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William M. WATSON

William M. WATSON

Male 1818 - 1890  (~ 72 years)

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  • Name William M. WATSON 
    Born CA 1818  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Died 9 Feb 1890  Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    Buried Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7, 8] 
    Person ID I12877  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 14 Sep 2008 

    Father Jacob WATSON,   b. CA 1787, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Aug 1860  (Age ~ 73 years) 
    Mother Sarah PRITCHARD,   b. CA 1797, Allegheny Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Nancy NUTTER,   b. 22 Feb 1818, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)  [9] 
    Married 22 Oct 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Notes 
    • There is some question as to the date and place of birth of this William M. Watson. Age 45 given at time of 1860 Census would put birth in about 1815, while age given for the 1870 and 1880 Census would put birth ca 1819. Age 53 given at time of his second marriage, in Sep 1871, would put birth ca 1818. Age 72 given at the time of his death in Feb 1890 would put birth ca 1817 or 1818. His place of birth is given as Harrison County in the record of his second marriage, but as Mercer County in his death record. Harrison County would seem more likely.

      1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumeratd on Jul 23 1850:
      William Watson, 31, farmer; Nancy, 30; Malinda, 8; Sarah, 6; Juliet, 4; Martha, 1; Mary, 1.
      (Note: The adjoining household reported was that of John G. Hart & his wife Malinda Ann Nutter, sister of William's wife Nancy. Ninety-six years later, in August 1946, William & Nancy Watson's great-grandson, Armand Leon Brown, married Geneva Pauline Gaston, the great-granddaughter of John & Malinda Hart.)

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      William Watson, 45, farmer; Nancy, 40; M. A. (female), 18; S. (female), 16; J. (female), 14; Martha, 11; Mary, 11; Jane, 9; Loyd, 8; Marion, 2.

      Nancy (Nutter) Watson died on June 29, 1869.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp):
      William Watson, 51, farmer; Nancy J, 18; William L, 15; Francis M, 12; Amanda V, 9; William E. Crichfield, 5.
      (Note: William E. Critchfield was the grandson of William & Nancy Nutter Watson. His father, also named William E. Critchfield, had died in the Civil War in Aug 1864 a month before he was born, and his mother, Malinda Ann Watson Critchfield, had remarried John William Wyatt in Pennsylvania in 1866.)

      The widower William Watson remarried widow Ellen J. (Stinespring) Leggett on Sep 25 1871.

      1880 Census, Roane Co, WV (Spencer District), enumerated in June 1880:
      William Watson, 61, farmer; wife Ellen J, 50; dau Amanda V, 19; granddau Eva I (?), 7. [11]
    Children 
     1. Malinda Ann WATSON,   b. 12 May 1842, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1908  (Age 66 years)
     2. Sarah Elizabeth WATSON,   b. 1 Feb 1844, Barbour Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1892, Cabin Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     3. Juliet WATSON,   b. Jun 1846, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1916  (Age ~ 69 years)
     4. Martha WATSON,   b. CA 1848
     5. Mary WATSON,   b. 23 Jun 1848,   d. 27 Oct 1910, Freds Run (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
     6. Jane WATSON,   b. CA 1851
     7. (Male) WATSON,   b. 27 Dec 1853, Hughes River, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. William L. WATSON,   b. CA 1855, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 15 years)
     9. Francis Marion WATSON,   b. 22 Jul 1858, Meadow Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1927  (Age 68 years)
     10. Manda V. WATSON,   b. Apr 1861, Jims Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F4583  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Ellen Jane STINESPRING,   b. 31 May 1830, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1914, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 25 Sep 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Family ID F7666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hebron Memorial Church Cemetery, Spencer, Roane Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    12877_WilliamMWatson_HebronCem.jpg    		12877_WilliamMWatson_HebronCem.jpg

    Documents
    Marriage Record, Wm M. Watson & Nancy Nutter, Oct 22 1840    		Marriage Record, Wm M. Watson & Nancy Nutter, Oct 22 1840
    Marriage Record, Wm M. Watson & Nancy Nutter, Oct 22 1840    		Marriage Record, Wm M. Watson & Nancy Nutter, Oct 22 1840
    Marriage Bond, Sep 1 1840    		12877_WilliamWATSON_NancyNUTTER_MarriageBondsHarrisonCoWV_1Sep1840.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 182.

    2. [S967] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).

    3. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    4. [S5] Headstone.

    5. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 237.

    6. [S1852] Roane County Death Records, Spencer, WV, DR Bk 1, p. 20.
      Identified as William Watson, married, age 72, born in Mercer County, died Feb 9 1890, cause of death "La-Grippe," occupation farmer, buried at Hebron Cemetery. Basis for birthplace given as Mercer County is not known, as all other references to his birthplace are as Harrison County.

    7. [S1660] Barbara Watson Howard .

    8. [S1589] The Miller-Parsons Family Genealogy, Joseph D. Miller, , (http://awt.ancestry.com).

    9. [S1658] Richard Dotson Family, Victor E. Waldo, Jr. , (posted at http://awt.ancestry.com).

    10. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 145.
      The handwritten marriage record provides no identifying information on either person. It states only that William Watson and Nancy Nutter were married in Harrison County on Oct 22, year not specified but context and sequence indicating 1840. Other researchers, including Wes Cochran, have reported Oct 22 1841. The marriage date at first glance appears to be Mar 4 1841, with the Oct 22 entry pertaining to the previously listed couple . But closer examination reveals the Oct 22 date to pertain to the marriage between William Watson & Nancy Nutter.

    11. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    12. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 1-A, p. 182.
      Identified as William Watson, widowed, farmer, age 53, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Jacob & Sarah Watson; and Ellen Jane Leggett, widowed, age 41, b. Harrison Co, res. (ditto implies Doddridge), dau of John A. & Mary Stinespring. Married Sep 25 1871 in Doddridge County.