I am helping an elderly friend with her Watson ancestry and I desparately need help. I am not a Watson descendant and have not researched this surname. Following is what I know and what I hope someone can add data to: Squire Watson bc 1800 KY d 1844 Fountain CO IN (age 44) m. Mary Jane Blythe (or Bly ) on 22 December 1825 Bracken Co KY sureties were Squire Watson and John Payce, attested to by R. C. Florer J. M. Blackerby, minister of the gospel children: 1. William bc 1826 KY went to CA in 1862 2. Mary Jane bc 1829 m. William Thurman and she died in OR in 1898. 3. Lucy Ann bc 1831 4. John b10 Nov 1835 in Brighton, Fayette Co KY He d aft 1868 probably in Cowley Co KS He m. Mrs. Mary Ellen Poland Zimmerman (widow of Wendell Zimmerman) on 25 Sept 1869 in Brownsville, MO. They had 3 sons: Robert died at age 18, John died age 9 mo, and Harry A. who married Mattie Hill and they resided in Cowley Co KS. 5. Frank bc 1838 IN died 1884 IN 6. Isaac bc 1840 IN d IN 7. Squire bc 1843 IN d in GA in Civil War 8. James bc 1845 IN was a 'railroad man and resided in Covington IN 9. Mina bc 1847 IN d young Thanks, Bettye