Return of Deaths in the County of Wayne for the year ending December 31st A.D. 1872 [see comment]
No.: 261
Date of Death: January 1 1872 [sic, see comment]
Name: H C Watson
Sex: Male
Color: White
Condition: Married
Age: 60 y. 5 m. [see comment]
Place of Death: Detroit, 5th Ward
Cause: Congestion of Bowels
Place of Birth: Lester, Mass
Occupation: Clerk
Parents: Samuel Watson / Mary Watson
Residences of Parents: Massachusetts / Massachusetts
Date of Record: August 11, 1873.
[Note: The age at death, plus the Find A Grave entry "Imported from: US Veteran's Affairs" (no picture), both suggest the actual death date is 1873, not 1872.]