Oscar
Newton
Watson
Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Treas Watson, Jefferson Posey Watson, Tallulah (Watson) Logan, Charlsie Elizabeth (Watson) Smith, Jack Walter Watson, Znah Watson, Charles C. Watson, Alma I. Watson and Olive Watson
Husband of
Una Leora (Blackwell) Rooks
— married
12 Jan 1896 (to 1904) in Etowah, Alabama, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Myrtle Elizabeth (Watson) Higginbotham, Lois Idella Watson, Eschol Mendosier (Watson) Patty and Derah Vestie Watson
Died
at age 27
in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Sep 2017
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Biography
According to family stories told to their grandson Herston, Oscar and Una divorced because she was tired of him moving around looking for work. Oscar moved to Chattanooga, where he was killed in a fall from the scaffolding of a building he was painting.
Sources
- Marriage info from Etowah co. AL court house, book E, page 420.
- 1900 census, Stafford, Cherokee County, Alabama:
WATSON, Oscar, Head, Oct 1879, 20, married 4 years,
Alabama, Alabama, Alabama, Farm Laborer
- Euna (indexed as Enna), Wife, Aug 1881, 18, mother
of 2, 2 still living, Alabama, Alabama, Alabama
- Myrtyl, Daughter, Jan 1897, 3, Alabama, Alabama,
Alabama
- Lois, Daughter, Mar 1899, 1, Alabama, Alabama,
Alabama
- The Montgomery Advisor, 26 Jan 1896: "Married in Alabama... In Etowah county, Oscar N. Watson and Miss Emma [sic] Blackwell."
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oscar:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Oscar:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Jessica Key 
:
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch NT7983759 [compare]
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~3.12%
Jessica Argo :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GE2297866 [compare], Ancestry member JArgoBurke
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~3.12%
Jennifer Gray :
23andMe
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