"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD,
EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE 


MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
ADAMS TWP.,

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ALFRED A. WATSON, blacksmith, was born in what is now Ashland Township,
Morgan Co., Ind., October 22, 1848, he being the seventh in a family of
eleven children born to Simon and Samirah (Bowman) Watson, a sketch of whom
will be found elsewhere in this volume. Alfred A. Watson, our subject,
received a good common school education in his native county. At the age of
twenty-two, he began learning the trade of blacksmithing, serving an
apprenticeship of three years. He then opened a shop of his own in
Eminence, Morgan Co., Ind., where he is still conducting the business. He
was married, December 24, 1869, to Mrs. Jane (Nicholas) McMorries. Six
children were born to them, of whom three daughters are still living. Mrs.
Watson dying February 23, 1881, Mr. Watson next united himself with Mrs.
Mary J. (Summers) Sligar November 16, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Watson belong to
the Baptist and the Methodist Episcopal Churches respectively. Mr. Watson
is a member of the Eminence Lodge, No. 317, I. O. O. F. In politics, he is
a Democrat. He is one of the principal business men of Eminence, Morgan
Co., Ind.

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