Robert Sedgwick Watson, son of Ebenezer Watson and Frances Pamela Sedgwick, married Mary Taber Hathaway on July 1, 1833 in New Bedford Massachusetts.
Watson, a partner in the commission house of Macondray & Company, went to California in 1849 determined to make his fortune and return home to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1852 Watson returned East a rich man, drawing $150,000 out of Macondray & Company and leaving $60,000 behind to be managed for him.
Shortly after his return, he invested in railroads beginning with Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
By 1872 he was listed as a director of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR along with John Wood Brooks and John M Forbes---all three would have homes in Milton.
Watson, a partner in the commission house of Macondray & Company, went to California in 1849 determined to make his fortune and return home to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1852 Watson returned East a rich man, drawing $150,000 out of Macondray & Company and leaving $60,000 behind to be managed for him.
Shortly after his return, he invested in railroads beginning with Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
By 1872 he was listed as a director of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR along with John Wood Brooks and John M Forbes---all three would have homes in Milton.
Robert Sedgwick Watson, son of Ebenezer Watson and Frances Pamela Sedgwick, married Mary Taber Hathaway on July 1, 1833 in New Bedford Massachusetts.
Watson, a partner in the commission house of Macondray & Company, went to California in 1849 determined to make his fortune and return home to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1852 Watson returned East a rich man, drawing $150,000 out of Macondray & Company and leaving $60,000 behind to be managed for him.
Shortly after his return, he invested in railroads beginning with Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
By 1872 he was listed as a director of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR along with John Wood Brooks and John M Forbes---all three would have homes in Milton.
Watson, a partner in the commission house of Macondray & Company, went to California in 1849 determined to make his fortune and return home to New Bedford, Massachusetts.
In 1852 Watson returned East a rich man, drawing $150,000 out of Macondray & Company and leaving $60,000 behind to be managed for him.
Shortly after his return, he invested in railroads beginning with Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.
By 1872 he was listed as a director of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RR along with John Wood Brooks and John M Forbes---all three would have homes in Milton.
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