Ellen Maria Anderson Watson
Born: December 3, 1842
Birthplace: near Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Father: W. T. Anderson
Mother: Maria Anderson
1st Husband: B. F. Perkins (died circa 1861-2)
Married: 1861
2nd Husband: Rev. Samuel Watson, D.D.
Married: 1867
Children: 2 Daughters, 3 Sons (all from 2nd Marriage)
Religion: Methodist
Antebellum Events:
Became a Sunday School Teacher at 15 years of Age
By the Age of 16, she was making a comfortable income from teaching classes in vocal and instrumental music
Civil War Events:
Married B. F. Perkens, and then watched him leave to join the Confederate Army
Was widowed and penniless after the death of her first husband
Sold Clothes in Arkansas to Union Soldiers using funds for Confederates
Gathered Information to give to the Confederate Army in Arkansas
Nurse at Southern Mothers Hospital
Postbellum Events:
Organizer of Lady's Aide Society
Organizer of Women's Foreign Missionary Society
Leader in Women's Christian Temperance Association
Died: 1906
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery Memphis Tennessee (May 25, 1906)
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