Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Watson, A F 1833 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co 1882

A. F. Watson, farmer, P. O. Morris, was born in Northumberland, England, 
February 17, 1833, son of George and Ann (Foster) Watson; his father, who was 
a coal miner, was born in Northumberland, England, in 1809, and died in 1875. 
His mother was born in the same place in 1811, and died April 10, 1857. Our 
subject was one of a family of nine children, and received his education in 
England. While in that country, he was a farmer and coal miner. In Statsworth, 
Durham, England, October 29, 1855, he married Nellie A. Humble, who was born 
in Durham, England, October 24, 1832; she was the daughter of George and Mary 
Ann Humble; her father was a native of England, born July 17, 1805, and died 
July 17, 1870; her mother of the same place, was born in 1807, and died 
December 18, 1871. Mr. Watson and wife are the parents of ten children - 
Susana, George, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary J., John, Alice, Isabella, Sarah and 
Margaret. Mr. Watson settled in Grundy County in 1853; has been School 
Director. Politically, he is a Greenbacker, and is connected with the 
Methodist Church.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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