Vicki's Close Cousins, Long Lost Cousins, Kissing Cousins, Distant Cousins, Great-Great and more Great Grandparents, In-laws, Out-laws, and Allied Lines. That's a cameo of great great Grandpa Simon Prince to the left, born in 1850.
Watson
High Cotton: The Antebellum Alabama Plantation Mistress and the Cotton Culture
This document describes the life of the wives of plantation owners, with their constant need to help in the fields, make clothes for both blacks and whites, keep everyone fed, and run the plantation with the help of overseers and slaves when their husbands were traveling. There is mention of Williamson Hawkins and his wife Betsy on page 98, with footnotes indicating manuscripts available at Samford and the Birmingham Public Library, Clement Comer Clay, Sr (served as governor of Alabama) and his wife Susanna on page 99, and Henry Watson of Greensboro and his wife Sophia on page 99.
Higginbotham, Joseph A., d.1882
Southern Aegis
Ashville, Alabama
February 15, 1882
Died. Higginbotham. On February 8, 1882, near Fair View, St. Clair County, Ala., Joseph A. Higginbotham, aged 56 years. Deceased left a wife and eleven children. Expressed himself prepared to die, but regretted to leave them. His funeral was attended by a large number of friends, and the services were conducted by Mr. Watson.
Republished in By Murder, Accident, and Natural Causes by Joseph L. Whitten
Watson from Alabama - Images of CSA Pension Applications added
Images of Confederate Pension Applications for all Watsons in Alabama have been added to the site. In addition, the pension application for Reuben Prince of Jefferson County, Alabama has also been added. They can be found in the Image Gallery for now.
Watson, Carroll J., d.1957
The Birmingham News
Saturday, March 9, 1957
Pg 2
Carroll J. Watson Killed in Germany
Carroll Jack Watson, 21, was killed by a motorcycle in Ausburg, Germany, March 3. He had been serving with air born division of the U. S. Army in the past three years. He is the son of Mr. And Mrs. Buford Watson, formerly of Bessemer, now living in Westfield near Fairfield. The body will be returned here for funeral services which will be announced. (photo in obit captioned – Jack Watson…. Dies in Germany)
