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Thomas WATSON

Thomas WATSON

Male 1859 - 1908  (48 years)


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  • Name Thomas WATSON
    Birth 11 Oct 1859  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Ritchie Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1870  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Grant District, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 3 Sep 1908 
    Burial K of P Cemetery, Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I23077  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 May 2021

    Father John WATSON,   b. CA 1835, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Jan 1888 (Age ~ 52 years)
    Mother Sarah Catherine THRASH,   b. CA 1832   d. Bef Mar 1874 (Age ~ 42 years)
    Family ID F8620  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Ann GRAY,   b. 1 Oct 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1944, Wirt Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)  [3]
    Marriage 13 Sep 1877  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 26 1880:
      Thomas Watson, 20, farm worker; wife Rebecca A. Watson, 25; boarder Wm. B. Maxwell, 29, single, farmer; cousin Rachael M. Lippscomb, 20, occupation domestic, marital status blank.
    Family ID F18749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1791] 1860 Census.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

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

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 220 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792409&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Thomas Watson, 21, b. Ritchie Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of John & Sarah C.; and Rebecca A. Reed, widowed, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Joseph & Sarah A. Gray. Married Sep 13 1877 in Doddridge County. (Note: Thomas Watson's age 21 given at time of this marriage would put his birth in about 1856, but age one at time of 1860 Census shows his birth to have been in about 1859.)