William Joseph Watson & Catherine Bethea

!CENSUS:1860 Marion Dist., SC Marion, Marion PO # 161/161
Samuel Watson 34 Farmer $9000/10,000 SC
Francis 29 f
Wm J. 8
M. A. 6 m
S. J. 3 f;

!CENSUS:1870 Marion Co., SC Kerby's, Cat Fish PO # 11/11
Saml Watson 45 Farmer $6000/6500 SC
Frances 40 f
W. J. 13 m
Milton 14
S. J. 10 m
S. P. 7 m
Magnolia 5
Stonewall 3
Kate Bethea 18 Domestic;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 194
William J. WATSON, 28
Kitty, 32 wife
Mamie, 5 dau
Fannie, 3 dau
Milton, 2 son
Prince, 1 son
Benjamin LANE, 21 --;

!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. 162-166
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Another daughter married George J. Bethea, and still survives she had two sons, William A. Bethea and John D. Bethea, and several daughters; I do not know whom they married, except that one married W. B. Ellen and one married W. Joseph Watson, and is dead, leaving several children. ;

!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. 162-166
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Another daughter of Captain William Page married the late Samuel Watson, and is dead ; she left at her death, W. Joseph Melton, S. P. and Stonewall C. Watson, and two daughters, Sophronia and Maggie. W. Joseph Watson removed to North Carolina. Melton is dead, without child or children; he married a daughter of the late Charles Moody, who still survives. Sophronia was the first wife of John K. Page ; she left two sons, Samuel and Ernest. Maggie married Frank Easterling, a very worthy citizen, and is doing well. ;

!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
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Samuel Watson, the fourth son of old Isham, married, first, a Miss Page, and by her had sons, W. J. Watson, Melton, S. P. Watson and S. C. Watson, and two daughters, Sophronia and Maggie. W. J. Watson married his first cousin, a Miss Bethea, moved to Mt. Airy, N. C. ; his wife is dead ; he has seven children. ;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 194
William J. WATSON, 28
Kitty, 32 wife
Mamie, 5 dau
Fannie, 3 dau
Milton, 2 son
Prince, 1 son
Benjamin LANE, 21 --;

!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. 162-166
...
Another daughter married George J. Bethea, and still survives she had two sons, William A. Bethea and John D. Bethea, and several daughters; I do not know whom they married, except that one married W. B. Ellen and one married W. Joseph Watson, and is dead, leaving several children.;

!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
...
W. J. Watson married his first cousin, a Miss Bethea, moved to Mt. Airy, N. C. ; his wife is dead ; he has seven children. ;

!CENSUS:1880 Marion Co, SC Moody # 194
William J. WATSON, 28
Kitty, 32 wife
Mamie, 5 dau
Fannie, 3 dau
Milton, 2 son
Prince, 1 son
Benjamin LANE, 21 --;

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