Husband: Wilson Watson
Born: Nov-20-1830 in Barbour Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4
Died: Apr-28-1903 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 5
Buried: (no dates) in Lowther (Walnut Grove) Cemetery, Holbrook, Ritchie Co, WV 6,7
Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1890 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Census: 1870, 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Census: 1850 in Barbour Co, (W)VA
Occupation: farmer 9,2
Military: Aug-14-1862 - Jun-27-1865 Pvt, Co G, 14th W.Va. Infantry, Civil War 8,10
Father: Jacob Watson (1787 - 1860)
Mother: Sarah Pritchard (1797 - )
Other spouse 2
Wife: Margaret E. Willard 11 Married: Sep- 4-1851 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 12 (see note 1)
Born: ca 1827 9 Died: bef Jun 1870 13 Census: 1850, 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Father: George Willard (1789 - 1834) Mother: Sudna Lowther (1792 - 1872) Notes Notes
M Child 1: John Watson Died: in infancy 11
F Child 2: Sudna Jane Watson Census name: Sudney J. Watson Born: 1854 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 7,14,9 (see note 2) Died: Jan-26-1875 15 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Andrew Montgomery Wade b. Jul-14-1847 d. Jul-10-1904 Married: Oct-13-1870 in Ritchie Co, WV 16
F Child 3: Sarah Charlotte Watson Also known as: Charlotte Watson 17 Born: Apr-17-1855 in Ritchie Co, WV 18,19,9,14 Died: Jan-28-1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 20,19 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 7 Census: 1870, 80, 1900, 10 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA Husband: Ai George Kelley b. Sep-27-1852 d. Dec-27-1937 Married: Jan-18-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
Sources: (1) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (2) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 180. (4) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (5) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV, 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.), DR p. 78. (6) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration. (9) 1860 Census. (10) Military Grave Marker. (11) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 228. (12) 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) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (15) Headstone. (16) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Andrew M. Wade, 23, b. Monongalia Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Selby & Sarah A; and Sudna J. Watson, 18, of Ritchie Co, dau of Wilson & Margaret J. Married Oct 13 1870. (17) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 73. (18) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as Ai G. Kelley, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Ezekiel & Estella Ann; and Sarah C. Watson, 17, of Ritchie Co, dau of Wilson & Margaret. Married Jan 18 1873. Event Notes Note (1) 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. Note (2) "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries," p. 495, reports death date on headstone as Jan 26 1875, with age at death given as 20y 6m.