Helen, my gggrandmother (Elizabeth Davis) was first married to John G. Watson in Vigo Co., Ind. Something happened to John and Elizabeth married Jesse Ripple. John and Elizabeth had 4 children (I think) and Jesse and Elizabeth had at least 1 and maybe 3 children. Leanah Ripple is my ggrandmother. She was born in Illinois, most likely in Crawford Co. I find her in Sedgwick Co., Kansas with her stepbrother Joseph T. Watson in 1880 where she married my ggrandfather William Nevil who was born in Edgar Co., Illinois and went to Kansas in 1871. I have not actually tracked any relative type Watsons into Edgar Co. It appears that these Watsons came from Indiana into Illinois and I have only tracked this group, but I have seen Watsons several times in the surrounding areas. I am not sure I have seen the Watson family you are referring to in Edgar Co. but I have looked at the 1880 census and may have noted them, I will have to look at my notes. I was actually looking for Nevil Maggert and Richey families in Edgar when I went thru the 1880 Edgar Co. last time. I have not tracked John G. Watson back into Indiana yet. This probably does not help you in who you are looking for but is why I am involved in the Watson family. I am a distant half-cousin, I think. Happy TG day! Bob Nevil Washington