Alexander Watson and Elizabeth Arnot

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Husband Alexander Watson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 10 Oct 1810 - Wigtonshire, Scotland 1
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           Died: 17 Aug 1894 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Alexander Watson (1780-      ) 1
         Mother: Agnes Richardson (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1834 1

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Wife Elizabeth Arnot ^{1 3}

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           Born: 1806 3
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           Died: 15 Apr 1892 - Monroeville, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Arnot (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M John A. Watson ^{1 4}

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           Born: 27 Jan 1836 - Wigtonshire, Scotland 1
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Mary A. Roney (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 31 Oct 1865 1

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2 M William Watson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Feb 1838 - near Whithorn, Wigtonshire, Scotland 2
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         Spouse: Mary A. Sarver (Abt 1842-1874) 4

         Spouse: Mary M. Campbell (      -      ) 5

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3 M Alexander Watson ^{1 4}

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4 M Thomas Watson ¹

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           Died: Bef 1895
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5 F Isabella Watson ^{1 4}

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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: John Myers (      -Bef 1909) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Watson

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In 1849 he brought his family to America and set­tled in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where the remainder of his life was spent.

In 1845, he and his family removed from Scotland to England and lived in different sections of that country until 1849, when they embarked on a sail­ing vessel for America. The long voyage, which required six weeks, was a life-long memory of his son William, who was then a boy of eleven years. His parents settled near Freeport, in Buffalo Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where the father first rented and later purchased land and lived there during the remainder of his life. Both he and wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church.

He learned the blacksmith's trade in his native land, which he followed in connection with farming. In 1849 he immi­grated to Butler County, Pennsylvania, and purchased a farm of eighty-four acres in Buffalo township, upon which he lived for twenty-five years. He then purchased a home in Monroeville. He was one of the old­est citizens in the county at the time of his death. He was a member of the Freeport Presbyterian church, and in politics, a Republican.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 866.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 968, 1184.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 968.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1184.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1185.