The full biographical sketch as printed, transcribed from the public-domain book. Spelling and wording are the original author’s; a few scanning errors may remain.
ROBERT WATSON (deceased), late farmer in Adams Township, Coshocton County, and owner of a farm in Salem Township. Tuscarawas County, was born in Ireland February 15, 1790, died February 26, 1877. He emigrated to Wash- ington County, Penn., in the year 1815, and there married Agnes Munce Novem- ber 29, 1821. To this union were born ten children, seven girls and three boys — John, deceased ; Margaret, wife of James Lyons ; Mary, wife of Richard Chap- man (deceased); Martha, wife of Alex Loveless ; Eliza, wife of Samuel Daugerty ; Nancy; Sarah (deceased), Jane; Robert and William. Robert is in Iowa and Will- iam in California ; are all married except Nancy, who has been a resident of New- comerstown for two years. Our subject had two brothers in the war of the re- bellion— Robert, in the Second Virginia, Company G, Ewing’s Battery ; William, in the Twenty-fourth Ohio, Company K. Agnes, wife of the late Robert Watson, our subject, died February 5, 1874.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. See the original pages at the Internet Archive.
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