Jan, Good to hear from you again. As Jim said, I will be glad to give you any info I can related to our family. I have all the requested info and will give it to you direct,off the list , unless there is a member/members who would like to share in it also. Jim and I had a really great day yesterday. Seems we never stop talking when we are on one of our "Whirlwind Tours". I wish you and everyone on the list could have been with us!! We decided that next time we will take our fishing gear to Crystal Lake. There were a couple of men who were having a good time catching some nice hybrid bass. All Jim and I did was watch and eat some good, hot donuts that we had bought earlier at Clarksville. WE actually bought enough (2 doz.) for the ladies at the court house but they were not open on sat. so Jim and I had a bunch of donuts to eat. You all should have seen us blazing a trail to my GGGG Grandfather Wm. Becknell's grave. JIm said he could tell I had some of the Pioneer Spirit in me, also. WE were going to place flowers on his grave but the florists were all closed. April 25 was the 147th anniversary of Becknell's death. I thought it would be good to visit his grave. Jim and I recounted his history while standing at his grave. It is hard to look at his stone that the state put there to honor him and see the wrong death date on it and look around at the condition of the cemetery and think how we fail to honor this man who was such an influence on our states history as well as how he helped start the western expansion of our nation...... enough said. Talk to you in a minute, Jan Tom Watson Heath, TX ( Watson, Cornett, Crosby, Becknell, Rogers, McAllister, Sturch, Southerland, Horne, Mercer, Fuller) >From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> >Reply-To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers >Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2003 08:23:19 -0500 > >Jan, I am sure Tom Watson will be helping you soon. His grandfather is >Virgil Lee Watson. The two of us have the same gg grandfather Charlie >Hurst Watson buried in Roaring Springs Cemetery near Matador in west Texas. >C.H.W's father is James Watson buried at White Rock Cemetery in Red River >Co. Tom's grandfather & my grandfathers were double cousins. Watson >brothers married Horn(e) Sisters. >More from Tom later but I just had to jump in on this. >In fact Tom is on the way to my home now and we are going to visit >Clarksville. He will contact you later. > >Jim Giddens >(my mother was a Watson) >Paris, Tx >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jan Lindley" <jlindley@centurytel.net> >To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 8:11 AM >Subject: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > > > > Hi---my name is Jan Lindley and I am a new subscriber to the Red River >County list. I'm really hoping someone out there can help me find out >something about my father's family. My parents were divorced when I was 2 >and I had very little contact with him or his family. > > > > I am the daughter of Artice Virgil Watson (b. 11/21/1919, TX; d. 1976, >NJ). Artice was the son of Virgil Lee Watson (b. 9/28/1892, Red River Co., >TX; d. mid-1960's, Irving, TX) and Murtie Lee Sturch (b. 7/19/1894, Red >River Co., TX; d. 1970's, Irving, TX). Murtie's mother's given name was >Martha (don't know her maiden name); she was born 12/8/1868 and died after >1945. I have no idea who Virgil's parents were and this and the names of >Murtie's parents are one of the things I am looking for. > > > > Can anyone out there help? Please and thank you. > > > > Jan > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, >go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > >==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail