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Zenas W.
Watson
Headstones Greenwood Cemetery, Ridgetown, Kent Co., ON, transcribed by the Kent Branch of the OGS:
Zenas W. Watson Oct 23, 1830 - Apr. 2, 1913.
Melissa C. Kern wife of Zenas W. Watson died Sept. 20, 1933 aged 94 years.
Ellen Scane wife of Z. W. Watson died Nov. 14, 1861 aged 25 years.
Commemorative Biographical Record of Kent County, Ontario, J.H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1904, pg. 50-51:
Zenas W. Watson, a retired farmer of Ridgetown, County of Kent, Ont., and a member of one of the old pioneer families of this locality, was born Oct. 23, 1830, a son of James and Sophia (Nash) Watson, and grandson of Joseph Watson, who died in England.
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Zenas W. Watson, being the eldest of the family of James and Sophia, was reared to hard work on his father's farm, and was educated in the district school. He remained upon the home farm as manager, when his father, being advanced in years, had retired from active life. In 1859 Zenas W. Watson married Miss Ellen Scane, a lady born in Ridgetown, and a daughter of Thomas Scane, one of the pioneers of County Kent. She died fourteen months after marriage, leaving no family. On Oct. 13, 1863, Mr. Watson was married to Miss Malissa C. Kern, the worthy daughter of Samuel and Mariah (Mabee) Kern, members of one of the old and aristocratic families of County Norfolk...two sons have been born to himself and wife: Charles W., born in January, 1866...Omar K. Watson, the second son, was born in August, 1869...
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