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WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
PTyler107@aol.com
January 27, 2000
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West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Supplement Vol. 7, Hardesty’s,
Wayne County, published by Jim Comstock, Richwood, WV 1974
Alderson Watts Jr., is a son of Harrison and Sarah (Maynard) Watts, who
are honored residents of Stonewall District, and he was born in Wayne County,
May 30, 1863. Ambrose Watts, who was one of the first and most enterprising
of the settlers in what is now Stonewall District, was the great grandfather
of Alderson, Jr. In Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, March 3, 1881, were
recorded the marriage vows of Alderson Watts, Jr. and Virginia S. Ferguson.
The bride was a daughter of Lewis S. and Margaret (Osburn) Ferguson, of
Stonewall District, and was born in this county, September 11, 1863. Willard
and Willburn, twin sons, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Watts, on the 8th of
October 1881; Willburn died October 29th. following. Harrison Watts, father
of Alderson, Jr., was a soldier of the Confederate Army during the civil war.
Alderson Watts Jr., and his wife are in the membership of the Missionary
Baptist Church in their district. He owns a comfortable residence and the lot
on which it is situated at the mouth of White's Creek, and has been for some
time filling the appointment of deputy sheriff and is still the incumbent.
His post office address is Adkins Mills, Wayne County, West Virginia.
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