This Bible is still available at the same auction. However, it no longer appears on the website. I viewed the Bible and there are many more names in it - marriages and deaths, too. Joyce -----Original Message----- From: alchambe-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:alchambe-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Zachman Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:36 PM To: Watson@rootsweb.com; TXERATH@rootsweb.com; ALCLEBUR@rootsweb.com; ALCHAMBE@rootsweb.com Subject: [ALCHAMBE] Watson family in Chambers & Cleburne Co.,AL and Erath Co., TX c1853-1900 I have run across an auction scheduled for Saturday, May 10, 2008, which includes a family Bible for a WATSON family. I am not a member of this family, but want to alert anyone who may be a WATSON family member in Erath Co., TX, with origins in Chambers and Cleburne counties, AL. You can view the item at http://kimskornerantiques.com/ Click on page 3 of the photos and scroll near the bottom The names I can make out on the internet photo of this Bible are: John William WATSON b. 1 Feb 1853 Chambers Co., AL Hulda Adline(?) Hennedy(?) b. 17 Sept 1856 Chamber Co., AL William Hunter WATSON b. 29 Sept 1876 Cleburne Co., AL Arthur Walton WATSON b. 26 Feb 1878 Cleburne Co., AL Ivie(?) Mordie(?) WATSON b. 23 Feb 1880 Cleburne Co., AL ?? Bell WATSON b. ? Aug 1882 Cleburne Co., AL John Allen WATSON b. 27 Mar 1885 Erath Co., TX May (possibly Mary) WATSON b. 20 Oct 1887 Erath Co., TX Ethel WATSON b. 4 Feb 1891 Erath Co., TX There are more births in this Bible, but I cannot read them. To further identify the family, I did a quick research through Ancestry.com. Listed in the 1880 US Census, Chulafinnee, Cleburne, Alabama, ED 45, p. 25, line 40, 17 June 1880 John W. WATSON age 26 b. c1853 AL (father b. SC; mother b. AL) Hulda WATSON age 22 b. c1857 AL (both parents b. GA) [no William Hunter WATSON] Arthur W. WATSON, age 3, b. c1877 AL Sarfrona WATSON, age 5 months, b cJan 1880 [not listed in Bible?] Above family lives next door to (line 28) *John F. WATSON age 50 b. c1830 SC and wife, Mary A. S., age 44, b. c1836 AL. children: Mary F. WATSON, 24 dau Cornelias S. [Cornelius Samuel] WATSON, 18 son (is in Erath Co., TX in 1900 census m. Orpah) Darah E. [Dora Ella] WATSON, 16 dau Arther A. R. [Arthur Allen R.] WATSON, 14 son Martha J. L. [Martha Ida] WATSON, 13 dau Hesica E. [Hezekiah E.] WATSON, 10 son Sasha H. [Hunter Sparks?] WATSON, 8 son Bellzora [Bell Zora] WATSON, 6 dau Emer F. [Emma Flora] WATSON, 4 dau Alis [Alice]WATSON, 1 dau *listed in a public member tree on Ancestry.com by Lyn Clements of the David Clements Family Tree Parents of John William WATSON are Rev. John Frederick WATSON b. 22 Feb 1832, Edgefield Co., SC; d. 21 May 1910 Anson, Jones, Texas and Mary Ann Sophronia Hunter b. 22 Jun 1836, Cambers Co., AL; d. 26 Apr 1896 Texas listed in 1900 US Census, Justice Precinct 4, Erath, Texas John McWilliam family. John's wife is Maud; she is b. Feb 1880. They have one child: Oron McWilliam b. Feb 1899. Arthur WATSON is listed as brother-in-law. Also, 9 yr old Ethel WATSON b. Feb 1891 is in this household listed as a sister-in-law. So, I presume she is Arthur's younger sister and the two of them are Maud's siblings. Below info from Ancestry.com. I do not know how or if the below are related to the above. Early WATSON births in Erath Co., TX Moreti Lucille WATSON 6 Aug 1903 Birt WATSON 30 Dec 1905 Mary WATSON 23 Nov 1906 Freda Navilla WATSON 18 Dec 1911 Early WATSON deaths in Erath Co., TX Catherne Palesline WATSON d. 13 Mar 1931 Cornelius Samuel WATSON d. 7 Oct 1939 Everett Lee WATSON d. 18 Jan 1919 Minnie Belle WATSON d. 20 Nov 1930 Mrs. Orpah Intha J. WATSON d. 1 Oct 1939 Infant of Oscar WATSON 19 Jul 1928 Pat WATSON d. 29 Jun 1914 Peggy Joyce WATSON d. 26 Aug 1933 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALCHAMBE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message