Husband Thomas Watson 1 2
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Died: Aft 1883 - ? Winfield Twp, Butler Co, PA
Buried:
Father: James Watson (1795-1868) 3 4 5
Mother: Mary Davis ( -1871) 3 4 5
Marriage:
Wife Mary Galbraith 1
AKA: Mary Galbreath 6
Born:
Christened:
Died: Bef 1895
Buried:
Father: William Galbreath ( -Abt 1857) 7 8
Mother: Esther Riddle ( - ) 8
Children
1 M William Watson 9 10
Born: - Winfield Twp, Butler Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 1904 10
Buried:
Spouse: Julia Marshall ( -Aft 1927) 9
General Notes: Husband - Thomas Watson
He remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, sharing the privations of a pioneer family. He recollected going to Pittsburgh when a boy, with his father, riding on a pack-saddle with three bushels of potatoes, and his father walking and driving the other horse with a rope. The potatoes were sold and, after deducting expenses, there was a balance of 90 cents, which they paid to Mr. Lowrie, from whom his father had purchased his farm. At the age of eighteen, he went to Pittsburgh, and for six years worked at blacksmithing. At the expiration of that time, he and his brother John bought a cargo of flour, whisky and cheese and started down the river. At Natchez, they sold to a Mr. Stockman on thirty days’ time; he was burned out, and they lost the entire proceeds of their trip. Being a long distance from home and out of money, they went to work repairing plows for cotton planters. After his return from the south, he worked in Pittsburgh for two years, and with his savings purchased a farm in Winfield township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. For two years, he lived entirely alone, which he used to say were the loneliest days he ever passed, but at William Galbreath’s he met the lady who became his wife and the mother of his nine children. Seven of these children were still living in 1883. [HBC 1883, 279]