Rebecca (Officer) Watson (1845 - 1905)

Born 3 Feb 1845 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Jackson Randolph Watson — married Dec 1865 in Jamestown, Fentress, Tennessee, United States

Died 17 Nov 1905 at age 60 in Hunt, Texas, United States

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Biography

Rebecca was born in 1845. She was the daughter of Jack Officer and Zillah Elams or Elms or Elma. She passed away in 1905. ^[1]

Rebecca married Jackson Randolph Watson (1840-1927) in December 1865. They had at least five children that lived to adulthood: Zilla Lou (Watson) Bohannon (1866-1945), Sabra Catherine (Watson) Bohannon (1870-1935), Joseph A. Watson (1872-1926), Ida Bell (Watson) Horn (1875-1964), and John Watson (1880-1895).

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Find A Grave: Memorial #8798319 Lane Cemetery, Celeste, Hunt County, Texas

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDY-QHG : 23 December 2020), Rebeca Officer in household of John H Officer, Overton, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T4-C5Y : 18 February 2021), Rebecca Officer in entry for John H Officer, 1860.

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZY-RM7 : 29 May 2021), Rebecca Watson in entry for James R Watson, 1870.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDWQ-C7Z : 15 January 2022), Rebecca Watson in household of Dolphus Watson, District 3, Grainger, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3G1-K8Z : 30 November 2021), Rebecca Watson in entry for Jackson R Watson, 1900.

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS11-WWM : 1 May 2022), Rebeca Oficer in entry for Sarah Katherine Bohanon, 23 Mar 1935; citing certificate number 11972, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,313.

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS17-C82 : 20 February 2021), Offern in entry for Zilla Lou Bohanan, 08 Apr 1945; citing certificate number 15183, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,915.

"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3X2-BCY : 20 February 2021), Becky Officer in entry for Ida Bell Horn, 04 Oct 1964; citing certificate number 63075, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,649.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Jim Payne, May 18, 2013

Acknowledgments

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