Isham H. Watson (1821-1886) - Find a Grave Memorial

Isham H. Watson

Birth

13 May 1821

Marion County, South Carolina, USA

Death

11 Mar 1886 (aged 64)

Marion County, South Carolina, USA

Burial

Antioch Church Cemetery

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Son of Isham and Mary Hayes Watson. Isham married (1) Nancy Ann McDuffie, and (2) Mary Nichols. Isham and Nancy had six children: Alexander Watson, George Elmore Watson, Mary Jane Watson, Duncan Isham Watson, Neil C McDuffie Watson and Albert Watson. There were no children from his marriage to Mary.

Isham's son George, "went west and married there, some months after the marriage George suddenly died, and left his widow, to whom a posthumous daughter was born, who takes and has the name of her father, George Elmore; the widow and daughter are both now in Marion." - page 200, A History of Marion County

Apparently "west" was actually Georgia where Isham's son, George Elmore Watson died on October 23, 1885 in Milledgeville. George's wife, Sallie Tatum Walker and daughter, George Elmore Watson are buried in Magnolia Cemetery in Mobile, Alabama. Have been unable to locate where George is buried.

Inscription

"I. H. Watson. Born May 13, 1821. Died March 11, 1886. Raised to the degree of a Master Mason. April 30, A.L. 5858. Exalted to the sublime degree of a Royal Arch Mason. April 6. A.I. 2401.

Erected by the members of Clinton Lodge No. 60. A.F.M. and companions of Marion Chapter No. 35 of Marion, So. Ca. In Memory of Brother and Companion Isham H. Watson. In token of the high esteem in which he was held by them, and as a memento of the appreciation of his devotion to the order."