----- Original Message ----- From: "Blondee" <blondee@ldd.net> To: <13rupertr@xmission.com> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 5:23 PM Subject: Re: [ILFAYETT-L] WATSON > Hello List & Bob > I found a Jonathan Watson in the Jistory of Fayette County, IL 1878...I > believe him to be a brother to my great,great grand mother Mary Jane Watson > who married Jacob Metcalf in Indiana and they had a family and moved them to > IL All this book said about Jonathan Watson was "Later on amougst the names > of old settlers we find the inevitable > (and after about 20th person they name Jonathan) > Jonathan Watson, and others" > This one time is only time he is mentioned in this book...but from > researcher in IL from census look-ups he was found and thought to be Mary > Jane Watson's brother and that one other brother unnamed came with them > possibly when they came from Indiana., as the Watson men came from Indiana > the same time, or so they showed up on the census same time.. > I would like to know if you find out anything on this Jonathan and will let > you know if I find any more information on him.. I hope this might be a > help to you...and don't give up so quick on someone answering back to > you...people have wrote as long as a year back to me, maybe they saved my > question or printed it out and had my for when they needed it later...and > this is the time of year alot of people are on vacation also. > >