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Robert Wood Watson 1830 – 1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1830

Birth Location: New York

Death Date: 1889

Death Location: Sanilac County, Michigan

Father: Jeptha Watson

Mother: Sarah Countryman

Spouse(s): Mary Surbrook

Children(s): Martha Kelly, Jeptha Watson, James Watson, Nathaniel Watson

In 1830, Robert Wood Watson entered the world in New York, born to Jeptha Watson and Sarah Countryman. Years later, Robert Wood Watson married Mary Ann Catherine Surbrook, and the couple became parents to Martha Kelly, Jeptha John Watson, James E Watson and Nathaniel William Watson. Robert Wood Watson died in 1889 in Sanilac County, Michigan.

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Parents

Jeptha Watson
1794 – 1875
Birth Location: Maine
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Sarah Countryman
1815 –
Birth Location: Osnabrook, Stormont, Ontario, Canada
SC

Spouses(s)

Mary Surbrook
1832 – 1918
Birth Location: New York
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Children(s)

Martha Kelly
1852 – 1933
Birth Location: Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan
MK
Jeptha Watson
1856 – 1903
Birth Location: Michigan
JW
James Watson
1860 – 1953
Birth Location: Buel, Sanilac, Michigan
JW
Nathaniel Watson
1861 – 1916
Birth Location: Michigan
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1830
    Event Place: New York
    Record Source: Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, Michigan; Death Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1889
    Event Place: Sanilac County, Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Lexington, Sanilac, Michigan
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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