Rev. John Watson and Margaret McMillan

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Husband Rev. John Watson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1766 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Nov 1802 1
         Buried:  - Chartiers Cemetery, North Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Margaret McMillan ^{2 3}

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         Father: Rev. Dr. John McMillan, D.D. (1752-1833) 3 4 5
         Mother: Catharine Brown (      -1819) 3

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   Other Spouse: John Neill (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 M John Watson ²

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           Born:  - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA
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           Died:  - ? Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: Lucinda Ashby (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Watson

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Left an orphan when young, he was thrown practically upon his own resources. Being an ambitious boy, with scholarly tastes, he made the most of every offered opportunity for securing knowledge, pursuing his studies nights by the light of a pine knot. He was converted when a youth, and after joining the Presbyterian Church turned his attention to the study of theology, and became a preacher of that denomination. When the Canonsburg College was founded by Dr. John McMillan, Rev. John Watson was selected as its first president. This institution held its first school sessions in a log cabin, a portion of which was still in existence into the twentieth century; it was subsequently consolidated with the Washington and Jefferson College, in Washington, Pennsylvania. Dr. Watson afterwards preached in various places in western Pennsylvania, making his rounds on horseback, and while thus engaged organized the Presbyterian Church at Chartiers, three miles from Canonsburg. He died while yet in manhood's prime, at the age of thirty-six years.

Margaret McMillan married Rev. John Watson; her sister Jane married Rev. William Moorhead. These two clergymen were married on the same day; a short time afterwards they were taken sick on the same day, and died on the same day. The funeral services were held, one at Canonsburg, the other at the residence of Dr. McMillan. The processions met at the Chartiers churchyard, and they were buried in the same grave, and one slab covers their last resting-place.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 871.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 900.

3 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 628.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 647.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 155.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 872.

7 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 901.