Marty and Karla Grant

!FAMILY BIBLE:The Bible was presented to Ellen E. Watson Bass Oct 7, 1881 by William Watson.
Addison J. Bass and Ellen E. Watson married Jan 28, 1879
Addison b Marion Co, 10-11-1848 died 5-29-1901.
Ellen E. born Marion Co, 12-24-1852 died 5-29-1901.
Their children-
Joe Manly Bass b 3-11-1880 md 11-23-1910 died 6-28-1952.
Cherry A. Bass, b-6-16-1882 died 1-3-1939
Maggie E. Bass b-2-3-1884 md 12-29-1912
Rosa David Bass b-2-5-1886 died 6-18-1888-
Robert W. Bass b- 5-10-1889 md 7-14-1918 died 11-17-1952-
Norma Bernice Bass b 11-20-1893-
Eunice E. Bass b 8-23-1898 md 2-5-19223
Magnolia W. Easterling, daughter of Samuel and Frances Watson born 8-27-1864 md 1-1-1890
Isham Watson's family and birthdates:
David Dec 3, 1811, d. Nov 16, 1823,
Matthew, Sept 12, 1813,
James, Sept 3, 1815,
Nancy, July 20, 1827,
Penelope, July 14, 1819,
Isham H. May 13, 1821,
Samuel, Oct 6, 1825,
Mary, dec 7, 1827,
William Oct 7, 1829,
Drusilla, Nov 16, 1830,
Fama, Mar 9, 1832,
Sarah, Aug 9, 1833,
Jane, Feb 26, 1835"

!CENSUS:1820 Marion Dist, SC pg 67 w/Isham WATSON age 0-9 (1810/20);

!CENSUS:1830 Marion Dist, SC pg 51 w/Isham WATSON age 15-19 (1810/15);

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 141 Matthew WATSON age 20-29 (1810/20)
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!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1327/1332
Matthew Watson 37 Farmer $1500 Marion
Celia 33
Martha 10
David 9
Sarah 8
Levina 6
Isam 3
Mary 2
Silas 6/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 291/290
Matthew Watson 47 Farmer $10,000/9000 SC
Celia 43
M. E. 21 f
D. E. 19 m
L. J. 14 f
J. E. 12 m
M. C. 12 f
S. M. 10 m
A. 8 f
E. C. 6 m
C. M. 4 f
W. R. A. 2 m;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 150/152
Matthew Watson 58 Farmer $8000/1500 SC
Celia 53
Isham 23 Farm Laborer
Silas 20 " "
Enos 17 " "
Hortensia 14
Robert 12;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 142
Mathew H. WATSON, 66 SC/SC/SC
Celia, 62 wife
William R. A. 21 son
Fletcher TAYLOR, --- 20;

!PROBATE:(Vol III) Roll # 2012;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
...
Old man Isham Watson was the founder, it may be said, of the family on Catfish, in name and fortune. Barny Watson, his father, was married twice ; whether he had a child or children other than Isham, by his first wife, is not known. Isham Watson married and settled on Catfish, near where Antioch Church now stands, in the first part of the nineteenth century, a poor man; his wife was Miss Mary Hays, a sister of the late John C. Hays ; the results of the marriage were five sons, Matthew, James, Isham H., Samuel and William; and seven daughters, Nellie, Nancy, Elizabeth, Mary, Verzella, Fama and Jane ; all raised to be grown and all married, and all now dead, except the daughters, Mary and Jane.
Matthew Watson married Miss Celia Easterling, in 1839; and raised a large family of sons and daughters; the sons are David E-. Isham E., Silas, Enos and Robert; and daughters, Martha, Lavina, Kate and Hortensia. ;

!CENSUS:1840 Marion Dist, SC pg 141 w/Matthew WATSON age 20-29 (1810/20);

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1327/1332
Matthew Watson 37 Farmer $1500 Marion
Celia 33
Martha 10
David 9
Sarah 8
Levina 6
Isam 3
Mary 2
Silas 6/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 291/290
Matthew Watson 47 Farmer $10,000/9000 SC
Celia 43
M. E. 21 f
D. E. 19 m
L. J. 14 f
J. E. 12 m
M. C. 12 f
S. M. 10 m
A. 8 f
E. C. 6 m
C. M. 4 f
W. R. A. 2 m;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Moody's, Marion PO # 150/152
Matthew Watson 58 Farmer $8000/1500 SC
Celia 53
Isham 23 Farm Laborer
Silas 20 " "
Enos 17 " "
Hortensia 14
Robert 12;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 142
Mathew H. WATSON, 66 SC/SC/SC
Celia, 62 wife
William R. A. 21 son
Fletcher TAYLOR, --- 20;

!DEATH:14 Jan 1893 per probate record, or 21 Jan 1893 per TS;

!REFERENCE: A History of Marion County, South Carolina From Its Earliest Times to the Present, 1901, by W. W. Sellers, Esq., of the Marion Bar. 1902. pp. 199-206
...
Matthew Watson married Miss Celia Easterling, in 1839; and raised a large family of sons and daughters; the sons are David E-. Isham E., Silas, Enos and Robert; and daughters, Martha, Lavina, Kate and Hortensia. ;

!CENSUS:1850 Marion Dist., SC # 1327/1332
Matthew Watson 37 Farmer $1500 Marion
Celia 33
Martha 10
David 9
Sarah 8
Levina 6
Isam 3
Mary 2
Silas 6/12;

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion CH PO # 291/290
Matthew Watson 47 Farmer $10,000/9000 SC
Celia 43
M. E. 21 f
D. E. 19 m
L. J. 14 f
J. E. 12 m
M. C. 12 f
S. M. 10 m
A. 8 f
E. C. 6 m
C. M. 4 f
W. R. A. 2 m;