Marion County WV Archives Biographies.....Watson, James Otis 1815 - June 12, 1902
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Source: Hardesty's Historical and Biographical Encyclopedia
Author: H. H. Hardesty

H. H. Hardesty & Company Publishers, 1883
Fairmont District Marion County, West Virginia

JAMES OTIS WATSON - was born in 1815, in that part of Harrison county, Virginia,
now included in Marion county, West Virginia. His parents were Thomas and
Rebecca (Haymond) Watson, who came from Maryland in 1803, and settled in
Monongalia county, where they lived until the formation of Marion. In Palatine,
this county, in 1841, James 0. Watson wedded Matilda, daughter of Leonard and
Mary (Donaldson) Lamb. Her birth was in Monongalia county in the year 1822. To
Mr. and Mrs. Watson were born ten children, namely: William H., Carrie M.,
Sylvanus L., George T., Ida M., Lucy L., Mary R., James E., Frank E., and
Clarence W. James 0. Watson's postoffice address is Farimont, Marion county,
West Virginia.

Additional Comments:
Death Register, Marion County WV, (V.2, page 180)
James O. Watson died 12-Jun-1902 in Fairmont WV
died at age 87 years, widowed
occupation: Coal Operator
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery

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