A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree


‎Gabriel Washington Watterson‏‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾ ³⁾, son of James Watterson and Ellen Bussard‏. Born ‎ Jan 11, 1861 at Clarion Co. PA‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾ ⁴⁾ ⁵⁾ ³⁾, died ‎ Sep 30, 1921 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎, 60 years ⁵⁾ ³⁾ ⁶⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ⁵⁾ ³⁾ ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. Living with parents and siblings. ⁸⁾ Located: (‎ May 1891 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Farmer. ⁹⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with wife, children, mother-in-law and boarder Ely McKinney. ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer doing odd jobs. Living with wife and children. ²⁾ Located: (‎ Sep 1914 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) ¹⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer in a saw mill. Living with wife and son. ¹⁰⁾ Married ‎ May 7, 1891 at Atwood, Armstrong Co. PA ²⁾ ⁹⁾ (30 years married) to: ‎Martha Jane Mahan‏‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾ ¹¹⁾, daughter of Elisha "Elijah Mahan" Mahan and Lavina C. Fisher‏. Born ‎ Apr 13, 1864 at Indiana Co. PA‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾ ⁴⁾ ¹¹⁾ ¹²⁾, died ‎ Dec 29, 1930 at Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co. PA‎, 66 years ¹¹⁾ ¹²⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ¹²⁾ On the 1910 census, Martha states that she has had two children, and both are living. ²⁾ Census (‎ 1870 at Washington Twp., Indiana Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ¹³⁾ Census (‎ 1880 at Washington Twp., Indiana Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ¹⁴⁾ Located: (‎ May 1891 at Washington Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) ⁹⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband, children, mother and boarder Ely McKinney. ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. ²⁾ Located: (‎ Sep 1914 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) ¹⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and son. ¹⁰⁾ Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Widowed. Living with son Elder and his family. ¹⁵⁾ Children: 1. ‎Alice Loretta Watterson‏‎ ¹⁶⁾ ¹⁾ Born ‎ Jun 1892 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ ¹⁾ ⁴⁾, died ‎ Aug 18, 1976 at Des Plaines, Cook Co. IL‎, 84 years ¹⁷⁾, buried ‎ at Grove Cemetery, New Brighton, Beaver Co. PA ¹⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, brother, maternal grandmother and boarder Ely McKinney. ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and brother. ²⁾ Located: (‎ Sep 1914 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) ¹⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at New Brighton, Beaver Co. PA) Living with husband and daughter. ¹⁸⁾ Census (‎ 1940 at Daugherty Twp., Beaver Co. PA) Living with husband and daughter. ¹⁹⁾ Located: (‎ Feb 1953 at New Brighton, Beaver Co. PA) ²⁰⁾ 2. ‎Elder Arlington Watterson‏‎ ²⁾ ²¹⁾ Born ‎ Jul 30, 1893 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA‎ ²⁾ ⁴⁾ ²¹⁾ ²⁰⁾, died ‎ Feb 24, 1953 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 59 years ²¹⁾ ²⁰⁾, buried ‎ at Elderton Cemetery, Elderton, Armstrong Co. PA ²¹⁾ ²⁰⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, sister, maternal grandmother and boarder Ely McKinney. ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer doing odd jobs. Living with parents and sister. ²⁾ Military Service: (‎between Jul 24, 1918 and Mar 31, 1919) Private, Company K, 161st Infantry, U.S. Army. ²²⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer doing aluminum work. Living with parents. ¹⁰⁾ Census (‎ 1930 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Mechanic in a garage. Living with wife, son and mother. ¹⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1940 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Driver for a bus line. Living with wife and son. ²³⁾

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