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Family Sheet
HUSBAND
Name: William Henry WatsonMale Note
Born: 1829 1829-1-1 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD Baltimore, Baltimore, MD [2]
Married: 18 Sep 1860 1860-9-18 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died: 28 Sep 1903 1903-9-28 at Kecoughtan, Hampton, VA Kecoughtan, Hampton, VA [4]
WIFE
Born: 8 Apr 1842 at Cockeysville, Baltimore, MD [6]
Died: 8 Dec 1916 at Monkton, Baltimore, MD [7]
Father: Patrick Corcoran
Mother: Catherine Virginia Montague
CHILDREN
Born: 2 Oct 1878 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died: Dec 1928 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Wife: Katherine Hamilton
Name: John Watson
Born:
Died:
Born: 3 Jul 1863 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died:
Wife: Grace Ebert
Born: 6 Jul 1875 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died: 9 Nov 1943 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Wife: Teresa Marie Kelly
Born: 5 Jul 1880 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died: 1941
Husband: Wilbur Daniel Shepperd
Born: 27 Dec 1883 at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
Died:
Husband: William Albright
Name: Joseph Watson
Born:
Died:
SOURCES
2). World Family Tree Vol. 17, Ed. 1
4). World Family Tree Vol. 17, Ed. 1
6). World Family Tree Vol. 17, Ed. 1
7). World Family Tree Vol. 17, Ed. 1
NOTES
1). During the Civil War, he enlisted in the US Navy in Baltimore, MD on 15 March 1865. He served on the Alleghaney to 13 May 1865, on the Gunboat Mercedita to 13 October 1865 and on the SS Brooklyn to 11 September 1867 as an Armorer s Mate and a Landsman. He was honorably discharged in Philadelphia on 11 September 1867. He never fully recovered from diseases contracted during the Civil War. He applied for a pension January, 1891 because he was partially disabled due to a mashed left toe, rheumatism, and pyles. He retained Mr. A. Parlett Lloyd as a lawyer to apply for him and paid the lawyer $10 for his services. At the time he was living at 811 Forrest Street, Baltimore City, MD. He was granted a pension in 1898 in 1903 his pension amounted to $8 a month. The application number was 18559, Certificate 9003. His File Designation at the National Archives is NAV WC 16 366. The family story says he had a brother, Thomas, who served in the Confederate Army and later settled in Alabama. Supposedly he was disgraced by being on the side that lost, and wouldn t show his face in Baltimore again. There is a good possibility that the Thomas mentioned was his brother in law, Thomas Corcoran, who served in the Confederate Army and did settle in Alabama after the war and owned a lumber mill. Haven t proven this yet. According to the 1880 Census, he was 51 years old, so that would mean he was born in 1829. According to his pension records, he said he was born on 1833. This 1880 Census states that his mother was born in Maryland and his father was born in Virginia. It also says that he was unemployed for 5 months during 1880 due to rheumatism. It also states that he can read and write and lists his occupation as a Tinsmith. Another family story was that William and his brother, Thomas, came to this country when they were teenagers, from England. If this is true, the 1850 Census shows a William H. Watson, age 16yrs, living in Ward 1, Baltimore City at the Seaman s Home, with his occupation being a Mariner. But this Census also says he was born in Maryland. William was a Protestant, but he always made sure that his children went to the Catholic Church. He helped them get ready on Sunday mornings by shining their shoes, etc. There is a possibility that a Watson was a Tory or Loyalist loyal to the crown during the American Revolution 177583 . He supposedly sat out the war in the Bahamas rather than fight the British, and after the war came back to Virginia. There is a possibility that the Watson family was related to the Langhorne s, the family of Lady Nancy Astor. Residences 1863 48 W. Lexington Street 1868 51 Little McElderry Street from 123 Forrest Street 1880 1885 67 E. Monument Street at Forrest 2nd Princinct 1892 811 Forrest Street 1898 811 Forrest Street 1900 719 E. Chase Street
2). Lived on Chase Street, near McKim s Hill, in Baltimore City after her husband went to the National Home for Disabled Veterans in Hampton, Virginia. When her son, George, got married in 1902, she went to live with her daughter, Mary Alice Shepperd in Monkton, Baltimore County, MD. As achild she had lived on Monkton Road. When she was a young child living in Monkton, she and her brothers and sisters used to walk from Monkton to Cockeysville to church on Sundays at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Church Road, Baltimore County, MD. In her later years in Monkton, at Mary Alice Shepperd s house, everytime she heard the train whistle she ran to the window, saying Maybe Pappa s come home . Her father, Patrick Corcoran, had disappeared and she always expected him to return. She was in a train wreck some time in her lifetime and hurt her chest. When she needed to come to town for medical or dental treatment, she stayed with her son, Gearge and his family on 38th Street. At that time, she was a little old lady, usually dressed all in black. She applied for a widow s pension of her husband on October 21, 1903. She was living in mOnkton at he time. She couldn t sign her name, so she made her mark X . She paid the lawyer, Mr. A. Parlett Lloyd a $10 fee, also. Certificate 16366. Her pension check on 04 December 1916, her last, was for $12. She died at the home of her daughter, Mary Alice Watson Shepperd, with whom she lived after George was married in 1902. She was laid out at Bridge House on Monkton Road, where the Shepperd s lived. After the viewingm W. C. Brooks Undertakers of Sparks, sent the casket to Baltimore City on the milk train. Her son, George Watson, met the train with Charles F. Evans Undertakers in Baltimore and proceeded to the burial at Bonnie Brae Cemetery, now New Cathedral Cemetery on Frederick Road, Baltimore County, MD.
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