Family Group Sheet
NameJames Smith WATSON
Move1848, Grove Twp, Pottawattamie, IA [Original Settler]
Census27 Nov 1850, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Census1860, Grove Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Census18 Jul 1870, Grove Twp, Pottawattamie Co, IA
Census1880, Sherman, Montgomery Co, IA
Death12 Apr 1899, Montgomery, IA [480, date], [5], [672, [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61579179]]
BurialBuckner Cemetery, Wales, Montgomery, IA [480]
Burial MemoNext to father
Occupationmiller
FatherJonathan Watson (1796-1865)
MotherPhoebe Elizabeth Smith (~1797-<1850)
Marriage5 May 1844, Fountain Co, IN [250]
SpouseJane Elizabeth McGEE
Death17 May 1898, Wheelers Grove, Pottawattamie, IA [5], [672, [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61579368]]
BurialBuckner Cemetery, Wales, Montgomery, IA [480, 1823-1898]
FatherWilliam McGee (1797-1850)
MotherJane HARPER (1800-1891)
Children
1 MWilliam M. Watson
Birth12 Feb 1845, Van Buren Co, IA [1000]
SpouseMary Susan Buckner
Marriage28 Oct 1865, Macedonia, Pottawamie, IA
3 FMary Margaret Watson
Birth16 Mar 1848, Van Buren Co, IA [1000]
Deathaft 1920, of Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co, IA
SpouseJames Knox Osler
Marriage29 Apr 1870, Wheeler Grove, Pottawamie, IA
SpouseSolomon Foster WHEELER
Marriage16 Nov 1867, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, IA [23]
5 FCatherine L. Watson
Birth1 Apr 1852, Pottawamie Co, IA
Death1920, Red Oak, Montgomery Co, IA [480]
BurialEvergreen Cem, Red Oak, Montgomery Co, IA
SpouseJesse Nolan Fate
Marriage14 Oct 1880, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA
6 MAndrew Jackson Watson
Birth1 Jul 1854, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA [1000]
Deathaft 1920, of Richland, Roosevelt Co, NM
7 MGeorge Washington Watson
Birth27 Apr 1857, Pottawamie Co, IA
SpouseMary Elizabeth Jones
Marriage15 Nov 1881, Callaway Co, MO
8 FNancy Watson
Birth25 Jul 1859, Iowa [1000]
Notes for James Smith WATSON
J.S. Watson was one of the very first settlers of Grove Twp, IA in 1848. In 1858 he built a mill on Farm Creek. The area was named Wheeler’s Grove after his daughter’s father-in-law. (Hist of Grove Twp, https://sites.rootsweb.com/~iapottaw/twpGrove.html)
Census notes for James Smith WATSON
1850 - 1870 IA 1880 IAx
1850 Pottawattamie, IA: James 28 IA; Eliz 25 IA; Jonathan 5 IN; Mary 3 IA; Sarah Ann 1 IA. (Dist 21 p. 152 11/27/1850) (7/2/97)
1860 Pottawattamie, IA: James 38 IA (farmer); Elizabeth 37; Jonathan 13, Margaret 12, Ann 10, Catherine 8, Andrew 6, George 3, Nancy 1. (Grove Twp p. 416) (8/24/93)
1870 Pottawattamie, IA: Jas. S. 50 OH (farmer 8000/3000); Elizabeth 47 VA; Catherine 18 IA; Andrew J. 16 IA; George W 16; Nancy W. 11. 2 doors from dau Sarah Wheeler. (Grove Twp. p. 161. 7/18/1870) (2/5/00)
1880 Montgomery, IA: James WATSON 59 OH Miller Par: OH/OH; Elizabeth 56 VA Keeping House VA/VA; Cassie WATSON Dau 25 IA Home; Nancy Dau 20 IA; Jessy GRATE Other 26 OH Stone Mason (Sherman, p. 423D) (FamilySearch 11/29/02)
1850 Pottawattamie, IA: James 28 IA; Eliz 25 IA; Jonathan 5 IN; Mary 3 IA; Sarah Ann 1 IA. (Dist 21 p. 152 11/27/1850) (7/2/97)
1860 Pottawattamie, IA: James 38 IA (farmer); Elizabeth 37; Jonathan 13, Margaret 12, Ann 10, Catherine 8, Andrew 6, George 3, Nancy 1. (Grove Twp p. 416) (8/24/93)
1870 Pottawattamie, IA: Jas. S. 50 OH (farmer 8000/3000); Elizabeth 47 VA; Catherine 18 IA; Andrew J. 16 IA; George W 16; Nancy W. 11. 2 doors from dau Sarah Wheeler. (Grove Twp. p. 161. 7/18/1870) (2/5/00)
1880 Montgomery, IA: James WATSON 59 OH Miller Par: OH/OH; Elizabeth 56 VA Keeping House VA/VA; Cassie WATSON Dau 25 IA Home; Nancy Dau 20 IA; Jessy GRATE Other 26 OH Stone Mason (Sherman, p. 423D) (FamilySearch 11/29/02)
