Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Thomas Watson    
                Born: ca 1859               1
                Died: bef 1911              2
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1
              Father: John Watson   (1835 - 1888) 
              Mother: Sarah Catherine Thrash   (1832 - 1874) 
                Wife: Rebecca A. Gray     
             Married: Sep-13-1877          in Doddridge Co, WV  3
                Born: ca 1854               4
             Resided: 1924                 in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in Grant District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Father: Joseph J. Gray   (1827 - 1901) 
              Mother: Sarah Ann Adams   (1831 - 1901) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 

Sources:
(1) 1860 Census. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. 
(3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, 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.), MR p. 220 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792409&Type=Marriage. 
(4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) 
(5) Obituary of sister. 







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