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Elizabeth Boyd ~ T. J. Watson Jackson Co; Arkansas T. J. Watson, a retired
and highly respected merchant of Jackson County, was born in Hickman
County, Ky., on the 8th of December 1845, and is a son of E. L. and Mary
(James) Watson. Mr. Watson was but nine years old when he came to
Jackson County, Ark., with his parents and received the greater portion
of his education at the Forest Home Academy. Like many of the young men
at that period, his Southern blood was aroused at the first intimation
of war, and he joined the Confederate army in the early days of the
rebellion, becoming a member of the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry, Company E.
He took part in the light at Parker's Cross Roads. Thompson's Station
and a number of other engagements and skirmishes, and in February 1864,
he was captured at Fort Donelson and confined for about three months. At
the end of that time he was paroled and returned home, where he embarked
in business at Jacksonport, until February 1883, when he moved to
Newport and carried on his business quite extensively, but in 1889 he
sold out and has been practically retired ever since. In 1874 he was elected by the county court to collect the revenue of Jackson
County, but owing to some fault of the bond. which was $200,000, he was
never qualified. Mr Watson was married in 1869 to MISS ELIZABETH BOYD,
of Jackson County, by whom he has had five children: KATE M. Watson,
LUCY Watson,
ELBERT L. Watson, BESSIE Watson, and FANNIE Watson. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and Hugh DePayne Commandery at Little Rock, as also the Hiram Council
No. 18 and Blue Lodge, at Newport, holding the offices of Past Master of
the Blue Lodge, and Past High Priest of Jackson Chapter, as well as
positions in the Council; he is also an ex-member of the Knights of
Pythias and Ancient Order of Odd Fellows. He is also Senior Warden of
the lodge at Newport, and has been representative of the Masonic
fraternity at the Grand Lodge. Mr Watson is a full fledged Mason and Source: Biographical and
Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas. NOTE: Use this data as a finding tool, just as you would any other secondary source. When you find the name of an ancestor listed, confirm the facts in original sources.
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