Henry Watson1863–
- Name
- Henry Watson
- Given names
- Henry
- Surname
- Watson
 Birth | about 1863 35 34 Note: Birth year/place based on 1870 Census |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 4 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 6 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Census | August 20, 1870 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 15 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Death of a mother | Louisa Addington January 27, 1887 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | Moses C Watson September 20, 1898 (Age 35 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 53 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Hannah “Anna” Watson April 29, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 54 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 55 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Watson January 5, 1930 (Age 67 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary A “Mollie” Watson October 17, 1943 (Age 80 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 87 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 83 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Moses C Watson Birth: about 1828 — Ohio, United States Death: September 20, 1898 — McLean, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Addington Birth: about 1829 — Indiana, United States Death: January 27, 1887 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: October 30, 1853 — Indiana, United States |
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2 years elder sister |
Elizabeth Watson Birth: January 30, 1856 28 27 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: January 5, 1930 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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11 months elder sister |
Hannah “Anna” Watson Birth: December 30, 1856 28 27 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: April 29, 1917 — Illinois, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary A “Mollie” Watson Birth: June 6, 1861 33 32 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: October 17, 1943 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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3 years himself |
Henry Watson Birth: about 1863 35 34 — Fulton, Indiana, United States Death: |
| Mother’s family with Samuel T Lee |
| step-father |
Samuel T Lee Birth: about 1821 38 33 — Indiana, United States Death: about 1852 — Indiana, United States |
| mother |
Louisa Addington Birth: about 1829 — Indiana, United States Death: January 27, 1887 — Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States |
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Marriage: May 24, 1846 — Rochester, Fulton, Indiana, United States |
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4 years half-sister |
Nancy Jane Lee Birth: about 1849 28 20 — Indiana, United States Death: |
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3 years half-brother |
Joseph W Lee Birth: about 1851 30 22 — Indiana, United States Death: |
Henry Watson has 0 first cousins recorded
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Moses C Watson - Household
Wayne, Fulton, Indiana, United States
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