Husband M. C. Watson 1
AKA: M. B. Watson 2
Born: 28 Sep 1846 - Indiana Co, PA 1
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Father: James Watson (1816-1886) 1 2
Mother: Mary Pattison (Abt 1816-1886) 1 2
Marriage: 13 Dec 1877 3
Wife Juliet White 2 3
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Father: Col. Richard White (1826-1865) 3 4
Mother: Unknown ( - )
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1 M Richard W. Watson 3
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2 M Mark H. Watson 3
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3 F C. Helen Watson 3
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4 F Mary G. Watson 3
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5 M J. Herman Watson 3
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6 F Anna M. Watson 3
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General Notes: Husband - M. C. Watson
He was born on Watson's ridge, in the southern part of Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
He was reared in the rural districts, where his father resided, and received his education in the famous old Elder's Ridge academy, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1872. Having made the choice of law as a profession, he went to the University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he entered the law department and spent one year. He then (1873) came back to Indiana, Pennsylvania, where he read law for one year with Judge Harry White and was admitted to the Indiana county bar on March 7, 1874. Upon his admission he became a partner of Judge White and remained as such until 1885. In 1877 he was elected district attorney; he received the re-nomination and was re-elected in 1880. In 1886 the Republican party of the county, unasked and unsought for on his part, gave him the nomination for Congress, which he courteously but firmly declined in order to give his time fully to his law practice. Two years later he was sent as a delegate to the National Republican Convention in Chicago, which nominated Harrison. In 1885 he formed a law partnership with S. J. Telford, and they had a large practice in both the civil and criminal courts of Indiana and adjoining counties. He also had large interests in coal and lumber. He was also a stockholder and president of the Indiana county Telephone company, and the Indiana county Gas company. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, Indiana; Lodge No. 313, F. & A. M., and a Royal Arch Mason of Zerubbabel Chapter, No. 162.