William Terry WATSON

 

Submitter: Michael Edd Bonner

Husband: William Terry WATSON
Born: June 5, 1881 Place: Mexia, Limestone Co., TX
Married: September 1, 1907 Place: Mt. Zion, Freestone Co., TX
Died: October 5, 1944 Place: Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: Alexander Tazewell WATSON
Mother: Martha Elizabeth WHITAKER
Other Spouses: none

Wife: Mary Ada McADAMS
Born: September 28, 1887 Place: Mt. Zion, Freestone Co., TX
Died: August 16, 1976 Place: Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Father: George Washington McADAMS
Mother: Chloe James DAVIS
Other Spouses: none

Children:

1 Name: F Olive Leola WATSON
Born: August 22, 1909 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: November 21, 1978 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Stewards Mill Cemetery Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Raymond Franklin COFFMAN
Married: May 14, 1932 Place: Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

2 Name: F Ruth Louise WATSON
Born: May 5, 1913 Place: Stewards Mill, Freestone Co., TX
Died: December 31, 2003 Place: Corsicana, Navarro Co., TX
Cemetery: Wortham Cemetery Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX
Spouse 1: Alvis William CALAME
Married: March 16, 1935 Place: Wortham, Freestone Co., TX

NOTES:
Terry Watson farmed and ranched at Stewards Mill.  He moved his family to Waco in 1922 but returned to Mt. Zion, Freestone Co. before his death.  He was a member of the Baptist Church at Stewards Mill; Ada McAdams Watson was a member of the Methodist Church.  Ada Watson continued to live in Mt. Zion until her death, her daughters, neither of whom had children, lived in Dallas.  After divorce and retirement, Leola lived with her mother. Then Leola, Ruth, and Alvis moved to Corsicana

SOURCES:
Watson Family Bible
History of Freestone County, Vol. 1
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