James is enumerated in the 1870 United States Census as residing in St. Clair County, Alabama, USA. He is residing with his mother Eliza (who has remarried to John L Lonnergan), stepfather John Lonnergan, his brother William C Watson, sister Louisa Watson and his half sister Mary Lonnergan. NOTE: The census record has the Watson children under the last name of Lonnergan.
Death 23 Oct 1948 • Etowah County, Alabama, USA - Age: 85
Burial Ashville, St Clair, Alabama, USA -- Mount Zion Methodist Church Cemetery ---Find A Grave Memorial# 59650770
Sources
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH2M-Y3J : 17 October 2014), James Lonergan in household of John Lonergan, Alabama, United States; citing p. 11, family 72, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,539.
"Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6SQ-7LR : 27 November 2014), James P. Watson, 23 Oct 1948; citing reference 19836, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,833.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-5VM8 : 13 December 2015), James P. Watson, 1948; Burial, , St. Clair, Alabama, United States of America, Mount Zion Methodist Church Cemetery; citing record ID 59650770, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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