George W. WATSON ¹

  General Notes:

1850 IL CENSUS, Will Co, Joliet city:
George Watson, 10, b. NY, attended school.
He was living with John (b. Ireland) & Sarah (b. NY) Watson.

1860 IA CENSUS, Buchanan Co, Liberty Twp, Quasqueton P.O.:
Geo. W. Watson, 21, blacksmith, b. NY, attended school.
He was living with Jno. B. & Sarah Watson, both b. NY.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Benton Co, Vinton city:
G. W. Watson, 80, wd, 8 yrs grammar school, retired, 50 yrs in IA, b. Indiana, father b. OH, mother b. PA.

1920 IA CENSUS, Polk Co, Altoona town:
John O. Barnes, 40, b. IA, father b. OH, mother b. VA, coal miner, coal mines;
Jennie, wife, 39, b. IA, father b. NY, mother b. IA;
Charles O., son, 19, single, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, coal mines;
Harold N., son, 13, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Earnest I., son, 6, b. IA, parents b. IA, attended school;
Virgil V., son, 4-11/12, b. IA, parents b. IA;
Maxine L., dau, 1-11/12, b. IA, parents b. IA;
George W. Watson, father-in-law, 72, divorced, b. NY, parents b. NY, no occupation.

George married Rosannah WICKHAM, daughter of Orison Burton WICKHAM and Lydia Ann GINTHER, on 19 Jan 1864 in Fayette Co, IA.¹ (Rosannah WICKHAM was born on 26 Jun 1848 in West Union, Fayette Co, IA ⁴ and died after 1930 in perhaps Pottawattamie Co, IA ⁵.)