Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Watson, Hector C.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Falls Township


HECTOR C. WATSON retired farmer, P.O. Fallsington, was born 
in Falls township November 23, 1826.  He is a son of Joseph 
and Elizabeth (Thompson) Watson, the former born in England, 
the latter in Ireland.  His father was a farmer, and settled 
in Bucks county when he first came to America in 1816.  His 
mother came to this country in 1804.  The male members of 
the family have been farmers for many generations, and yet 
own land in England.  Hector C. was the third in a family of 
five children.  He attended the schools of Falls township, 
and a boarding school in Montgomery county three years, 
after which he taught school for three years, since which 
time he has made farming the business of his life.  He 
bought the present farm in 1852.  He was married in 1852 to 
Mary R., daughter of John B. and Sarah (Browne) Brown.  She 
is a descendant of General Brown.  Their children are:  
John, who is in business in Philadelphia; James, a farmer; 
Joseph, a bookkeeper; Robert, in college; Anna, wife of 
Frank Warrington; and Sallie, married to R. H. Hanes, of New 
Jersey (deceased).  Three of the boys graduated at the 
commercial college at Trenton.  Mr. Watson is a republican, 
and has been school director for several years. Mrs. Watson 
died November 25, 1885.