Husband: Wilson D. "Willis" Watson
Also known as: Willis Watson 1,2
Born: Oct-16-1850 3,4,5,6
Died: Apr- 8-1930 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3,4,6
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3,7
Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Occupation: carpenter 3
Father: George W. Watson
Mother: Susan Divers
Notes
Wife: Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville 9,10
Also known as: Rhuhama Sommerville 5
Born: Feb- 6-1852 3,6,5 (see note 1)
Died: Oct-25-1941 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,12,6
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 3,7
Father: Robert Sommerville
Mother: Mary "Polly" Ward
F Child 1: Dora Belle Watson Born: 1872 in 6,5 Died: Oct-15-1966 in Doddridge Co, WV 13,6
M Child 2: George Robert Watson Born: Aug-29-1874 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Died: Jul- 2-1955 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 3,14
M Child 3: Otis Watson Born: Apr- 5-1880 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 3,12,6 Died: May-15-1947 in Ritchie Co, WV 12,6
M Child 4: Marvin Len Watson Born: May- -1882 in 15 Died: Oct-16-1969 in Umatilla Co, OR 16
M Child 5: Henry Carl Watson Census name: H. Carl Watson 17 Born: Dec-28-1883 in Ritchie Co, WV 15,18,5,6 Died: Jun- -1955 in 19,20,6
M Child 6: Winfield Scott Watson Also known as: Scott Watson 17,21,22 Born: Jul- -1887 in Ritchie Co, WV 15,22 Died: Feb-17-1963 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
Sources: (1) Marriage record of son. (2) Death record of son. (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (4) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998) (5) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (6) Headstone (year only) (7) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 238. (9) Obituary of son. (10) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Nancy Watson, widow of Wilson Watson, b. Feb 6 1852, dau of Robert Sommerville & Mary Hall [sic], d. Oct 25 1941 at Auburn. Informant: Dora Westfall, Auburn. (12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (13) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101. (14) Obituary. (15) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (16) Death Record - Online. (17) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (18) Social Security Death Index. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (20) Obituary of wife. (21) Obituary of brother. (22) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. (23) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101, Identified as Winfield Scott Watson, son of Wilson D. Watson & Nancy R. Somerville. Event Notes Note (1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, p. 309, reports birth date as 1848. But age 19 given at time of Nov 1871 marriage would put birth at about 1852, headstone reads 1852, and death record specifies Feb 6 1852. www.doddridgecountyroots.com Name Index