Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Bruce Watson    
                Born: Jun-30-1880          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  1,2,3
                Died: May-31-1952          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1,2 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  4,1
             Resided: 207-1/2 Market St    in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1
              Census: 1940                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 2)
             Resided: 1911                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  3
          Occupation:                      night clerk at Monroe Hotel  1
          Occupation: 1940                 laborer (road work)  5
          Occupation: 1930                 grocer  6
              Father: Morgan Bird Watson   (1847 - 1923) 
              Mother: Harriet E. Hess   (1849 - 1932) 
                Wife: Frankie Mae Leggett     
             Married: Jan-21-1911          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  3
                Born: Dec-  -1890          in Ritchie Co, WV  7,3
              Census: 1940                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clay District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1911, 1925           in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  3,8
              Census: 1910                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV   (see note 3)
              Census: 1900                 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV  7
              Father: Francis M. Leggett   (1857 - 1890) 
              Mother: Lucy Kirshner   (1863 - 1925) 

Sources:
(1) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2152602&Type=Death. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(5) 1940 Census, Ritchie County, WV. 
(6) 1930 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Clay District). 
(7) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District) 
(8) Death record of mother. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Informant:  Norene Law.
Note (2) Spring Run
Note (3) In household with mother and stepfather, John M. Gray.







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