Jim---guess this makes us cousins also: Tom is my first cousin. Our dads were brothers. This is really a rough time for me right now; my youngest son, James (age 32) was killed in an auto accident Saturday morning. I think I'm still a little numb, but feel like it's also important for me to try to return all the normalcy to my life that I can. And the genealogical research is one of my ways of dealing with stress. Thank you so much for the information you included; you just added several generations to my family tree. Hope to hear from you again soon. Your cousin, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > 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 > >

Jan, I heart goes out to you. I too lost my son at the age of 29 in 1994 and I still miss him. This is a loss that stays with you for a long time, but I try to think of all the good times we had with each other. I know that your son is now an angel in heaven along with mine. Joyce in Denton

Joyce, thank you so much for your wonderful e-mail. I am so sorry for your loss also. And like you, I want to remember all the good things and times with James. It seems that for the last few days that every where I have been all people want to talk about is the accident and how it happened. I finally told someone that I simply could not handle that any more---it was fine to talk about our memories of James, but please let's talk about the happy times we had with him and his deep love for his children, but not about the accident that took him from us. Sorry, guess I just had to "vent" to someone. Thank you again for your support. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Austin" <jaau@airmail.net> To: <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] I'm one of the new subscribers > Jan, I heart goes out to you. I too lost my son at the age of 29 in 1994 > and I still miss him. This is a loss that stays with you for a long time, > but I try to think of all the good times we had with each other. I know > that your son is now an angel in heaven along with mine. > Joyce in Denton > > > ==== 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 > >