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Phoebe Emily <I>Kennedy</I> Watson

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Phoebe Emily Kennedy Watson

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
3 Nov 1909
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Redwood Falls, Redwood County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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There are no grave stones for Phoebe or her husband, David Watson in the cemetery. Phoebe was born between 1818-1820 Indiana.

Phoebe's obituary: Redwood Gazette - Wed., Nov. 10, 1909
Friday of last week, the remains of Mrs. Phebe Emily Watson, widow of David Watson, who platted the original townsite of Redwood Falls and died twenty years ago, were brought to this city by her two oldest sons, Robert and Ebenezer Watson. Mrs. Watson was not only one of the first white women to come here to live, but was one of the first settlers of the state, coming with her husband to Houston County, near Brownsville in 1852. Robert Watson informs us that his mother followed her husband to this place in 1865, in late May or the first of June, soon after Robert came here to see his father and prepare for the coming family while absent on furlough a few months before the war closed. Mrs. Watson was a Kentuckian by birth [she was born Indiana), her father having been originally a slave owner, but after being converted by the preaching of the great Methodist pioneer, Peter Cartright, he manumitted a number of slaves and ultimately removed with his family to Indiana.

From the Minneapolis Journal 1909: 'CENTENARIAN IS DEAD - Daughter of Revolutionary Warrior Dies at Soldiers Home - said to have been 100 years old but no one knows for sure. Four surviving children: Robert Watson, Mrs. Martha Webster, Ebenezer Watson of Greenwood, Wisconsin, and David F. Watson, who is working in the Dakotas.
(Note: The newspaper article says she's a "daughter of a Revolutionary warrior" but this is incorrect. She was the granddaughter of George King, who served in the American Revolution. Her father was born in 1788, so he could not have served in the Revolution.)

From the Redwood Reveille 1909: DEATH OF A PIONEER - Phoebe E. Watson, wife of David Watson, deceased, died at the soldier's home in Minnehaha on Wed., Nov 3. Her son, Robert of Minneapolis will arrive here today with the body which will be laid beside her husband ...The Watson's were pioneers of Redwood Falls, having platted part of the city. She left this city for the soldier's home in May 1907. The old soldiers will escort the remains to its last resting place.

Phoebe and David were married 31 Mar 1836 Decatur Co., IN. Children born but not linked to this memorial (burials unknown) were:
John Watson 1841-1846
Ebenezer 'Eb' Watson 1846-1930
Benjamin Watson abt 1854 - abt 1860
Eliza Watson abt 1859 -aft 1860
David Foster Watson 1862- aft 1920 - m Arminda Moon who is interred Redwood Falls Cemetery
There are no grave stones for Phoebe or her husband, David Watson in the cemetery. Phoebe was born between 1818-1820 Indiana.

Phoebe's obituary: Redwood Gazette - Wed., Nov. 10, 1909
Friday of last week, the remains of Mrs. Phebe Emily Watson, widow of David Watson, who platted the original townsite of Redwood Falls and died twenty years ago, were brought to this city by her two oldest sons, Robert and Ebenezer Watson. Mrs. Watson was not only one of the first white women to come here to live, but was one of the first settlers of the state, coming with her husband to Houston County, near Brownsville in 1852. Robert Watson informs us that his mother followed her husband to this place in 1865, in late May or the first of June, soon after Robert came here to see his father and prepare for the coming family while absent on furlough a few months before the war closed. Mrs. Watson was a Kentuckian by birth [she was born Indiana), her father having been originally a slave owner, but after being converted by the preaching of the great Methodist pioneer, Peter Cartright, he manumitted a number of slaves and ultimately removed with his family to Indiana.

From the Minneapolis Journal 1909: 'CENTENARIAN IS DEAD - Daughter of Revolutionary Warrior Dies at Soldiers Home - said to have been 100 years old but no one knows for sure. Four surviving children: Robert Watson, Mrs. Martha Webster, Ebenezer Watson of Greenwood, Wisconsin, and David F. Watson, who is working in the Dakotas.
(Note: The newspaper article says she's a "daughter of a Revolutionary warrior" but this is incorrect. She was the granddaughter of George King, who served in the American Revolution. Her father was born in 1788, so he could not have served in the Revolution.)

From the Redwood Reveille 1909: DEATH OF A PIONEER - Phoebe E. Watson, wife of David Watson, deceased, died at the soldier's home in Minnehaha on Wed., Nov 3. Her son, Robert of Minneapolis will arrive here today with the body which will be laid beside her husband ...The Watson's were pioneers of Redwood Falls, having platted part of the city. She left this city for the soldier's home in May 1907. The old soldiers will escort the remains to its last resting place.

Phoebe and David were married 31 Mar 1836 Decatur Co., IN. Children born but not linked to this memorial (burials unknown) were:
John Watson 1841-1846
Ebenezer 'Eb' Watson 1846-1930
Benjamin Watson abt 1854 - abt 1860
Eliza Watson abt 1859 -aft 1860
David Foster Watson 1862- aft 1920 - m Arminda Moon who is interred Redwood Falls Cemetery


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