CS -Benjamin William Abner Joseph John Frederick Watson

Benjamin William Abner Joseph John Frederick Watson​

Born: June 9, 1828 or 1830 (named for his father's six brothers)

Birthplace: Charleston, Virginia (now West Virginia)

Father: Richard Price Watson 1792 – 1860
(Buried: Watson Family Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas)

Mother: Elizabeth "Bettie" Cooke McGeehee 1799 – 1877
(Buried: Prince Edward County, Virginia)

Wife:

Mary E. Scott 1835 – 1851 (Married 1850)
(Buried: Texas)
Margaret Ruth Overstreet 1835 – 1870 (Married 1854)
(Buried: Watson Family Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas)​

Brother-in-law: Brevet Lieutenant General Winfield Scott 1786 – 1866
(Buried: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York)

Children:

John Franklin Watson 1854 – 1927
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)

(Margaret) Elizabeth Watson 1856 – 1941
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)

Nancy Margaret "Nannie" Watson 1858 – 1946
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)

Miriam Melwood Watson 1859 – 1923
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)

Bennie Ruth Watson 1861 – 1948
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)

William C. Watson (probably) 1868 – 1900
(Buried: Waxahachie City Cemetery, Waxahachie, Texas)​

Occupation before War:

1850s: Moved to Texas with his father and established a plantation a few miles northeast of present-day Italy, Texas

1859: Took charge of the plantation after his father's death

1860: Census records show that he owned thirty slaves​

Civil War:

March 1862: Organized Company C, 19th Texas Cavalry at Chambers Creek, Texas, and was elected Captain

April 1862: Elected Lieutenant Colonel of regiment

April 1863: Fought in Marmaduke's Missouri raid

March – May, 1864: Fought in Red River Campaign

June 1864: Promoted Colonel of regiment

July 1865: Paroled at Ellis County, Texas​

Occupation after War:

1865: Plantation owner in Barnham, Texas​

Died: September 11 or 16, 1873

Place of Death: Waxahachie, Texas

Age at Time of Death: 43 or 45 years old

Burial Place: Watson Family Cemetery, Ellis County, Texas

 

[TallTallMan]

He has a long name.

 

[Stryker65]

Named after his six uncles: Benjamin, William, Abner, Joseph, John, and Frederick.

 

[TallTallMan]

I wonder why he was killed. If he owned a plantation in rural Texas was he killed by Desperados?

 

[Stryker65]

I think it was natural causes, there was nothing that pointed to a violent death

 

[observator]

Almost became a general ...but jsut missed it...

COL Benjamin William Abner Joseph John Frederick...

From The Handbook of Texas: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/watson-benjamin-william WATSON, BENJAMIN WILLIAM (1828–1873).Benjamin William Abner Joseph John Frederick Watson, landowner, farmer, and Confederate officer, was born on June 9, 1828, in Virginia. He was the son of Richard...

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Died Natural causes....

 

[Pollaco]

I'd like to hear more about the duel Watson fought (successfully) with a Yankee Colonel and both were using sidearms. The duel was fought in front of each of the colonel's cavalry regiments. This duel happened on the Marmaduke raid into Missouri.

 

[Stryker65]

I'd like to hear more about the duel Watson fought (successfully) with a Yankee Colonel and both were using sidearms. The duel was fought in front of each of the colonels cavalry regiments. This duel happened on the Marmaduke raid into Missouri.

Heard about that. Never found any record of it.

 

[TallTallMan]

I'd like to hear more about the duel Watson fought (successfully) with a Yankee Colonel and both were using sidearms. The duel was fought in front of each of the colonel's cavalry regiments. This duel happened on the Marmaduke raid into Missouri.

Oh, so he was a Texas fighter, than?