"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
ASHLAND TWP.

Page 340

BLUFORD CLARK WATSON, a farmer and stock-raiser of Ashland Township, was
born July 9, 1852, in Morgan County, and is the ninth of eleven children
born to Simon and Samirah (Bowman) Watson, the former a native of North
Carolina, and the latter of Kentucky. Our subject was reared a farmer, but
received a good educaion from the public schools. At the age of twenty
years, he commenced teaching school, and has taught, with the exception of
one winter, ever since with good success. On February 3, 1876, he was
married to Sarah A. Michael, a native of Morgan County, born August 9, 1857.
Three children have been born to them--Minnie B., born September 22, 1877;
Maud E., born May 17, 1880; and Ivy C., born September 29, 1882. Mr.
Watson is a member of the Masonic fraternity at Eminence, this county. In
politics, he is a stanch Democrat. He owns a fine little farm of 110 acres,
acquired through his own thrift and industry. Mr. Watson is a genial,
whole-souled gentleman, and very much respected by his associates and
acquaintances.

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