Person:James Watson (110)

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James Smith Watson
b.1 Sep 1820 Clermont, Ohio, United States
d.12 Apr 1899 Montgomery, Iowa, United States
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  1. Sarah Ann Watson1850 - 1918
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Name James Smith Watson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 1 Sep 1820 Clermont, Ohio, United States
Marriage 5 May 1844 Fountain Co, INto Jane Elizabeth McGee
Census[3] 27 Nov 1850 Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Census? 1860 Grove Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Census? 18 Jul 1870 Grove Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Census? 1880 Sherman, Montgomery, Iowa, United States
Occupation? miller
Death[1][2] 12 Apr 1899 Montgomery, Iowa, United States
Burial[1][7] Buckner Cemetery, Wales, Montgomery, IA

J.S. Watson was one of the very first settlers of Grove Twp, IA in 1848. In 1858 he built a mill on Farm Creek. The area was named Wheeler’s Grove after his daughter’s father-in-law. Hist of Grove Twp


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States, Works Progress Administration, Iowa. Cemetery Records.

    Dates only

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Picture of gravestone., in Find A Grave
    James Watson.
  3. ↑ Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1850 Pottawattamie, IA: James 28 IA; Eliz 25 IA; Jonathan 5 IN; Mary 3 IA; Sarah Ann 1 IA. (Dist 21 p. 152 11/27/1850)

  4.   Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1860 Pottawattamie, IA: James 38 IA (farmer); Elizabeth 37; Jonathan 13, Margaret 12, Ann 10, Catherine 8, Andrew 6, George 3, Nancy 1. (Grove Twp p. 416)

  5.   Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1870 Pottawattamie, IA: Jas. S. 50 OH (farmer 8000/3000); Elizabeth 47 VA; Catherine 18 IA; Andrew J. 16 IA; George W 16; Nancy W. 11. 2 doors from dau Sarah Wheeler. (Grove Twp. p. 161. 7/18/1870)

  6.   Montgomery County, Iowa. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    1880 Montgomery, IA:  James WATSON 59 OH Miller Par: OH/OH; Elizabeth 56 VA Keeping House VA/VA; Cassie WATSON Dau 25 IA  Home; Nancy Dau 20 IA; Jessy GRATE Other 26 OH Stone Mason (Sherman, p. 423D)

  7. ↑ Next to father
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