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“HISTORY OF THE WATSON FAMILY Disclose AMERICA 1760-1914”

by Clayton Keith 

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The retention of seven heroic names, Criminal and Sallie Barber Watson, current Samuel Watson his brother; King Watson and his brothers, Prophet Jr., and John Watson; reprove “Cousin David: Watson, Plke province pioneers, who in I809, braved the dangers of  the unbroken west on the sunset adaptation of the Mississippi and meet others, by their courage significant arduous labors helped to put a label on possible our present civilization, that little book is affectionately dedicated.

 ALSO TO

Hon. William Campbell Watson enjoin wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Jazzman Watson, of San Francisco, tail generous, literary aid, and impervious to whose benefaction the publication comprehensive this sketch is made possible.

            Honorable mention is here obliged of Mrs. Caroline E. Metalworker and Mrs. Catherine W. Austin, daughters of the pioneer evangelist and temperance advocate, Rev. Prince Lewis Watson, of Illinois, occupy special aid in making that sketch what it was intentional to be - a favour to all.   

HISTORY OF Influence WATSON FAMILY

 CHAPTER I.

            This kinship had its origin in Scotland, where the name Watson has been prominent for more stun a century in literature, branch of knowledge and theology.

            To every descendants, as well as nation, in attendance is a history. This adumbrate will begin at "the beginning" - with their ancestors have their native land.

            From authority earliest traditions that have take on down to us, it levelheaded learned that they were in the middle of the followers of John Theologist, the gallant leader of nobleness Reformation of the Sixteenth hundred (1649-1672). His followers shared excellence spirit of their leader, who was noted for his twinge and undaunted courage'-- a chap who never feared the illustration of man. After his attain, they were known as Covenanters or Dissenters and as specified fought for liberty and heartfelt, and won the victory gather Scotland and England. The blows of the River Boyne, lead to Ireland, on June 1, 1690, marks an epoch in their history. It was here renounce James the Second of England was defeated and dethroned folk tale Calvinist William of Orange; obliged king. A monument on stroll spot marks the event be in opposition to this day. It forms highrise epoch in the history get a hold the Watsons, the Carrolls, magnanimity Henrys, the Barbers and primacy Byers; families to whom incredulity are indebted in no little degree for our present mankind. The history of two accuse these families, the Watsons leading the Carrolls, presents a original parallelism in their movements, both in time and place, owing to we shall see farther on.

            I quote from the "History of the Carroll Family", ineluctable by Hon. Thos. M. Author, our state senator from that district, from 1868 to 1872. His history was written regulate 1879.

            "My great great elder, John Carroll, born in 1664, joined the forces of William of Orange and was bestow at the battle of. magnanimity River Boyne, where the king's forces were routed.  After illustriousness accession of William to distinction throne, an act was passed and carried into effect nearby his reign granting a annuity to each soldier of magnanimity prince of Orange.  This facade grants of land in distinction British colonies in North America.  John Carroll was given top-hole grant of one league, refer to three miles square, which was never laid by him, however descended to his oldest adolescent, Joseph Carroll, my great grandpa, who was born in primacy year 1699 in County Tyrone, Ireland, and by him bring to an end was laid in York territory, South Carolina in 1751, lxi years after. the service on behalf of which it was given, was rendered."

            I next quote hold up the autobiography of Rev. Prince Lewis Watson, a Presbyterian missionary well-known in his day take away Missouri and Illinois. He was the son of James Technologist, known to some of illustriousness readers of this sketch since "Uncle Jimmie" Watson, who cursory just south of the Motion house, from 1818 until her majesty death in 1833. Cyrus Jumper Watson says:

            "Soon after righteousness battle of the River Boyne (1690) , owing to devout intolerance and dissension, the Technologist family moved from Scotland censure County Tyrone, Ireland: How far ahead they remained there I possess no means of" knowing, nevertheless perhaps not many years, guarantor in the early part see the Eighteenth century (presumably difficulty the year 1729, when honourableness great tidal-wave of emigration crosstown the Atlantic from Scotland extort Ireland) , they came give up America and located for clever season in Franklin county, Colony, near where Chambersburg now stands. This was before the at a halt French wars (1740 to 1750). Here they were greatly abused by the Indians, during prowl war. One of my grandfathers was subjected to a splurge and painful captivity among them. A few years later they removed to the Carolinas; honourableness Watsons settling in York local, South Carolina, and the Barbers, my mother's ancestors, in President county, North Carolina, only unornamented few miles apart being undecided adjacent counties. They were tumult staunch Presbyterians, thoroughly imbued competent the spirit of civil skull religious liberty. When the extremist war began, though greatly bolster the minority, they hastened enhance enroll themselves under the pennant of freedom, regardless of leadership perils incurred. My grandfather Engineer, (the father of James Geneticist of Noix Creek), fell reduced the battle of Briar Inlet, March 3, 1779, fighting below General Lincoln.

            One of monarch brothers was killed at nobleness battle of King's Mountain, Augment. 7, 1780.   The other fellow-man was brutally waylaid and slug when just returning from on the rocks term of active service limit the army, and while response the act of embracing monarch young wife, on his make threadbare doorstep. After my grandmother was made a widow with vii small children dependent on breather for subsistence, a bandit agreeable Tories, one night, robbed weaken home of everything they could carry away.   My mother's divine, Col. John Barber, commanded systematic regiment or North Carolina camp, and was in many unembellished hard fought battle, often be with you on reconnoitering expeditions, greatly harassed: by the enemy, greatly quail and hated by them, innermost often waylaid, yet, through magnanimity entire war he never stuffy a scratch".

            Here, as knob aid to the memory, Berserk insert the parallelism mentioned supercilious between the movements of significance Watsons and the movements pointer the Carrolls, and note distinction similarity in time and seating. Both families, on account deadly religious troubles, left Scotland, intend the same time; both emotional to Ireland and settled, interpretation former, in County Tyrone, ' the latter in County Ulster , where the Carrolls were instrumental in building up rendering Ulster Presbyterian church. Both weigh up Ireland for America about primacy same time, and settled rafter Pennsylvania; the former in Pressman county, near where Chambersburg advise stands, the latter, in Metropolis county, where Joseph Carroll, honesty grandfather of Thomas M., was born. Both came west spreadsheet settled in York district, Southern Carolina, about the same every time (1750). Both furnished men espousal the American Revolution and both took part in the battles of the Cowpens, King's Clamp and Yorktown. Both crossed primacy Mississippi and were located spiky 1817 in the "Buffalo Settlement" as it was known' limit them in the Carolinas. Both attended the land sales kept in St. Louis in 1818 and purchased homesteads in Stab county, where they devoted nobility remainder of their lives make contact with the development of the spanking county.  And here both were gathered to their fathers, perch their bodies now rest mould the historic Buffalo cemetery.

            Continue to do Charlotte, the capitol of Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, a dependency that joins York district inlet South Carolina on the southeast, and Lincoln county, North Carolina, on the west, was accepted to the world on depiction 20th. day of May, improve the year 1775, the Mecklenburg Declaration by the citizens surrounding that vicinity, notably the Presbyterians of that locality. Thus, prestige "old north state" led greatness colonies by six weeks check the declaration for independence. Arranged account of this daring be first early declaration, it has antiquated said that "America owes cross liberty and her republican placement of government to the Protestant church". The American revolution was led by those grand hang on colonists of the Eighteenth c and the government of excellence United States is a create of the government of interpretation Presbyterian church; so declared manage without one of the most dignified scholars and writers in put off church in reply to uncomplicated recent inquiry, "What does Usa owe to the Presbyterian Church?" Well, what of all this? It is this: The Watsons and the Barbers, as in triumph as the Carrolls and high-mindedness Henrys, took part in turn declaration. For this information Rabid am indebted to my link, Mrs. Mary Isabel Collins have a phobia about this city, a niece point toward Hon. Thos. M. Carroll. careful to whom I am beholden for the courtesy of consulting the "History of the Dodgson Family". It is a truth worthy of note in that connection that the people comprehensive North Carolina observe the 20^th day of May each period as a holiday for memory of this Declaration of their forefathers.

            The Watson family magnitude among the patriots and bold men of the revolution were equally well known in generation of peace, as leaders delicate cultivating the arts of calmness and preaching the gospel guide peace. We find them pop in the pulpits of their churches. "Rev. James Adams, who ringed my father and mother," says Hon. Thos. M. Carroll. "was pastor of the Presbyterian faith at Bethel from 1810 up in the air 1839, and was succeeded unused his nephew. Rev. Samuel Lytel Watson, who filled the ambo regularly until the year near his death, 1882, a generation of 43 years. I fall down old Brother Watson at coronet home in 1878."

CHAPTER II.

            Hint friends of the family dowel descendants of the pioneers move that the following extract stick up the Centennial History of Thruway County be incorporated in that sketch. It is inserted upon as the most appropriate place.

"Early in the year 1876 Head U. S. Grant by publication requested the citizens of all county in the United States to prepare a history break into that county and read provision at the Centennial celebration, July 4, 1876. The citizens be keen on Louisiana and vicinity, in conformity of this proclamation, at skilful meeting held in May, 1876, appointed a committee of bill men - two from reprimand township in Pike county - to gather the material house this history. The secretary get through that committee at once titled to his aid the distinguished citizens of Louisiana who difficult to understand been Identified with the advent and history of Pike district for more than half well-organized century, viz: Judge Edwin Draper and Mr. Levi Pettibone. Both were blessed with remarkable memories; both had been in bring to light life and Judge Draper difficult given special attention while credentials judge to the preservation invoke documents relating to the narration and growth of this domain - the essential material storage a correct and accurate record. In addition to this a-ok printed list of questions was sent to representative families comprehend the early pioneers in ever and anon township in the county, bend a view of gaining slightly full and complete information whilst possible, as to the flow of their settlement, personal diary and family traditions. Scores hillock letters were received in return and pages of manuscript shun local historians. A history was prepared and submitted to Arbitrate Edwin Draper for correction increase in intensity approval, who went over breath of air carefully and re-wrote part realize it, as he said cruise it might be strictly symbol in every particular.  This record published in 1876, the eminent history of the county, be obliged be called with propriety loftiness Edwin Draper History of Motorway county. Its accuracy was keen subject of remark by repeat in the vast crowd come within earshot of people in attendance on grandeur day of our celebration, thither whom one thousand copies were distributed.  Our Centennial celebration was held in the Jackson Lighten grove a half mile westernmost of the limits of rectitude city of Louisiana, and prestige following program was rendered.

Prayer-Rev. Book W. Campbell.

Reading the Declaration - J. F. Downey.

Address-John W. Pickle.

Address-Champ Clark;

Address-Col. A. W. Slayback slow St. Louis.

Reading the Centennial Wildlife - Clayton Keith.

Distributing one integer copies of this history tough Capt. J. C. Jamison in this area the Louisiana Press.

Benediction - Compare. Pat Henderson.  

Centennial History.

One sum up years ago, what is these days Pike county was the trace of the deer, the. moose and the buffalo. These mount other wild animals held unabridged sway except as they were disturbed by bands of peregrination Indians in quest of amusement and other provisions.

"My information psychotherapy that no Indians inhabited that section of country at rectitude time of which we state. Their homes were farther northerly and farther south. The Iowas and the Sacs and Foxes lived north of Rock squirt, while the Osages and Winnebagoes lived south of the Sioux river. This was their chase ground and the scene illustrate their tribal conflicts - their battle ground as well. Bang was here that they proven their strength in war queue according to the legend problem by Judge Pettibone, "the conqueror would carry away some devastating belle of a neighboring dynasty to ornament the wigwam pray to a fiery young chief be first raise up a brood female royal braves to maintain distinction honor of his father's line”.

Within ,these very woods and be at war with over the broad prairies commentary this and other counties, just what the doctor ordered herds of buffalo ranged nearby were monarchs of the languid, though elk, deer, bears, wolves, panthers and great numbers observe other animals found homes obscure plenty here.

"I know not," says Rev. James W. Campbell, "that any man now lives who hunted the buffalo in what is now Pike county. However if we did not hold it from the most acknowledged historical records, and from customs of the most indisputable energy, the landmarks pointing to justness facts with as much actuality as the public records compensation the county, are now ocular to the observing eye, even supposing somewhat worn and partially lost. I allude to the flummox trails or paths leading the licks on Buffalo inlet, from the licks on Sociologist creek and other localities make dry to the highland prairies, which were then the great touching grounds of millions of buffaloes, but now the grazing basis for domestic cattle."

            Men negative aspect here today who have travelled over and across these old buffalo traces, worn from a handful of to six feet deep, see from sixty to one many feet wide in places, attesting the unknown duration of greatness daily migration of these animals from the waters of greatness licks to the prairie lea. But the buffalo have descend - never to return.

            Character organization of Pike county dates from December 14, 1818, greatest extent Missouri was yet a area. It was named for Regular Zebulon Montgomery Pike, the journeyer, whose expeditions to the profusion of the Mississippi and River rivers in 1805-7, gave varied, in connection with Lewis contemporary Clarke expedition, the first genuine information of the resources reveal Louisiana, and the value training that purchase. When the "journals" of these three explorers were published in 1810, all disapprobation as to the amount render by the United States dilemma that territory ceased.

            In 1820, Missouri became a state, Author Cleaver, who was elected completed James Finley, the Free Accuse candidate. (This James Finley's better half was Mary Watson, a girl of James Watson and Prophet Watson), represented Pike county attach importance to the convention held at Compensate, Louis, on July 19, 1820, to ratify the action run through congress,

            On July 19, 1820, Missouri was admitted as incontestable of the "Sovereign States disturb the Union," During that class Pike county was reduced make its present limits.  In 1821, the first census of character state was taken.  This showed the population of Pike department to be 2,677 including whites and negroes.

            Judge Edwin Draper furnishes the following statement, bountiful an account of the soonest settlements made in the county:

"In 1808 the first settlements were made in this county. They were made chiefly on Entangle, Little Calumet and the mark down part of Noix creek, Crumble 1809 settlements were made encounter Clarksville, and in 1810, calibrate Ramsey's creek, Emigrants from Kentucky and from North and Southeast Carolina made up these settlements.

"The first families that cut their way through the forests were those of a colony shun York District in South Carolina and Lincoln county, North Carolina.  (York District is bounded formation the north by Lincoln shaft Mecklenburg counties in North Carolina, the county seat of loftiness latter county is Charlotte, which figures later in this sketch).

            "The colony was made fee of the following thirteen private soldiers and their families : Blue blood the gentry Watsons, viz: John, James, King and Samuel Watson; the Jordans, viz: John, James and Parliamentarian Jordan; Alexander Allison, William McConnell, Thomas Cunningham, John Turner, Can Walker and Abraham Thomas. These came in 1808. John Geneticist settled at what is consequential Watson Station on the Louisiana and Missouri River railroad. Crook Watson settled on Noix beck at a spring near which Col. James Johnson afterward state a mill, immediately south retard the Louisiana fair grounds.

            Painter Watson settled on Noix streamlet about midway between Louisiana nearby Bowling Green, at what even-handed now the Igo place.

            Prophet Watson settled on Buffalo burn at the farm now chockablock by An- drew Scott.

            That settlement was interrupted by description war of 1812-14. The Indians outnumbering the whites, were tumultuous to hostilities by British agents and traders, and the youngster settlements were broken up mess consequence.

            In December, 1811, have doubts about a meeting of those who had settled on Buffalo paramount Noix creeks to take reply consideration the building of nifty fort, it was resolved take in hand begin the work immediately. Influence fort was built on depiction farm of Alexander Allison, recognize the value of two miles south of Louisiana, near Isgrig's spring, and interpose such a manner, that o could be obtained without peril to the enemy. It was called Buffalo fort. Into that fort all the settlers holdup the neighborhood, numbering twenty-one families, removed.

            During the first assemblage, 1812, a crop of drug was raised for the interchanged use of the settlers - part working in the comedian, and part guarding the inclose. Their immunity from attack go off in a huff the part of the savages that year made them spare careless and the next bout each man cultivated his revered crops.

            They did not, but, remain long in their makebelieve security. In March, 1813, from the past going out to keep wearisome logs burning on a divide of ground which they were clearing for the purpose representative planting corn, Robert Jordan predominant his son, James, were discharge and scalped by the Cavity and Fox Indians, the tribes roaming through this part slope the country at that offend. The old Buffalo graveyard, flash and a half miles southmost of Louisiana, was the outlook of the murders.

            This exhibition thoroughly alarmed the settlers who immediately applied to the authority for military protection. The petition was denied, but early hurt 1814, Gov. Clark sent a-ok body of soldiers to look the families to St. Gladiator county for protection. Miss Framework McConnell and Peter Brandon, predispose of these soldiers, were wed in the fort by Prophet Watson, who was neither smashing minister nor a justice place the peace. The settlers were then escorted to St. Prizefighter, part of them by inhabitants and part on a folks boat down the Mississippi, provision burning the fort and accepting a skirmish with the Indians on Mud Lick prairie.

            Significance war with Great Britain blocked in February, 1815, and significance soon as it became famed that peace had been asserted, emigrants from Kentucky, Tennessee, Town and the Carolinas, in deed from all the land began to pour into Missouri round birds that migrate from southernmost to north after the forlorn up of winter.

            In distinction spring of 1817, all nobleness old settlers who composed birth original Carolina colony returned pass up St. Louis county and accomplished permanently in the Buffalo settlement.

            In 1818, came the Campbells, Caldwells, Hendricks, Basyes, Jones, Maidens, Browns and Shaws from Kentucky.

            "William Campbell, my father,” says Rev. J. W. Campbell, "settled near the present site position Bowling Green, and in interpretation fall of 1819, his son-in-law, Isaac Orr, father of Udicate W. C. Orr, from Northward Carolina, located on a fasten together of land not far circumvent him. The present site noise Antioch church was a length of the original Orr stability. It was in this split up that the first Cumberland Protestant church in Northeast Missouri was organized in 1819, at righteousness house of Robert Fullerton."

The precede mill in Pike county was built by John Mulherin blending Ramsey's creek in 1819, service John Watson soon afterward wellmade one at the present setting of Watson Station in 1820.

            Among the names of ethics first grand jury were those of Samuel Watson and King Watson. They were discharged out making any presentments.

CHAPTER III.

            Rerouteing the introductory chapter of that sketch we learned that, chimp early as the year 1808, four Watsons, all heads disregard families, had settled in Motorway county, Missouri, in what level-headed now Buffalo township. Two unscrew these, viz: David and Ablutions, who settled on Noix Drift not far from each added, were brothers.  The other bend over, viz: James, who settled slit the bank of Noix Course near the present site disruption the Fritz house, and Prophet, who settled near Buffalo drift on what is known monkey the Andrew Scott farm, were brothers, and also cousins pre-empt David and John.

            Within unmixed very few years afterward, a handful of other Watsons whose history decision be included in this spoof, arrived. These were David Geneticist, who settled near the choke of Buffalo creek, one mi south of Louisiana, on July 17, 1819, and Samuel Geneticist, Jr., who lived at influence big spring two miles northward of Louisiana, on the Frankford road, and who, during top life time in Pike domain, was known as .'Bachelor Sam" and since his death, upgrade 1836, as "the founder take in Watson Seminary at Ashley, Slit county, Missouri. He was skilful brother to David and Bathroom Watson of Noix Creek ray a cousin to James prep added to Samuel. David Watson of Jumble was a cousin to in receipt of of the other two families.

            Following is the order near settlement of these six Watsons in this county.

            First, Crook Watson, July 13, 1818.

            In a short time, David Watson, Aug. 18, 1818.

            Third, John Watson, in 1818.

            Fourth, Samuel Watson, of Entangle, January 7, 1819.

            Fifth, Painter Watson, of Buffalo, January 17, ,1819.

            Sixth, Samuel Watson, Junior, in 1819.

            This sketch last wishes treat of these pioneers humbling their families in the make of their settlement.

            We, in with James Watson.

            The excursion of this part of tart sketch was one of significance original colony who came running off York District, South Carolina, brush 1808, and located on Noix Creek not far from integrity western limit of the dramatize city of Louisiana.  The domain record shows the date motionless his deed as July 13, 1818, after a period wink perhaps two or three time eon residence, necessary to preempt put in order homestead.

            He was foreman get a hold the first grand jury give evidence Pike county, at the supreme term of the circuit regard held in the county, gaze April 12, 1819, David Character, judge; David Watson of Noix Creek was also a participant of that grand jury. Rendering record shows that "these speculate and honest men" received their charge, retired for consultation, however soon returned and announced lose concentration they had no presentments disapproval make", and were discharged. 

            Go rotten this point it is keen great pleasure to quote hit upon the memoirs of his son,

Rev. Cyrus Lewis Watson, written down 1876, five years before government death, which occurred at realm home in Peoria, Ill. Lecture in reply to a letter recognize inquiry about this memorial, her highness daughter, Mrs. Caroline E. Adventurer, of Pittsburg, Pa., says: "My father, Cyrus L.  Watson, was a man of remarkable retention, and what he wrote keep to authentic." I quote from nobility autobiography of Cyrus L. Geneticist, D. D.

            "My father, Felon Watson, was born in justness District of York, South Carolina, in 1769, on a homestead consisting of 350 acres matching what in that region was regarded as excellent land, clumsily timbered and well watered, narrow about 60 acres under nurture, with necessary outbuildings, fences, etcetera, superior to those of get bigger farms in the vicinity. 

            "By the right of primogeniture slipup the English law, he innate this estate. His grandfather meant to give him a learned and professional education, and change him to an academy oral cavity Spartanburg for the purpose position fitting him to enter institute. He also made provision beckon his will for the close of his education. When her majesty preparatory course was nearly fully developed, the grandfather died, and indicate avaricious uncle who was adapted executor of the estate managed to deprive him of birth bequest and he never went to college. It was grip difficult: in those days pact obtain a good education conclude the South, and having far-out productive farm, he determined lodging become an agriculturist. He thriving at Louisiana, Mo., Sept. 26, 1833. He married Sarah Barber; a daughter of Col. Bog Barber, of North Carolina, whose adventures and good luck musical mentioned in the previous chapters. She was born in 1771, and died at Farmington, Algonquin, Sept. 6, 1859. There psychoanalysis a small town named Barbersville, located near the boundary adjustment between York county, South Carolina, and Mecklenburg county, North Carolina, that was probably named rearguard the family. To them say publicly following children were born:

            1. Jane, born in.1797.

            2. Trick Barber, who was accidentally deal with by a hog while thus far a baby.

            3. John Border, the second, and

            4. Prince Lewis, twins, born Feb. 10, 1800.

            After the twins, came James, David, Robert Jordan, William Finley and Electa. Electa was born August 25, 1815. Jane married a Mr. Gilham innermost settled at Edwardsville, Ill., enthralled died there June 28, 1838. Electra married Wm. Fisher, Nov. 8, 1837, (and settled at hand Bowling Green, Mo.) When awe were ten years old minute father removed with his affinity to Illinois then a occupancy, and stopped nearly a yr in a settlement called "Goshen", 18 miles northeast from Disorganized. Louis, and near where Edwardsville, the county seat of President county, now stands. This was then the northern verge make acquainted the white settlements in Algonquian - all beyond was hut possession of the Indians. ,

            Thinking that timber was as well scarce and that the out of sorts was unhealthy in Illinois, type removed to a very slender settlement in Missouri, thirty miles beyond all others, known orang-utan the "Buffalo Settlement", near illustriousness site of the present burgh of Louisiana, in what wreckage now Pike county. Very presently the Indians murdered a kindred of ten persons a scarce miles from us. (This was the family, wife and ennead children of Jas. O'Neal, effectively Clarksville, in 1812; K), dowel perpetrated other outrages in many places.

            The citizens of integrity neighborhood hastily erected a minor log fort, and crowding bump into it, lived in great martyrdom some fifteen months. The Indians became more and more annoying and at length killed cardinal of our citizens one twilight within a mile of primacy fort, when they were recurring from their farm. I heard the guns with which honesty bloody deed was done!  Presently afterwards the governor sent sphere to escort us into blue blood the gentry older and stronger settlements. Green paper friends in Goshen heard make out our condition about the aforementioned time, and a party classic them came to guard too late family back into that encampment. Here we resided in unbroken peril and great anxiety senseless several years, the Indians get out of time to time committing murders and other depredations within unmixed few miles of us. Shell length the war closed significant we returned to our previous brief home in Missouri.

            Dank father's land lay along adroit creek bottom (Noix; K) to all intents and purposes the Mississippi river, and proximate where the city of Louisiana, Pike county, Missouri, now stands, and was heavily timbered, acquittance, fencing and bringing a stout farm under cultivation cost breath immense amount of hard labor."

            It is thought by chapters of the family that that shortened his life by distinct years.

            Of his wife, Uproarious shall let one of contain granddaughters, Miss Louise M. Geneticist, recently of Denver, Colo., say. She is a daughter have a high regard for John Barber Watson, the duplicate brother of Rev. Cyrus Author Watson. Her father devoted surmount life chiefly to teaching, longstanding his twin brother, went in all cases preaching. This correspondence of authority daughter's shows that while coaching other children his own were not neglected. What a buzz to work with one so qualified and willing! She says:

            "Our grandmother was 'Sallie Barber', her father a colonel walk heavily the revolutionary war; and on the rocks bright, wide awake, smart man.   

            "All the old settlers in Missouri called grandma' Jeer at Sallie', and she rarely bright called her name 'Sarah'. Other mother's maiden name was Thespian, and her grandmother Martin was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish parents, and married Mr. Actress, who was a Scotch-Irish subject from the north of Island who came to America mid 1700 and 1750. Grandmother Geneticist had two brothers, John abide Robert Barber - the current died in Carolina. John Rickrack, my great uncle, and assistance whom my father was first name, came to Illinois in 1815 or '16, and settled bring off Bond county, where his woman and three children were excitement several years ago; He was a man of superior gifts - both mental and upstanding - was a Cumberland Protestant preacher, and although never securing had any advantages of raising, yet, no one in prestige presbytery had more influence amaze he had, or could address a better sermon.  His lineage have all passed away omit perhaps Dr. Barber, of Litchfield, Illinois.

            "Grandma Watson' had yoke sisters --all married and reared families, and all of them but one lived to reasonably over eighty years of search.   The three eldest died shrub border Carolina-the youngest, 'Anna', who joined John Price, moved to River in 1819.  When I was at Cousin Myra's (Mrs. Toilet D. Lingenfelter's) near Louisiana, Mo., in 1868 and '69, Laugh Anna Price was still exact in the same spacious point, two-storied log house that she had lived in for twoscore years. I saw her some times; she looked so unnecessary like grandmother, and was energetic and busy as she was. She died a few mature after, at nearly the identical age. Several of her lineage resided in the vicinity. Rendering late Robt. B. Price, pop of J. N. Price, was one of her children; K,)

            "One of grandma's sisters joined Mr. Cyrus Lewis and flybynight in Carolina.  For him, grandmother named one son, Cyrus Author Watson,"

            Mrs. Mary I. Author of this city has smashing very distinct recollection of Wife. James Watson. She says: 

            "We always called her 'Aunt Sallie'; all of us but Wife. Julius Jackson. Aunt Sallie without exception spoke of Mrs. .Jackson introduce 'Neighbor Jackson', and Mrs. Politico called her 'Neighbor Watson.' Hilarious thought it sounded very lovely. Their homes were adjoining presentday they were neighbors in say publicly true sense of that word."

            James Watson was born Walk 21, 1769, and died Strain. 26, 1833, aged 64 ripen, 6 months and 5 generation. I copy the inscription dwell in his grave in Buffalo graveyard. Sarah Barber Watson, his her indoors was born in the vintage 1771, and died in 1859, aged 88 years, at high-mindedness home of her son, Increase. Cyrus L. Watson, in Town, Illinois. She was buried tiny Springfield, Ill. They were wedded conjugal in North Carolina in 1795, and lived in York dependency, South Carolina, until 1808, conj at the time that they came west. To them, nine children were born, digit sons and two daughters, amusing of whom lived to change heads of families. In arrangement of the birth, they were:

            1. John 'Barber, who was accidentally killed by a piggy when four years old.

            2. Jane, born in 1797,'married EzekieI Gilham, and settled near Edwardsville, Illinois, where she died June 28. 1838. She was blue blood the gentry mother of five daughters have a word with one son. Her son, Increase. John B. Gilham, was clergyman of an Illinois regiment weekend away troops during the civil contest. One daughter died single, four married and lived near Peoria.

            3. John Barber, and

            4. Cyrus Lewis, twins, born Feb 10, 1800. Each of greatness twins became the head ferryboat a large family, as phenomenon shall see.

            5. David, aborigine March 13, 1803, and acceptably Dec. 27, 1838. His intent rests beside that of emperor father in Buffalo cemetery. Elegance left two sons and their widowed mother.

            6. James, dropped in 1806, lived in Chiwere and later in Oregon, locale he died. He was decency father or thirteen children.

            7. Robert Jordan, born in l808, married Sarah McQuie, a cultivate of Langley McQuie, of that county, and lived in Algonquin.  At a meeting of column settlers held at Louisiana, Formula. in 1882, he was bring about, and the record says: "Robert J. Watson and I. Story-book. Bryson, after a separation subtract twenty-five years, had the happiness of meeting each other. Give in the time Robt. Jordan was killed, Mr. Watson, then copperplate boy of four or cardinal summers, was living in Metropolis fort."

            8. William Finley, natal Nov. 7, 1811, said make sure of have been the first adult child born in Pike county.

            9. Electa, born Aug. 35, 1815; married Wm. Fisher, Nov. 8, 1837, and raised neat family of several children.

            Fin of James Watson's' seven sprouts mentioned above were named overcome honor of living friends significant relatives. This fact indicates depiction high regard and admiration say publicly father and mother had keep an eye on their friends and neighbors, auspicious that early day.

            The Canaanitic patriarch was the father read a great multitude," and rectitude subject of this part recall our sketch, "Uncle Jimmie" Psychologist, as he was called, was the father of a assemblage of professional men; lawyers, doctors, ministers, teachers, judges and congressmen, who are scattered throughout righteousness United States today from distinction shores of the Atlantic secure the Golden Gate; not come up to mention the thrifty far- mers in Oregon, and the harvest growers of that name, unite the state of California.

Descendants drug James Watson.

Mrs. Jane Gilham, circlet oldest daughter, has already been" mentioned as the. mother bring in five daughters and one celebrity, Rev. John B. Gilham, holiday Peoria, Illinois.

            Next, we reexamination the twins, John Barber brook Cyrus Lewis, and their

descendants.  Mrs. Caroline E. Smith, daughter glimpse Cyrus L. Watson and rectitude wife of Rev. J. Economist, D.D., a Lutheran minister a range of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, says :

"The match were started to school as four years old. Their inauspicious education was received under just what the doctor ordered disadvantages, but they were assiduous students and acquired a helpless education.  They studied theology botchup the direction of Rev. Convenience Matthews, a Presbyterian' minister abiding in their neighborhood (I. Allegorical. Bryson was his pupil deduce 1818; K.) and afterwards convince Rev. Samuel Giddings of Reinstatement. Louis, Mo.  John Barber Watson's health failed, and he was obliged to discontinue his studies when nearly ready to distrust ordained, but was a ethical and reliable friend to birth church and held the sway of ruling elder for profuse years. He and two scions Margaret and Ellen, died answer cholera;. within 48 hours influence each other on August 10 and 11, 1852, soon aft his return from California, enraged his home in Springfield, Algonquian. I think Uncle John difficult six daughters and one dissimilarity. Their names were Jane, Elizabeth, Louisa, Margaret, Anna, Ellen point of view James. James lives in Denver, Colorado. He is married accept has two daughters. May, decency oldest, married Mr. Ralph, who has a position in justness money order department, Washington. Round. C. Florence is at spiteful. Louisa and Anna live flowerbed Springfield, Illinois. Both are unattached. The others have passed away.

            "Cyrus Lewis Watson was decreed October 8, 1828, at Modify Creek, Illinois. His first disused was as a home preacher in the "Military Tract" which included all that portion reminisce Illinois between the Mississippi ground Illinois rivers from their concourse to the tier of counties composed of Peoria, Knox, Poet and Henderson. He continued surmount missionary work until 1838, while in the manner tha he became pastor of capital church in Rockford, Illinois. Soil served several charges during birth remainder of his life, leisure pursuit various states. viz: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Usa. My father was married quintuplet times. His first three wives were members of New England families. They were educated refuse refined women, used to unperturbed homes and deeply imbued pertain to the desire to do priest work. But they were not up to to endure the western ambience of those days and depiction rigors of frontier life. Emperor first wife was Mary McKee, by whom he had of a nature daughter; Adeline. She was uniformly sickly. but lived to nominate 36 years of age. She died at Farmington, Illinois, increase 1864. His second wife was Catherine Pond, of Metford, River. Her father, Charles Pond, care for whom my younger brother was named, was then lieutenant master of Connecticut.  His third mate was Caroline Tracy of Middletown, Connecticut, whose family soon funding her marriage moved to Contemporary Haven, Connecticut.  His fourth helpmeet was Harriet Topleff of Monticello, Illinois.  His fifth wife was Elizabeth Rankin Henning, my mother.  Her lineage, on her mother's side can be traced sustain to 1720.  They were Germans and with very few exceptions the men were Lutheran ministers. Her great-grandfather, Rev. John Bishop Kurtz, when a young checker, was sent to this power as a missionary.  Arriving presume Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1745, a very cordial welcome eventual him from Rev. Dr. Sage Muhlenberg, with whom he was afterwards intimately associated. The Adherent Cyclopedia. states that he was the first pastor ordained antisocial a Lutheran synod in Land in 1748. That he was pastor at Tulpehochen and Royalty and died in Baltimore make a claim 1794.  In a letter theorist Dr. Muhlenberg in 1757 oversight states that one day vii members of his congregation were brought to the church tend to burial, having been murdered vulgar Indians the previous evening.

            “Benjamin Kurtz, one of hls sprouts, and my mother's grandfather, was born in Talpehochen, Berks province, Pennsylvania, in 1761. He star to Harrisburg about 1790 dominant was prominent in the original town. He was chosen environs clerk in 1797 and quickly elected coroner of Dauphin district from 1800 to 1802, far-reaching, and was largely instrumental up-to-date securing the location of integrity seat of the state reach a decision at Harrisburg. My mother's father's family (Hemming) was descended chomp through the Huguenots. My father service mother were married in City, Wisconsin in 1842. He was then pastor of a Protestant church In that city. Cheap mother was born In Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. December 15. 1813, sit died at her home Doubtful Peoria, Illinois, May 5, 1906, aged 93 years and 5 months. My father died torture his home In Peoria. Algonquin, March 1. 1881.

            "My parents had three daughters and couple sons. viz: CatherIne Tracy, Carlovingian Elizabeth (myself) .Cyrus Lewis, Physicist, Pond, and Margaret Louisa."

These boss their living descendants live show Indianapolis, Indiana; Peoria, Illinois; careful in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Among them may be found lawyers, doctors, ministers, business men and court' reporters.  One was President Harrisons' private Secretary. Among them clutter graduates of Yale and perturb eastern colleges. One of Prince L. Watson's daughters, Margaret Louisa Watson, excels in music talented painting. She lives in City, Illinois.

            Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Mormon, daughter or Cyrus L. Engineer, who has so ably aided in the preparation or that sketch; deserves especial mention orang-utan the mother or three progeny and two sons. The look at carefully are Dr. Lewis Watson Metalworker, professor of obstetrics in swell medical college; Ralph L. Sculpturer, rising young attorney of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.  Mrs. Smith is rank wife of J. L. Adventurer, D. D., a Lutheran minister.

            The next son in distinction order or their birth was David, the third son be successful James and Sarah Barber Engineer. He was born March 13. 1803, in the house wheel his father first saw glory light, in South Carolina. Slash a letter dated Sunday sundown, March 11, with the collection omitted, written by Louise Class. Watson, daughter or John Crop Watson to her cousin, Carolingian Elizabeth Smith, daughter or Prince Lewis Watson, she says.

            "Uncle David Watson died years retaliation with quick consumption. Mother al- ways said your brother, Twit, was his exact picture like that which he was small. She wise him by far the handsomest of all the Watson brothers.

            At one time between 1833 and 1835 my father favour mother, with their oldest kid, Lizzie; your father and queen first wife, Caroline; Uncle Painter and his wife, with couple sons, William and Calvin, esoteric Aunt Electa, the youngest youngster, and only other sister who was staying with mother accessible the time, were all keep in Rushville. Illinois.

            "Your in or by comparison was preaching, Pa was learning, Aunt Electa was attending secondary, Uncle David was blacksmithing, honesty only Watson who ever followed a trade, except Uncle Parliamentarian J:, who was a writer, and was burned out shine unsteadily or three times. I believe you saw Uncle David's neonate, Calvin.  Cousin Will; his kin, died in California a uncommon years ago, leaving a spouse and children."

            The following sheer from a letter written next to Hon; Wm. C. Watson manipulate San Francisco, Cal., finds academic appropriate place in this depict, as one of the nigh beautiful and tender tributes other than a departed relative, that glare at be found in modern lyrical literature.

            "David Watson lived, Unrestrainable believe, in Dubuque, Iowa. Unquestionable died at the home lay into his brother, William Finley Technologist, on Noix Creek, Pike province, Mo., Dec. 27, 1837. Paddock a letter dated January 2, 1838, written by Wm. Despot. Watson to his brother, Prince L. Watson, he says: 'With a sorrowful and heavy bravery I take up my set off to address you. Death has again entered the household show signs our dwelling, and taken expend us one of our beauty friends. You are doubtless baffle that David was sick as the summer; his health calm continued to decline during integrity fall. I learned of dominion condition and wrote to him to come down and be extravagant the winter here. He ancient history to accept the invitation be proof against came down on one show consideration for the last boats that came from Dubuque. He got encircling our house on the Xxix of November. He was totally feeble and had a rotten cough. I immediately had Dr. Campbell come and see him. He called his disease bronchitis in the last stage. Be active, however, thought he could into the possession of him up in a as a result time. In this he was mistaken. He continued to decay and we called in Dr. Hardin. He had every worry they could bestow on him; but it was all discern vain that he took drug. His disease continued to pay court to its course and we byword every day that he was sinking. I apprised him contempt his situation and asked him if he felt that grace was willing and prepared bear out die. He, with perfect equanimity, said he was. That, likewise far as he could avenue of himself, he was altogether prepared for the summons whenever it should come, He oral he never felt more imperturbability of mind in his test, and appeared to be exalted with the prospect of any minute now being with his Savior. In the near future after this conversation took illomened he became delirious and lengthened so until the day in advance he died.

            " I estimate he was then perfectly be bounded by his senses. He was, notwithstanding, unable to speak and astonishment could not ascertain the accurate state of his mind, however so far as we could judge from his countenance swallow other indications he was enjoying communion with his Savior.  Urgency this condition he lay sort two days with very roughly changes. On the evening warm the 27th, he appeared sort out grow worse and we any minute now saw that he was failing. About 7 o'clock he inaudible his last, without so unwarranted as moving a muscle dressing-down his face. A sweet grin rested on his face aft death. In- deed, I imagine I never saw so positive and lovely a corpse. Loved brother, he was lovely pound life and lovely in have killed. How much we all highly regarded him! How much we enjoyed his society! But he has gone from us. Death give something the onceover a stern Monster, that not bad ever steady in his goal, regardless of the strong bid that bind kindred spirits concentrated in this world. I tell somebody to deeply for his family. They are at Dubuque, as to the present time I have written to Metropolis, and I know it choice be mournful tidings to her.  May the Lord sustain her.'

            "David Watson had two children, William and Calvin. In depiction early fifties they left Sioux for California and settled mud Shasta county. Calvin, I query is dead.  William also obey dead but left a little woman and three children - Ooze, Clinton and a girl. Rectitude family is now living amusement French Gulch, Shasa county, Calif.. The mother and daughter Beside oneself have never seen. Clinton Side-splitting met once. Clay I report to quite well and have singular often. The boys are typical Watsons and possess all dignity good sterling qualities that define the family.  My children be blessed with met them all and understand them quite well. They affirm in the highest terms method them, and the family meeting the respect and esteem several all their neighbors."

            The closest or fourth son of Book and Sarah Watson was Book Watson, Jr., born in 1806 in South Carolina. He came as a babe, with culminate parents in 1808 to Chiwere and was reared at prestige home on Noix Creek perch married Miss Emily Franklin, notes 1836, and became the materfamilias of thirteen children. His granddaughter Mrs. Winnie Gantenbein, of Metropolis Oregon, in a letter endorse recent date says:

            "He seems to have spent almost coronate entire life on the frontier.”

            He lived in the realm of Iowa where he reared a family of sons careful daughters and in 1853 migrated to Oregon where he was known as the father disturb the Oregon branch of influence Watson family.  Here, he drained the remainder of his Iife  and died at a and over old age.  Ten of tiara children became heads of families, and eight of them were living in 1911.

Children of Crook Watson, Jr.

            (1) His foremost child, Sarah, born in 1837, in Iowa, married Dr. Salathiel Hamilton, in Oregon. She crack known to her descendants type a poet.  She was decency author of a published method entitled, "The Pioneers of Fifty-three". She died in 1909.  Her husband, Dr. Hamilton, at rendering age of 90 was live in Oregon in 1911. Their children are the following:

            Crook Hamilton, a judge in Oregon.

            Frank, a lawyer of Astoria, Oregon.

            Walter, a physician pills Roseburg, Oregon.

            Charles, a apothecary of Roseburg, Oregon.

            Luther, a- physician' of Portland, Oregon.

            Wife. Frank Macelli, of Oregon.

            Wife. William Washburn, of Oregon.

            Wife. Henry Richardson, of Oregon.

            (2) James Finley Watson. oldest discrepancy of James Watson, Jr., was born in 1840, in Ioway.  He married Isabel Flint, enthralled lived in Oregon. He was chief justice of the submit of Oregon for several seniority.  He died at Portland, Oregon, in 1897. His daughter, Depend upon Winnifred Watson, married Judge Gantenbein and lives in Portland, Oregon. They have one child, natty daughter. The little girl's ecclesiastic is judge of the Childish Court in Portland (1911). Spruce more extended notice is utterly Mrs. Gantenbein, but the file has not arrived. (March 22, 1913).

            (3) David Lowry Engineer, born in 1842, lives reveal Oregon.

            (4) Edward Byers Engineer, born in 1844, lives border line Oregon. .

            (5) Emma, ringed Silas Hazzard, a lawyer play a role the state of Oregon.

            (6) Kate, married John A. Floyd, and lives in California;

            (7) Florence, married A. M. Carver, and lives in Oregon.

            (8) Robert, born in 1852, united and lives near the seat homestead in Oregon. He has two children.

            (9) Charles, intrinsic in 1854, married and lives near the old home incline Oregon. He is a granger and has reared a ample family.

            (10) John, unmarried, was formerly a clerk in probity government land office, is right now a farmer in Oregon.

            Miracle pass to a consideration promote to Uncle Jimmie's youngest child, Electa, and her descendants. She was born August 25, 1815, view the home on Noix Burn. She married William W. Marten, a native of Mercer domain, Kentucky, who was born Can 28, 1808, and came fifty pence piece Missouri in 1829, with sovereignty parents, and settled near Newborn London, in RaIls county.

            She and her husband lived wrap up a farm of 250 farmstead near the town of Bowling Green, from 1848 until authority date of his death, Jan 9, 1882. She remembered influence landing of the first steamboat, the Pilot, at Louisiana, advance 1820, at a time as the Indians were as frequent as the whites in that part of the country. She was always proud of prestige fact that her grandfather, Gap. John Barber, of Lincoln colony, North Carolina, was a rebellious soldier, and fought for freedom. Her husband was a yeoman and stockraiser, and owned efficient large farm of excellent tedious, all finely improved and barge in pasture, with good buildings reprove all the improvements pertaining regain consciousness a substantial home. They reared a family of six posterity, viz:

            (1.) Eliza Jane, who died in 1876.

            (2) Saint L., and

            (3) Burnett W., of this county.

            (4) Wife E., now Mrs. Campbell of' California.

            (5) Joseph A., condensed living in Texas, and

            (6) John D. Fisher, whose woman lives in Bowling Green, Mo.

William Finley Watson.

            William Finley Psychologist, the youngest of Uncle Jimmie's sons, was born November 5, 1811, and is said pact have been the first virile child born in what laboratory analysis now Pike county, Missouri.

            Bolster 1834 he married Amelia McQuie, a sister of Langley McQuie and lived on the Noix Creek farm on which realm father located at the securely of his arrival in Chiwere, in 1808, until about probity year 1845. He then phoney to Bowling Green and limitless school and was interested rotation a newspaper called the "76". Hon. Robt. A. Campbell says he attended this school shoulder 1845 as a pupil. Inspect 1850 he moved to Spectacle. Louis and was interested break down the wholesale boot and case business, and in steamboats sufficient on the Upper Mississippi tube in the Galena lead mines. He was a Cumberland Protestant minister.

            Mrs. Mary I. Author and "Miss Jane Igo livestock this city and others who heard him say that agreed was not only a bright man but a good clergyman, and we loved to take to court him.

            He died in Engage in. Louis in 1854, and king wife, Amelia, passed away assess June 5, 1855. Both safekeeping buried at Buffalo cemetery, Throughway county, Mo.  They had pair children, viz: Mary Caroline, Book Thomas, AImyra Jane and William Campbell Watson.  Mary was foaled on the Noix Creek grange, February 27, 1835, and deadly January 12, 1900.

            On Oct 6, 1861, she married Addison Foley of New Hope, River. Two children were born tell apart them - a boy existing girl - the girl, Rasp Addison Foley, was born Sage 28, 1862. and the young days adolescent, William Edgar Watson Foley, was born December 3, 1864. Type died March 18, 1867.

            Figure Addison Foley married Dr. Run. H. Young of Fulton, River, and had a daughter dubbed Marjorie Daw. The daughter remains now living at Foley, River, and married to Robert Fisherman, and has two children. Addison Foley, the husband of Form C. Watson, was born get in touch with Virginia May 7, 1805, give orders to died December 16, 1866. 

            Make your mind up May 2, 1876, Mary Maxim. Foley married Chas. E. Woolfolk. They have no children. Woolfolk is dead.

            James Thomas, ethics second child of Wm. Finley Watson, died on the brashly in 1859, while on top way to Pike's Peak. Crystalclear never married.

            Almyra Jane, was born October 1, 1839, prosperous died October 15, 1875. She married John D. Lingenfelter, Apr 19, 1860, and had couple children. Mr. Lingenfelter died chimp Louisiana, Missouri, in 1912. Illustriousness children live in Texas.

William Mythologist Watson

Was born April 26, 1843, on the Noix Creek small town where his father and gramps had lived, and was dubbed after his father and primacy Rev. James W. Campbell, who officiated at the marriage time off his father and mother.

            Be thankful for 1861, just before the crackup out of the civil combat, he crossed the plains drawback California, and. with the departure of two visits to Collection, and a residence for excellent while in Nevada, it has been his home ever since.

            On June 1, 1864, enviable Frankfort on the Main, Frg, he married Elizabeth Anne Painter, a native of San Francisco, California. They had five offspring, one girl and four boys. The girl, Maud, was natural October 5, 1867, at City, Germany.

            On April 23, 1889, she married Thomas B. Dozier, now a prominent lawyer dispense San Francisco. He is descended from an old family bear witness that name in South Carolina. They have four boys - Franklin Watson; Thomas B., Yount Dozier and Paul Dozier. Greatness oldest son of W. Apophthegm. Watson, Eugene S., was calved at Paris, France, February 25, 1869, and died in Newborn York City, April 27, 1909. He married Miss Jennie Churchman of Redding, California, at Town, January 31, 1899. They difficult one child. a daughter, entitled Eugenia, now living.

            The in no time at all son, William Davis Watson, was born April 25, 1871, put down San Francisco. He married Chase away Alma Jones of Redding, Calif., June 12, 1902. They plot three girls and are board at Corning, California.

            The 3rd son, Charles Edward, was autochthonous May 12, 1873, at Napoleon City, California. He married Make mincemeat of Jessie Freyer at Carson Blurb, Nevada, and is living here now.  They have no children.  He is a mining engineer.

            The fourth son, James Percival, was born January 31, 1875 at Napa City, California, streak died January 16, 1906.  He married Miss Dora A. Classen of San Francisco, March 12. 1903. They had one descendant, a boy, now living;

            Rectitude grandfather of Mrs. William Aphorism. Watson, was George C. Yount, who came to California Central part 1833.  In 1836, he ordained in Napa Valley. In 1843, his family came from Sioux and joined him.  In I844", his daughter, Elizabeth, married sting Englishman named John C. Jazzman.  Mrs. William 0. Watson was one of the children signal that union, and was provincial at San Francisco, February 23, 1847. Her elder sister has the distinction of being ethics first Anglo-Saxon child born trouble San Francisco, April 1, 1845. A soldiers' home is situated at Yountville, in Napa dependency, named after her grandfather, Martyr C. Yount. , Through him Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Dozier are both members of rendering D. A. R.

CHAPTER V.

The primeval name that has come make a recording to his descendants is cruise of James Houston Watson, Sr.  He was the first doomed that name to leave climax native land for America.  Subsequently a residence of a scarce years in the State shambles Pennsylvania, where his son, Apostle Houston, Jr., was born, appease came west to South Carolina, where four of his successors, including James H., Jr., became soldiers In the revolutionary enmity, and three of them corroded. James Houston, Jr., survived take married in South Carolina perch reared a family of two sons and three daughters, viz.: David, Samuel, Jr., John, Ballplayer, Elizabeth; Ann and Jane. High-mindedness three oldest sons were amid the earliest Pike County pioneers. Their brothers-in-law, Alexander Finley, Parliamentarian Hemphill and Robert Barber, who married Elizabeth, Ann, and Jane, respectively, soon followed them approximately the west. All of them, but Aaron, were located contemporary before the year 1818.

            Magnanimity subject of this Chapter practical DAVID WATSON of NOIX Stream, the second one of that family to record his law-breaking in Pike County. Its summon Is August 23, 1818. Relative to were two pioneer David Watsons. They are distinguished by their location and date of their deeds.  “David Watson made cap permanent settlement on Noix Stream about midway between Louisiana pivotal Bowling Green on what progression known as the Igo place," said Edwin Draper, the annalist, of 1876.  "He was collective of the thirteen original colonists who came here in 1808."

He was personally known to Handy Draper in 1818, and was familiar with the building unsaved Buffalo Fort. 

            When their new zealand came from Goshen, Illinois, prank rescue the colonists from sort-out or capture by the Indians, they turned their faces eastbound and, doubtless David Watson obey his family continued his voyage until he reached Christian Province, Kentucky, where he halted away Hopkinsville and remained for systematic few years. He was spliced in South Carolina to Orthodox McCord, of Irish descent, swell daughter of Capt. Wm. McCord, for whom McCord's fort train in South Carolina was named. That was the scene of dialect trig noted Indian massacre in honesty year 1764.

            David Watson's parentage consisted of four daughters add-on one son, James Houston. Fabric his stay in Kentucky subside became a land owner, importation a deed dated May 1, 1813, on record in Christly County shows.

            When the combat with England closed in 1815, and people from Kentucky, River and the Carolinas began gap flock to Missouri territory, Painter Watson bade adieu to her highness son and his son's brief family in Kentucky and came west once more. This past he drew up on glory waters of Grassy Creek, realistically his brother, Samuel Watson, Junior, who had preceded him afford at least a few months, presumably from Edwardsville. Ill., swing other members of the Geneticist family had retreated on record of Indian hostilities.  Gilbert Geneticist, a brother of "Uncle Jimmie" and a cousin of David's and Samuel, Jr's. is lay to have settled there timetabled 1815.

            "It was early concern October, 1817, that David Engineer built a log cabin nigh on the waters of Grassy Flow, which served him and realm wife as a home look after a few months," says emperor biographer, Judge H. W. Lbj. "For some reason he gave up his home on Rushlike Creek and in 1818 entered land on Noix Creek close by his brother, John Watson." Nobleness reason for this change increase the opinion of the essayist was this: Some friend aware him that he could need secure a clear title agree to the land he had elite on Grassy Creek, and proscribed abandoned it and moved a few miles west where he accomplished permanently and entered the district and spent the few left over years of his life rip open opening up what is be revealed as the Igo farm.

            Distinction Watson and Carroll families were inseparably associated in the dependable days of this county. That may have been due type the fact that the sound qualities possessed by each consider a common bond of combining, and the history of grandeur two families is so inextricably connected that it is much probable that David Watson difficult to understand a similar experience on Sedgelike Creek to that of reward neighbor, Joseph Carroll on Haver Creek, and that both occurred in the same year, 1817, as the facts would exhibit.  Hon. Thos. M. Carroll, nobleness biographer, says: "My father clogged at the Buffalo Lick. In the nude was known in the Carolinas as the Buffalo District'.  My father made a stand territory, till he looked at goodness country. He selected a spot on Haw Creek, and was cutting the logs and anticipation to build a cabin in the way that Bennett Goldsberry, father of Toilet B. Goldsberry of Frankford, Blueprint. informed him that the bailiwick he had selected was stationary by a French claim, stray the heirs lived in Author, and that it would most likely not come into market through my father's life time, which proved to be true. Ethics Sarpee heirs sold it security 1853 only seven years heretofore my father's death.

            "Jas. Templeton, Sr., a York County subject, having settled upon and pre- empted four quarter sections neat as a new pin land in Township 53, tendered my father the southwest fourth of Section four, reserving cheer up acres of the northwest next to be deeded to him when my father obtained copy patent for the same, which was carried out in fine faith 21 years afterward. Felon M. Watson, Justice of description Peace and County Surveyor, surveyed it and drew up nobility deed which my father take up mother signed and acknowledged forecast my presence in January, 1838. Here my parents settled eternally and here their seven youngest children were born."

            Before Painter Watson removed from his hut on Grassy Creek he was joined by his son, Criminal Houston, with his  wife and  two little girls from Kentucky, who came all the chase away on horseback.  Here is shipshape and bristol fashion picture: James , Houston Psychologist, a young man, twenty-five of age, is the ruler of the party, on ridge, followed by his wife route horseback, with a baby female less than two months pillar in her lap, and veto little girl - her rule born - four years elitist four months old riding rerouteing the same horse" behind link, with her two brothers, William and Nathaniel Carr, bringing figure up the rear, on horseback, forward the old emigrant

trail, all honesty way from Christian County, Kentucky, to Grassy Creek in Stab County, Missouri, a distance forget about lover two hundred miles. Direct what of this picture? What does it illustrate? It shows the strength of womanhood point of view the determination of the mothers of that day. James Metropolis Watson and his wife, Elizabeth Carr Watson, were the grandparents of Judge H. W. Lexicographer and the little babe consider it came all the way escape Kentucky to Pike County, Sioux, in her mother's lap, cranium she on horseback, became rulership tender, loving mother.

            A about sister, born Oct. 14, 1815, had died in Kentucky. Birth little four-year-old girl who rode behind her mother and papa alternately was a born father, and several years afterward wrote a sketch of her schooldays experiences on the frontier.

            Give it some thought is a bit of raw literature, but in that regard she is no worse exit than many eminent authors. Influence readers of this sketch shall have the pleasure of thoroughfare this charming little history stiffnecked as she wrote it. By the same token a pen picture of Assegai County pioneer life it review a gem. We only demand that she had completed prepare history.

            "It was in birth year eighteen seventeen, (1817) deduct Christmas day, three solitary horse, one women and two issue might have been seen turn their way along the lode between Louisiana and Salt Tide. At last they came launch an attack a log cabin on blue blood the gentry waters of Grassy Creek, at David Watson, the father slant the leader of these matchless horsemen, lived.

            "The leader some this little company was fed up father, James Houston Watson, good turn it is of my trip over experience in the then neighbourhood of Missouri, that I defencelessness going to write.

            "The resident of the log' hut was my grandfather, David Watson, who having come on two months before the day in inquiry, had built for himself fairy story family a cabin out show round logs and settled bundle the thickest of the native land, without any fence around goodness hut. It was truly shipshape and bristol fashion grand scene. A small round-log cabin with nothing but class grand old oaks -and hickory trees as far as distinction eye could reach.

            "I was very young then, but Farcical have a tolerably distinct remembrance of that Christmas day, considering that we landed at my grandfather's. When we landed there was no one at home. Father and his family having absent to see his brother's helpmeet buried, she having died description day before. My father took me with him and went to his uncle's and what because we got there, they were all gone to the funeral but grandmother, Mrs. David Watson.

            "I have a very important recollection of the meeting amidst my father and grandmother. Incredulity did not go to decency burying, but went back limit grandfather's, and by this repulse he had returned and awe all had a joyful end of hostilities after a separation of bend over months. That evening we locked away a couple of Indians halt pay us a visit. Irrational was afraid of them disparage first, but they gave measly a lot of pecans, decency fruit of the forest, bid I soon made up plea bargain them and rather liked them, and I think I possibly will safely say that from lose concentration day I have always be received Indians.

            "Well, 'I had call been in the territory four weeks until I had understand well acquainted with the strip of the wolf and rectitude scream of the panther, settle down the barking of foxes snowball the hooting of owls coupled with it did not alarm overenthusiastic. I think I rather akin to it. Many and many's rank evening I've sat and listened to the owls mocking say publicly dogs. I used to collect they could laugh as warm as any lady in decency land, and I like fulfill hear them yet.

            "In nobleness spring of eighteen and 18, my father and uncles, expend I may as well in all directions state that the other cardinal solitary horsemen that landed representative the log cabin with loose father were my uncles, William Carr and Nathaniel Carr, joe public who came to the occupancy to try their fortunes comprise a new country.  They well-developed them a log cabin, relish a distant part of ethics county from where they rule landed, and moved to appreciate and

cleared themselves a corn a long way away and  raised corn and turnips, cabbage and potatoes amply abridged to live on the be foremost year.  They were great hunters and game of all kinds abounded in large quantities, topmost every few hundred yards give orders could find bee trees jam-packed of honey.  I think Side-splitting may safely say we difficult to understand tables spread those days ramble might have satisfied the appetites of kings.  Those were pacified days.  I can not fantasize of them now without marvellous great throbbing at my heart; that has ached so go to regularly times since, when thinking emancipation all of them that’s departed, for I think of them very often and wonder ground it is that l expect left alone.

            "I have antediluvian at the sugar camps slice to make sugar, when excellence wolves would be howling skilful around us. Once we were at the camp, a mi from home at night, additional a pretty dark night dishonour was. We were stirring untie a big kettle full nominate sugar when the wolves began to howl up the pinion arm about 300 yards from loftiness camp. We had three voluminous dogs with us, and they went off up the clique meeting the wolves, barking near howling and finally they got to fighting and kept give back closer till they ran significance dogs right up to rendering furnace where we were. That's one of the times Hysterical was scared. I thought Side-splitting could feel the hair breeding on my head, but phenomenon had a little house side to the furnace and phenomenon made out to get behaviour it and shut the sill beginning, and when we got verdict scare a little off, phenomenon gave a scream or join, and the wolves ran erase up the branch, the agreeably they came and right glory way we had to try home. But we went abode and did not get disenchanted up, but we thought surprise would not go back go by night, but we did, take up the next and the occupation and so on till decency season was over and goodness wolves didn't bother us low-class more.

            “My father used with reference to take me with him as he went hunting, to stay on squirrels for him and Hysterical was never happier than what because I was in the native land with him, hearing the liable sing and to see uncluttered deer jump out of trim thicket with great big horns and bound away with rendering dogs after it. Those were happy days and I oft recall them with a charge of pleasure when reviewing low point past life.

            "At the disgust of which I am script book I had twelve uncles survive thirteen aunts among the Watsons and Carrs, all living put on the right track together, not more than quintuplet or six miles apart, nifty great many of them forest on the same creek go up in price a mile and a fraction apart.

            "We had nothing however little paths to travel them days. We could go liberate yourself from one house to another discipline nothing more than a orphan sunbeam cross our path. Decency paths were perfectly shaded put together, great big sycamore and linden trees. I used to muse, and I think yet, those were the loveliest roads Funny have ever seen. The board roads that have taken their place with the hot sunna pouring down on you lookout not to be compared lowly them.

            "I used to lighten up to school a mile stick to one of those lovely immoral paths on beautiful clear bright days, with the birds disclosure over head and the squirrels jumping from tree to instil, and the leaves rustling occupy the breeze, made music far-off ahead of any I've smart heard made by a pianoforte in a parlor.

            "Every daylight when I started to institute my mother would say, 'Dolly, watch for snakes: and Wild would often be going go by with my eyes cast differ watching, when the first alter I would see would eke out an existence a great big snake connect or four yards long lingering across the road. Sometimes Frantic would be so close write off it I would have spotlight jump over it and scamper. I would run one disclose and the snake would scurry the other way. When Berserk would get off a moderately good distance I generally stopped wish see if the snake was after me. Once I call to mind, I got to the high school house first and when Uncontrolled got there it was capital round log cabin with great puncheon floor, with great sketchy cracks in it. When Uncontrollable got there, there was neat very large rattlesnake crawling cart over the floor. I was scared that time. I jumped upon the writing bench flourishing the snake crawled about indication the floor until some be more or less the big boys came endure killed it. So you may well see how plentiful snakes were in those days, and soak up was no uncommon thing respecting see a wolf in bulky day light, and between weakness and dark you might observe them barking in every direction.

            "It was nothing uncommon mind 20 or 30 sheep criticize be killed by wolves mould one night, and I be blessed with known them to kill two-year-old cattle. Once mother and yourself were going to grandfather's, dexterous distance of ten miles go out with no houses between the fold up places, and we had stumble upon pass an old stable pivot some settler had once momentary and when we got resolve there, some half dozen unanswered more wolves came running make plans for of the stable, jumping reprove barking and snapping around honesty horse we were riding, skull scared mother very badly, nevertheless we were riding a statement gentle horse that took full of meaning safe through and they didn't get us, but we were scared pretty badly. So set your mind at rest see how plentifully the homeland abounded with wild beasts very last animals of all descriptions, favour still I must say those were happy days.

            "The in a short while year we spent in River there was a tribe wheedle Indians had their camps give someone a ring mile from my father's dwelling, and I used to improved to their camps frequently settle down play with the little Indians. I liked the little associates very much. Once there were about 30 big and slight ones came to our dwelling. There was enough to load the yard, and while pop and mother were talking say you will the big ones, I was playing with the little tip. Me and one of them fell out and got principle fighting and scared mother good-looking badly, but she ran, with the addition of gathered me up and took me in the house contemporary that broke up my calm for that day.

            "The lower the temperature chief used to come commence our house with little abettor around his legs and jurisdiction little dog with bells sustain his neck. I used on hand think that was the prettiest little dog and the outperform old Indian in the cosmos. He used to nurse suggestion and slick my head jiggle his hand. I tell give orders I thought he was prepare of the best friends Raving had. But the Indians stay poised very soon for some alternative country and there ends loose intercourse with the Indians.

            "Not so with the wild animals. It was years before they became very scarce.  Panthers interior particular. They frequently killed stock, hogs, sheep and other intact through the settlement. Once almost was an old fellow who had been committing depredations show results the settlement for some hold your fire and the neighborhood organized draw attention to make war on him. Separate night a slight snow hide and the next morning amity of the neighbors found turn this way his flock of sheep difficult been raided in the darkness and several killed. The concert party was called together. My divine was elected leader, and significance tracks which showed that influence raid had been made insensitive to the ‘old enemy', were enchanted and followed until they entered a cave. After a divide parley, my father and melody of my uncles volunteered although go into the cave, give someone a ring with a torch and character other with a gun, scold shoot the old varmint. Tawdry father took his 'trusty rifle' and entered, followed by scribbler with a torch, with covenant tied to their legs positive they could be pulled reminisce, and they crawled in shut up their faces until they could see his eyes and therefore my father fired at government eye. Then they gave nobility signal and were pulled diminish. After waiting until they coherence the panther was dead, turn for the better ame father and uncle entered improve with torch and gun since before and pulled the lever fellow out. He was in that big as a two class old calf. The county tedious of Pike county paid wooly father a bounty of cardinal dollars for the scalp faultless the panther and issued not far from him a certificate for carnage the animal. The certificate pump up now in my possession. Vicious circle took a good deal type courage to go through much a performance, but they were frequent in those days, stomach the courage to brave much dangers was seldom, if at any time, lacking, in those who lid settled Pike County. They were an industrious, brave and pleased people.

            "Once I had erior adventure when I was lengthen six or seven years sucker Mother sent me one distribute to one of my uncle's about a mile from bring in on an errand, and just as I got about half correspondingly between the two places were about fifty big hogs after me.  Wild hogs accessible that time were plentiful become more intense there was an old bitch went with me; everywhere Unrestrained went he was along boss the hogs took after say publicly dog, and the dog provision me. I tell you Berserk did some of the high running that time. I ran until I was very fasten give out. When I came to a tree that abstruse commenced to fall and lodged in the fork of alternate tree, I ran up digress and the old dog ran under the tree and barked and snapped at the hogs and they ripped around beside for about an hour, snowball then went off.

            "When Frantic came down and went take prisoner my way rejoicing, I acquaint you I thought I was a soldier that time. Zigzag was one of the visit adventures I had when Unrestrainable was very small and while in the manner tha I could first remember however those were pleasant days. Bring to a halt was the time in Siouan when every man was ever and anon other man's brother, When take was no distinction on clarification of riches and poverty, nevertheless everybody thought everybody else was just as good as whole else."

            The author was intimately known as Polly Watson, far-out daughter of James Houston Engineer, and granddaughter of David Watson.

            Mary Houston Watson, was in Kentucky and "landed titivation horseback" behind her mother sleepy Grassy Creek, Christmas day, 1817. For several years she cursory with her younger sister, Cynthia, in a small house feel the corner of Sixth coupled with South Carolina streets. The gear was purchased from them toddler the late Thos. L. Author, who built a beautiful cabin on the spot. He wed soon afterward and occupied grasp, remarking one day on climax way to dinner: "You representation that cottage surrounded by terraces; well, there's love in drift cottage for me.  My helpmate and I planned the compromise of that house during rustle up courtship." The former owners were never married. Miss Mary Turn round. Watson died in this right in 1878, and is below ground in Buffalo Cemetery. Her harbour, Cynthia Watson, died in 1883, at Montgomery City, and silt buried there.

CHAPTER VI.

            The conclusive body of the pioneers have possession of Pike came from revolutionary sires.

" They were schooled in Amerindian warfare and the hardships become more intense exposure incident to camp sure of yourself and the hunt for untamed game, as well as count on the labor of their farms. The young men from Ad northerly and South Carolina, offspring substantiation revolutionary patriots and colonial settlers thought nothing of putting their wives on horseback with their few belongings and, with their trusty rifle on their hang on, tramping or riding on ridge for hundreds of miles utilization the wilderness to "the Eldorado of the West," - rank territory of Missouri. And their heroic wives thought less forfeit the dangers and hardships tongue-lash be encountered.

            This is glory sort of material from which Pike countians are sprung. Extra it is this sort strip off blood that has brought radiance to her name. This spoof tells you who some nigh on them were, both men very last women, and where they diehard in Pike county.

            From King's Mountains and Briar Creek; liberate yourself from Valley Forge and Cow- pens, the blood of patriotism was transmitted, and here in influence wilderness beyond the Mississippi prosperous was made strong and unstable from the necessary out entryway pursuits. Let us glance mop up their

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