John Pleasant WATSON

 

Submitter: Michael Edd Bonner

Husband: John Pleasant WATSON
Born: 1870 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Married: March 15, 1893 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: 1911 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: Alexander Tazewell WATSON
Mother: Martha Elizabeth WHITAKER
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Anna Florence WELLS
Born: December 8, 1870 Place: TX
Died: February 1961 Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: Benjamin F. WELLS
Mother: Nancy Victoria STEWARD
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: F Martha Victoria "Mattie Vic" WATSON
Born: January 30, 1894 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: April 24, 1973 Place: TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Ven Horace WARFIELD
Married:   Place: TX

2 Name: M Marvin Lee WATSON
Born: July 24, 1895 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: May 13, 1971 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Sallie Sophronia MANAHAN
Married: July 15, 1918 Place: Freestone Co., TX

NOTES:
John Pleasant Watson was named for his grandfathers.  He attended Alamo City Business School in San Antonio and operated the Stewards Mill Store.  He was postmaster of Stewards Mill from 1894 to 1911.  Anna Florence Wells' father served in the US Navy during the Mexican War; taught school in Wortham in 1875; served as Deputy District Clerk in Erath Co., TX

SOURCES:
History of Freestone County, TX; Vol. 1, 1978