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Jacob WATSON

Jacob WATSON

Male 1840 - 1911  (71 years)

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  • Name Jacob WATSON 
    Born 8 Mar 1840  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Co K, 6th W.Va. Cav, Civil War  [3, 4] 
    Census 1850  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • In household of Joshua & Mary (Conaway) Wilson.
    Residence 1872  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1880  Smithfield District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [5] 
    Residence 1908  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Died 29 Mar 1911  Walnut Grove, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Buried Watson-Vanhorn Cemetery, Co Rd 46/1, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I20831  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Jun 2017 

    Father Otho G. WATSON,   b. 1813,   d. 16 Aug 1894, Spencer District, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Louisa JETT,   b. 23 Feb 1810,   d. 5 Apr 1911, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 101 years) 
    Family ID F7679  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lydia WILSON,   b. 23 Mar 1848, Marion Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1931, Looneyville, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 13 Apr 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Children 
     1. Brent WATSON,   b. 31 Dec 1874, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1965, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     2. Coplan WATSON,   b. 24 Oct 1876, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1953, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F7678  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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

    2. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 188.

    3. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237.

    5. [S2225] 1880 Census, Roane County, WV.

    6. [S1852] Roane County Death Records, Spencer, WV.

    7. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    8. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 188, line 19 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791245&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Jacob Watson, 31, b. Ritchie Co, res. Roane Co, son of Otho G. & Louisa Watson; and Lydia Wilson, 24, b. Marion Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Benjamin L. & Martha Wilson. Married Apr 13 1872 in Doddridge County, officiated by George A. Woofter.

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