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Mary A Lawrence Watson
1786 – 1865
| Birth | 1786 |
| Death | 1865 |
| Cemetery | Armstrong Cemetery Rushville , Buchanan County , Missouri , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69778253 |
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Wife of Jeptha Watson probably second or even third. She was living with her daughter Elizabeth Watson Merritt in 1860 in Rushville, Buchanan co., Mo., as a widow and was listed as a weaver. In the 1900 census Elizabeth Merritt stated she was a carpet weaver probably learned from her mother. Her daughter Elizabeth also named some of her children after her siblings like her sons, Eli and Elijah Merritt, and eldest daughter named Mary Merritt was after her grandmother Mary Lawrence. Jeptha Watson died in Buchanan, MO at his son Elijah Watson's home before 1850. 1860 Fed Census Rushville, Buchanan, MO Elijah Merritt 8 Mary Watson 74 Armstead Merritt 44 Elizabeth Merritt 38 Allen H Merritt 19 George Merritt 16 Sarah Merritt 14 Hesekiah Merritt 12 Eli M Merritt 10
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- Margaret Ann "Peggy" Lawrence Newman 1813–1892
- Elisha Watson 1816–1891
- Elijah Watson 1816–1901
- Catherine Watson Gardner 1818–1884
- Elizabeth Watson Merritt 1821–1909
- James A. Watson 1826–1885
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