Jacob "Uncle Jake" Arthur Watson

Notes:

Robert Cecil McDaniel describes him as a Hemphill pioneer and businessman. He served as city secretary during the 1930's.

Name: Jacob Authur Watson
Death Date: 04 Mar 1961
Death Place: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas United States
Gender: Male
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Death Age: 97 years
Estimated Birth Date: 1864
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Father's Name: Author Watson
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Film Number: 2116712
Digital Film Number: 4157173
Image Number: 983
Reference Number: 17852
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976


(Research):

Census Listting

1920 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 14 Jan 1920
SD 326 ED 168 Sheet 14B
290-307
Watson, Jake A Head M W 52 M Tx Miss Miss Manufacturer Pine Lumber
Watson, Martha A Wf F W 43 M Tx Ga Tn
Watson, Susie P Dtr F W 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Murphy, Elbert H Son-in-law M W 30 m Ala Ala Ala Druggist Retail Drug Store
Murphy, Lucile Dtr F W 22 M Tx Tx Tx

Family/Spouse: Martha Adams. Martha was born on 3 Jan 1877 in Newton County, Texas; died on 11 Jan 1950 in Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elbert H. Murphree. Elbert was born about 1890 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Sabine County Reporter
June 4, 1997, Page 12

Susy Watson Moore

Susy Watson Moore, 92, a native of Hemphill, died March 28, 1997, at a Ft. Worth hospital.

She waw preceded in death by her husband, Marsline K. Moore, owner and manager of several early day theaters in East Texas, including Hemphill. He was also a rancer and advertising executive before he died in 1979.

During World War II, she was a uniformed volunteer driver for the Red Cross Motor Corps. She graduated from Hemphill High School in 1922 and attended the College of Industrial Arts in Denton.

Her sister, Lucille Watson Murphee, died in Dallas in 1983. They were daughters of Hemphill natives Jacob A. Watson and Martha Adams Watson on Newton. "Uncle Jake" was born in Hemphill in 1864, during the the Civil War. Both are buried in the Hemphill Cemetery.

Susy Moore is survived by twin sons, Jake Watson Moore and Martin S. Moore of Ft. Worth and Martin's wife, Barbara; sister-in-law, Ilene Moore Carter of Dallas; grandchildren Martin S. Moore Jr. and wife Ginann of Ft. Worth, Karen L. Moore of Arlington, Jake W. Moore Jr and wife Ursula of Pensacola, Florida, and Martha K. Moore of Dallas; and great-granchildren, Seth and Sheridan of Pensacola.

Funeral services were held at Shannon's TCU Funeral Chapel. Burial was in the family plot at Greenwood Cemetery in Fort Worth.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, March 2011)

Family/Spouse: Marsline Kimble Moore. Marsline was born on 23 Jul 1902; died in Apr 1979 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]