Alexander Tazewell "A. T. or Taz" WATSON

 

Submitter: Michael Edd Bonner

Husband: Alexander Tazewell "A. T. or Taz" WATSON
Born: February 28, 1845 Place: Williamson Co., TN
Married: February 27, 1867 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: January 23, 1917 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: John WATSON
Mother: Martha D. "Patsy" ECHOLS
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Martha Elizabeth "Mat" WHITAKER
Born: February 9, 1849 Place: Falls Co., TX
Died: December 13, 1929 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: Pleasant Clark WHITAKER
Mother: Rebecca Jane HINTON
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: M John Pleasant WATSON
Born: 1870 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: 1911 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Anna Florence WELLS
Married: March 15, 1893 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX

2 Name: M Charles Henry "Charlie" WATSON
Born: November 19, 1874 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: July 14, 1937 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Johnnie May BEAUCHAMP
Married: October 10, 1899 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 2: Ava Catherine BASS
Married: May 26, 1921 Place: Freestone Co., TX

3 Name: M Edward Monroe "Ed" WATSON, Sr.
Born: January 15, 1878 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: December 4, 1964 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Grace Johnson BEAUCHAMP
Married: November 24, 1904 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 2: Angelina "Angie" COMPTON
Married: December 21, 1918 Place: Waco, McLennan Co., TX

4 Name: M William Terry WATSON
Born: June 5, 1881 Place: Mexia, Limestone Co., TX
Died: October 5, 1944 Place: Mt. Zion, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Mary Ada McADAMS
Married: September 1907 Place: Freestone Co., TX

NOTES:
Taz Watson arrived in Freestone Co., TX on December 24, 1850 with his parents and siblings.  He worked diligently all his life.  His professions included farming, raising livestock, and operating the Stewards Mill Store.  Taz and Mat were members of the Baptist Church.  Mat was independent when they moved into their home on the hill just above the Stewards Mill Store with the house on one side of the spring branch and the barn on the other, she said, "Taz, you run what's on that side of the branch and I'll run what's on this side."  Their surviving letters reveal a loving relationship and a sorrow at being apart.  The epitaph, "He loved Everyone" was carved on Taz' tombstone by the maker as a tribute and neither paid for nor requested by the family.

SOURCES:
The History of Freestone County, Texas; Vol. I
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