My Great Grandfather Benjamin Richard Markham b.may 2, 1835 in Bedford County, Va., and moved to Botetourt County, Va., when he was two years old, d. March 16, 1914, In 1856 Mr. B. R. Markham returned to Bedford County and secured employment with Lt. Col. James Winston Watts b. April 19, 1832, d. Dec. 03, 1906, near Bedford City. When Col. Watts had observed the sterling qualities of Mr. Markham he arranged for the young man to go home and take a course of study preparatory to taking charge of a large factory that the Colonel contemplated erecting on his place, but the war broke out and Mr. Markham shouldered his musket and went to the front under Col. Anderson of Buchanan. At the close of the war he returned to Bedford County and again entered the employ of Col. Watts with whom he remained until 1878, and as a partner having entire charge of the business after Col. Watts moved to Lynchburg along about 1868. Five years prior to leaving Col. Watts, he bought the Smith farm n! ear Lowry where he lived from 1878 to the close of his life, and where he reared a big family. In 1868 Mr. Markham married Jane Calpurnia Lee a cousin of Col. Watts, and daughter of Thomas Newell Lee, who lived at Otterville, Va. I am extending my Watts Line, and need help with this process. Anyone on the list that can help me with this branch of the family, I would appreciate very much. I also would be willing to share family information. Thank You, Tommy Markham