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Wilson D. "Willis" WATSON

Wilson D. "Willis" WATSON

Male 1850 - 1930  (79 years)

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  • Name Wilson D. "Willis" WATSON 
    Born 16 Oct 1850  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation carpenter  [1] 
    Residence Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 8 Apr 1930  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Ritchie Co, WV (Union District), enumerated on Jun 11 1880:
      Wilson D. Watson, 29, farmer; wife Nancy R, 28; dau Dora B, 7; son George R, 5; son Otis, 2 months (b. April)
    Person ID I21596  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 19 Nov 2007 

    Father George W. WATSON,   b. 14 Feb 1822,   d. 14 Oct 1893, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Susan DIVERS,   b. 8 Aug 1820,   d. 4 Sep 1878  (Age 58 years) 
    Family ID F8613  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Rhuhama SOMMERVILLE,   b. 6 Feb 1852,   d. 25 Oct 1941, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married 30 Nov 1871  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 
     1. Dora Belle WATSON,   b. 1872,   d. 15 Oct 1966, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
    +2. George Robert WATSON,   b. 29 Aug 1874, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1955, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +3. Otis WATSON,   b. 5 Apr 1880, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 May 1947, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     4. Marvin Len WATSON,   b. May 1882, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1969, Umatilla Co, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years)
    +5. Henry Carl WATSON,   b. 28 Dec 1883, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1955  (Age 71 years)
     6. Winfield Scott WATSON,   b. Jul 1887, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1963, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)
    Family ID F7983  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    21596_WATSON_WilsonD_1850-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg    		21596_WATSON_WilsonD_1850-1930_DeathCertificate.jpg
    21596_WATSON_WilsonD_1880Census_RitchieCoWV_UnionDist_11Jun1880.jpg    		21596_WATSON_WilsonD_1880Census_RitchieCoWV_UnionDist_11Jun1880.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    3. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238.

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

    7. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    8. [S283] Ritchie County in History and Romance, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309.

    9. [S1821] Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 25.
      Identified as Wilson D. Watson, 21, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, son of George & Susanna; and Rhuhama Sommerville, age 19, b. & res. in Ritchie Co, dau of Robert & Mary. Married Nov 30 1871 in Ritchie County.