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Watson, James Otis (1815-1902)
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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.

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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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