Husband: Otis Watson
Born: Apr- 5-1880 at Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1,2,3 (see note 1)
Died: May-15-1947 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,3
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 1,4
Occupation: farmer 1
Father: Wilson D. "Willis" Watson (1850 - 1930)
Mother: Nancy Rhuhama Sommerville (1852 - 1941)
Wife: Clara Myrtle Stanley 5
Also known as: Clara India Stanley 6
Married: Jul-26-1902 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
Born: Jul-12-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 1,7,3
Died: Aug-21-1951 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 8,3
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 4,1
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Mother:
F Child 1: Dora Irene Watson Also known as: Irene Watson 9,10 Born: Apr-15-1903 in Ritchie Co, WV 11,3,12 Died: May-18-1994 11,3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 13 Census: 1920 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Maynard Carl Brissey b. Oct-15-1901 d. 1976 Married: Sep- 5-1923 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Avery Lynn Watson Born: Nov-14-1905 14,15 Died: Apr-30-1990 16 Census: 1920, 1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,15 Wife: Helen Sinnett b. Oct-27-1910 d. Aug-30-1939 Married: Aug-13-1932 in Ritchie Co, WV 12 Wife: Pauline W. Roberts b. Mar-29-1924 d. Oct- 8-1988 Married: May-23-1942 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
M Child 3: Marvin Noel Watson Also known as: Noel Watson 9,10 Born: Feb- 9-1910 in Ritchie Co, WV 17 Died: Feb-10-1989 14,18 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 17,19,14 Wife: Vera E. Drane Wife: Dorothy Lou Wolfe b. Mar-31-1917 d. Aug-10-2003 Married: May-26-1967 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17
F Child 4: Oneda Watson Born: Aug- 7-1912 in Ritchie Co, WV 20,14,9 Died: Jul- 1-2003 14 Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Census: 1920, 1930 in Ritchie Co, WV 9,15 Husband: Guy Maxson b. Oct-16-1896 d. Aug-19-1976 Married: Apr- 1-1955 in Ritchie Co, WV 21
F Child 5: Ollie Mae Watson Census name: Oley May Watson 9 Born: Mar-26-1916 in Ritchie Co, WV 20 Census: 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Husband: Clyde B. McDonald b. Sep-14-1916 d. Aug-17-1992 Also known as: Bernard Clyde McDonald 22 Married: Mar-29-1950 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
M Child 6: Stanley Watson Born: Dec-27-1919 14,12 Died: Jan- 8-1997 14 Resided: in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16 Census: 1920 in Ritchie Co, WV 9 Education: Pullman H.S., Ritchie Co WV (1939) 23 Wife: Faye Irene Mason b. Mar-17-1924 d. Dec-23-1991 Married: Jul-15-1944 in Ritchie Co, WV 12
Sources: (1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (2) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Death record of husband. (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Clara Myrtle Watson, widowed, resident of Auburn, b. Jul 12 1875 in Ritchie Co, parents unknown, d. Aug 21 1951 at Auburn. Informant: Miss Oneda Watson. (9) 1920 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (10) Marriage record of daughter. (11) Findagrave.com. (12) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (13) Findagrave.com, Name on headstone: D. Irene Brissey. (14) Social Security Death Index. (15) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (16) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (17) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 18, p. 325. (18) Obituary of wife. (19) Death record of father. (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (21) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003), Identified as Guy Maxson, widowed, b. Oct 16 1896 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co,son of E. D. & Jennie M. (Batson) Maxson; and Oneda Watson, b. Aug 7 1912 in Ritchie Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Otis & Clara (Stanley) Watson. Married Apr 1 1955. (22) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (23) Pennsboro News, 9/26/2007. Event Notes Note (1) Although his death record states his birth date as Apr 5 1881, and his headstone also shows the birth year 1881, he appears in the 1880 Census as a 2-month-old, with his birth occurring in April 1880.