Lucinda "Lula" C. Watson

Notes:

Her headstone was inscribed Lucina C. Watson, 6 Apr 1862-29 Aug 1884, "She was a kind and affectionate wife, a fond mother and a friend to all" Her footstone was marked L C W

Kay Parker McCary, on her annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, shows her as the daughter of Jacob Moore Watson and Nancy Curren Day Watson, and the wife of George Franklin Conn, who was buried in Gravel Hill. No indication is given as to why her tombstone was inscribed with her maiden name.

Lucinda married George Franklin "Frank" Conn on 20 Jan 1881 in Sabine County, Texas. George (son of George Washington Conn and Mariah Mulford) was born on 10 Oct 1856 in Louisiana; died on 9 Jul 1928 in Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Minnie Lee Conn was born on 12 Oct 1881 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jul 1957 in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.
2. Mary May "Maggie" Conn was born on 19 Sep 1883 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 20 Nov 1931 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Michael Watson, b ca 1798 in Ga., m Pensey Raiford b 1798 in Ga., moved to Texas ca 1836, rec'd a second class land grant, and settled in Sabine County. He was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge at Milam. A son, JACOB MOORE WATSON, b Feb 11, 1835, d Sept 6, 1872, m Oct 15, 1857 at Milam, NANCY CURRAN ROWAN DAY. (White and Toole, p 68).

FindAGrave shows that Michael and Pensey were buried at McMahans Chapel Cemetery.

(Research):Census Listings:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Housan Bayou, P.O. Hemphill
Enumerated 21 Jun 1860
Page 13
95-95
J.M. Watson 25 M Merchante $250 Ga
N.C.R. Watson 23 F Miss
O.M. Watson 1 M Texas


1870 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill
Enumerated 27 Jun 1870
Page 1
1-1
Watson, J. M. 35 M W Lawyer $1000 $1000 Ga
Watson, Nancy C. R. 24 F W Keeping House Mississippi
Watson, Thomas R 9 M W Texas
Watson, Lucinda C 8 F W Texas
Watson, Jacob A 6 m W Texas
Watson, Roberta S 4 F W Texas
Watson, Eddie 3 M W Texas
Watson, Nannie J 1 F W Texas
Elizabeth BROWN 21 F W Widow Mississippi

1880 Federal Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sub Distr. 84
Page 12, SD 1, ED 84, Stamped 14
Enumerated 26 Jun 1880
116-123
Watson, C. R. W F 44 Keeping House Miss Ga Ga
Waston, Thomas W M 20 Son Merchant Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Luly C. W F 18 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Jacob W M 16 Son Farmer Tx Ga Miss
Watson, R. W F 14 Dtr Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Eddy W M 12 Son Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Nannie W F 11 D Tx Ga Miss
Watson, Dora W F 7 D Tx Ga Miss
Davis, W. R. W M 25 Boarder Merchant Miss Ala Miss

Jacob married Nancy Curren Rowan Day on 15 Oct 1857 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas. Nancy was born on 17 Jul 1835 in Mississippi; died on 23 Feb 1909 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

White and Toole instead show her as as the daughter of Ortton Day, who they say was also the father of Daniel and Stacy Day. (White and Toole, p 68). On the annotated transcription of the Hemphill City Cemetery, Kay Parker McCary also lists her as a daugher of Ortton Day, and addes that her tombstone was inscribed "Wife of J. M. Watson Her many virtues form the noblest monument to her memory." On her FindAGrave memorial, created by Kay Parker McCary, she is shown as the daughter of Ortton DAY (died 1868, b. Hemphill Cemetery) and Elizabeth PENNINGTON.

On the death certificate of her youngest daughter, Dora, her maiden name was listed as Hale.

Notes:

At the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas census, Michael and Patsy (indexed on Ancestry.com as Dorsey) were living next to daugher Katherine and her husband, William P Roberts. Living in the Watson household were their four sons, and James Halbert, age 29, who would later marry Phoebe Eliza Irvine. Per marriage records and a photo of her grave marker, her first name was actually Pensy.

Michael married Pensy Elizabeth Raiford on 9 Dec 1819 in Jefferson County, Georgia. Pensy was born about 1798 in Georgia; died about 1855 in Texas; was buried in McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Ancestry.com. Georgia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997 shows a marriage of Michael Watson to Pency Raiford, 9 Dec 1819 Jefferson Co, Georgia.