Hess, 25, widowed, daughter of Benjamin & Martha. Married Sep 14 1871.