article from the Confederate Veteran mag., dated April, 1920, page 153. U.D.C. Division Notes; North Carolina- Rutherford presents the following record of a noble Confederate mother and has asked the Confederate Memorial Assoc. to present a pin to her, for her record, one to be envied, will probably place her at the head of the list of mothers of Confederate soldiers now living; MRS. RUTH PORTER WATSON probably has the distinction that no other woman has-i.e., of having 3 living sons who are Confederate veterans. She will be one hundred and five years old on the 16th of October, 1920. Her sons are; JAMES WINFIELD WATSON, aged 78 of Bostic, SAMUEL ADDISON WATSON, aged 77, of Dresden, Tenn.[ these two served 3 years each in the War Between the States as members of Company G, Captain Andrews, 50th North Carolina Regiment], ANDREW BAXTER WATSON, aged 75 of Bridgewater, N.C. , served one year in the Junior Reserves, Capt. J.L. Eaves. MRS. WATSON is the mother of nine children, eight living. --- free post, share , don't sell- nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.