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James Green Watson, II

Male 1939 - 2004  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Green Watson, II was born 13 Jan 1939, Danville, Virginia (son of James Green Watson, Sr. and Roberta Burns Jamison); died 21 Dec 2004, Durango, Colorado.

    Notes:

    James G Watson, 64

    Rogersville Review, The (TN) - Tuesday, December 21, 2004

    DURANGO,CO-James G. Watson, age 64, Durango, CO, formerly of Rogersville died Tuesday, December 21, 2004 at his home.

    He was born in Danville, VA the son of the late James and Roberta Watson.

    He is survived by his wife, Emily; sons, Chris and Nate; daughters-in-law, Rochelle and Crystal and grandchildren, Hunter, Cooper, Bailey, Emily and Payton.

    A memorial service will be held at Rogersville Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, Sunday, January 9, 2005 from 2-4 p.m.

    James married Living [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Living
    2. Living

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Green Watson, Sr. was born 10 Nov 1908, Danville, Virginia (son of John Thomas Watson, Jr. and Mary Verser Green); died 1 Oct 1964, Greensboro, North Carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name: James Green Watson
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 Oct 1964
    Event Place: Greensboro, Gilford, North Carolina
    Birth Year: 1908
    Burial Date: 03 Oct 1964
    Burial Place: Danville, Virginia
    Cemetery: Green Hill
    Residence Place: Greensboro, Guilford, N. C.
    Address: 406 Westdale Place
    Gender: Male
    Age: 55
    Marital Status: Married
    Race (Original): White
    Occupation: Archetict
    Birth Date: 10 Nov 1908
    Birthplace: Danville, Virginia
    Father's Name: John T. Watson
    Mother's Name: Mary Green
    Spouse's Name: Jaunita Womble
    Additional Relatives: X

    Reference ID: v 31A cn 31279 , GS Film number: 1953566

    Name: James G Watson
    Event Type: Census
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Danville Ward 2, Danville (Independent City), Virginia, United States
    Gender: Male
    Age: 1
    Marital Status: Single
    Race: White
    Race (Original): White
    Relationship to Head of Household: Son
    Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
    Birth Year (Estimated): 1909
    Birthplace: Virginia
    Father's Birthplace: Virginia
    Mother's Birthplace: Virginia

    Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
    John T Watson Jr. Head M 48 Virginia
    Mary G Watson Wife F 41 Virginia
    Nancy G Watson Daughter F 15 Virginia
    James G Watson Son M 1 Virginia
    Nannie D Green Mother-in-law F 68 Virginia
    Ester Jefferies Servant F 45 North Carolina

    District: 20 , Sheet Number and Letter: 6A , Household ID: 109 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M1283 , GS Film number: 1375639 , Digital Folder Number: 004454826 , Image Number: 00961

    Died:
    Carter Powell and I believe this to be the second husband of Roberta Jamison Williams Watson. Mr. Watson has another wife by the name of Juanita Womble at time of death. May have been a divorce because Roberta died in 1968.

    James married Roberta Burns Jamison 14 Dec 1935, Richmond Va; divorced 2 Jun 1947. Roberta (daughter of Rev. Hugh Burns McCready Jamison and Anne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/Durrette) was born 19 Feb 1912, Virginia; died 2 Jan 1968; was buried , Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Roberta Burns JamisonRoberta Burns Jamison was born 19 Feb 1912, Virginia (daughter of Rev. Hugh Burns McCready Jamison and Anne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/Durrette); died 2 Jan 1968; was buried , Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    1920 Texas census states Roberta was born in Texas.

    Notes:

    Divorced:
    James went on to marry Juanita Womble

    Children:
    1. 1. James Green Watson, II was born 13 Jan 1939, Danville, Virginia; died 21 Dec 2004, Durango, Colorado.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Thomas Watson, Jr. was born 29 Jun 1861, Danville, Virginia; died 4 Oct 1946, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    John married Mary Verser Green 9 Dec 1891, Danville, Virginia. Mary (daughter of James Colquhoun Green, MD and Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters) was born 22 Sep 1868, Danville, Virginia; died 9 Mar 1962, Greensboro, North Carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Mary Verser Green was born 22 Sep 1868, Danville, Virginia (daughter of James Colquhoun Green, MD and Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters); died 9 Mar 1962, Greensboro, North Carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. Nancey Green Watson was born 30 Apr 1894, Danville, Virginia; died 29 Oct 1948, Pittslyvania County, Virginia; was buried , Mountain View Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    2. George Colquhoun Watson was born Est 1898, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 2. James Green Watson, Sr. was born 10 Nov 1908, Danville, Virginia; died 1 Oct 1964, Greensboro, North Carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

  3. 6.  Rev. Hugh Burns McCready JamisonRev. Hugh Burns McCready Jamison was born 3 Oct 1883, Donaghadee, Ireland (son of Rev. Joseph Clarke Jamison and Elizabeth McCready); died 24 Feb 1936, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Frederickburg, Virginia .

    Notes:

    Rector at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Bryan, TX from Jan. 1, 1918 to Sept. 15, 1921 according to the archives department of the church.

    Hugh married Anne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/Durrette 28 Jun 1911, Spotsylvania, Virginia. Anne (daughter of Cecil Beverley Durrett/Durrette and Mary Almedia Leavell) was born 28 Feb 1888, Leavells, Virginia; died 1 Aug 1946; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery (on farm land), Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Anne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/DurretteAnne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/Durrette was born 28 Feb 1888, Leavells, Virginia (daughter of Cecil Beverley Durrett/Durrette and Mary Almedia Leavell); died 1 Aug 1946; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery (on farm land), Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Buried:
    There is an Anne Durrette Jamison buried in a "Leavell Cemetery" in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

    Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 21:47:50 -0400 by Linda Noggle
    ALSO I saw that you are working on Leavells from Virginia. You may have this information already but I just moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia and I live in Spotsylvania County in a 600 home development called Fox Point. The area was previously a farm and the owner was a Leavell. There is a family cemetery located within our housing project. It is small - the size of lot. I went over today and copied the headstones in this graveyard.


    LEAVELL CEMETERY
    Burwell Leavell - born 4/11/1775 - died 12/28/1847 ( there is an old headstone - broken and also a newer one with the same information)
    Anne G. consort of Burwell Leavell died 7/9/1849 - aged 64 years (old broken headstone and a newer one with same information)
    Mary consort of Burwell Levell died 9/10/ - cannot read the year - stone is broken
    Byrd C. Leavell died 1/23/1855 aged 45 years
    Mary C. wife of Byrd C. Leavell died 1/14/1892 aged 80 years
    Benjamin L. Leavell born 2/14/182x ( either 1820, 1826 or 1828) died 4/10/1886
    Charlotte Elizabeth Leavell wife of Josiah Pitt Gayle 4/27/1850 - 3/8/1938
    Fannie Golder Leavell wife of William T. Leavell 8/1/1854 - 5/25/1906
    Bertie Low daughter of W.T. & F.G. Leavell - died 9/1878 - aged 16 days
    Fannie Cooke Leavell 1/4/1861 - 7/24/1936
    Roberta E. Leavell 5/13/1830 - 12/21/1925
    Aurelia F. Heislop born 1841 - died 1908
    Mary L. Durrett 4/20/1857 - 3/13/1938
    Roberta Durrette Tennent 1881-1947
    Anne Durrette Jamison 2/28/1888 - 8/1/1945
    Bettie Duerson 11/28/1831 - 5/9/1903
    Tho's L. Duerson born 1/5/1829 - 10/5/1895
    Thomas B. Gildea 6/19/1842 born England died 7/17/1895 Virginia U.S.A.

    Children:
    1. 3. Roberta Burns Jamison was born 19 Feb 1912, Virginia; died 2 Jan 1968; was buried , Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    2. Anne Wentworth Jamison was born 20 Nov 1918, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas; died 7 Sep 2002, Danville, Virginia.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James Colquhoun Green, MD was born 25 Jan 1838, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Dr. Nathaniel Terry Green, MD and Anne Colquhoun); died 1 Apr 1884, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.

    James married Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters 23 Oct 1867. Nancy (daughter of Alexander J. Walters and Mary Frances Vinson) was born 21 Jun 1841, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died 11 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Nancy Dyson 'Nannie' Walters was born 21 Jun 1841, Danville, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (daughter of Alexander J. Walters and Mary Frances Vinson); died 11 Aug 1917, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary Verser Green was born 22 Sep 1868, Danville, Virginia; died 9 Mar 1962, Greensboro, North Carolina; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery, Danville, Virginia.
    2. Anne Green was born 16 Apr 1871, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Jun 1875, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    3. Colquhoun Green was born 24 Sep 1873, Danville, Virginia; died 1 Aug 1875, Danville, Virginia; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.
    4. Jeanette Colquhoun Green was born 29 Dec 1875; died 8 Oct 1880; was buried , Green Hill Cemetery Danville, Virginia.

  3. 12.  Rev. Joseph Clarke Jamison was born Abt 1860, Donaghadee County, Ireland ; died 27 Apr 1936.

    Notes:

    Rev. Jamison Vindicates his Character.
    Full Front page article from The Daily Oklahoma State Capital newspaper, Sept 3, 1894


    http://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc122513/m1/1/zoom/

    Joseph married Elizabeth McCready 31 Mar 1881, Donaghadee County, Ireland. Elizabeth (daughter of George Bell McCready and Martha Burns) was born Abt 1864, Donaghadee County, Ireland; died 14 May 1922, Nowata, Oklahoma; was buried , Nowata Memorial Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma . [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Elizabeth McCreadyElizabeth McCready was born Abt 1864, Donaghadee County, Ireland (daughter of George Bell McCready and Martha Burns); died 14 May 1922, Nowata, Oklahoma; was buried , Nowata Memorial Cemetery, Nowata County, Oklahoma .
    Children:
    1. George Bell McCready Jamison was born 1 Feb 1882, Donaghadee County, Ireland ; died 18 Oct 1939, Winnipeg Canada; was buried , Saint John's Anglican Cathedral Cemetery Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canad.
    2. 6. Rev. Hugh Burns McCready Jamison was born 3 Oct 1883, Donaghadee, Ireland; died 24 Feb 1936, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Oak Hill Cemetery Frederickburg, Virginia .
    3. Samuel George Morrison Jamison was born Feb 1886, Donaghadee, Ireland; died 26 May 1889, Donaghadee, Ireland.

  5. 14.  Cecil Beverley Durrett/Durrette was born 25 Feb 1853, Virginia (son of Dr. Addison Lewis Durrett and Mary Louisa Barton); died 9 May 1919; was buried , Berea Christ Church, Spotslyvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Information on the Durrett/Jamison family provided by Carter Powell.

    Cecil married Mary Almedia Leavell 15 Jan 1878, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Long Leavell and Roberta Elizabeth Gayle) was born 20 Apr 1857, Rosemont, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 13 Mar 1938; was buried , Leavell Cemetery, on developed land near Spotsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Mary Almedia LeavellMary Almedia Leavell was born 20 Apr 1857, Rosemont, Spotsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Benjamin Long Leavell and Roberta Elizabeth Gayle); died 13 Mar 1938; was buried , Leavell Cemetery, on developed land near Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

    Notes:

    Name: C. B. Durrett
    Birth Date: 1854
    Birthplace: Spotsylvania Co.
    Age: 24
    Spouse's Name: M. A. Leavell
    Spouse's Birth Date: 1858
    Spouse's Birthplace: Spotsylvania
    Spouse's Age: 20
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1878
    Event Place: Spotsylvania Co., Virginia
    Father's Name: A. L. Durrett
    Mother's Name: L.
    Spouse's Father's Name: D. L. Leavett
    Spouse's Mother's Name: R. S.
    Race: White
    Marital Status: Single
    Spouse's Race: White
    Spouse's Marital Status: Single

    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86868-2 , System Origin: Virginia-EASy , GS Film number: 34096 , Reference ID: P 129

    Children:
    1. Benjamin Louis Durrett/Durrette was born 12 Jan 1880, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 25 Aug 1940, Fredericksburg, Virginia; was buried , Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia.
    2. Roberta 'Bertie' Louise Durrett/Durrette was born 11 Feb 1881, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 6 May 1947, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Leavell Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    3. Mary Cecil 'Daisy' Durrett/Durrette was born 8 Aug 1884, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 21 Oct 1946; was buried , Ivy Hill Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia.
    4. Deldee Wentworth Durrett/Durrette was born Dec 16 1885; died 28 Feb 1955, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; was buried , Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Spotsylvania County, Virginia .
    5. 7. Anne Goulder 'Ancy' Durrett/Durrette was born 28 Feb 1888, Leavells, Virginia; died 1 Aug 1946; was buried , Leavell Family Cemetery (on farm land), Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    6. Seth Barton Durrett/Durrette was born 28 Nov 1895, Spotsylvania County, Virginia; died 17 Oct 1982, Erath County, Texas; was buried , West End Cemetery, Erath County, Texas.
    7. Dorothy St. John Durrett/Durrette was born 19 Sep 1900, Virginia; died 23 Jun 1980, Fredericksburg, Virginia; was buried , Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
    8. John Robert Durrett was born 25 Nov 1903, Fredricksburg, Virginia; died Jun 1978; was buried , Berea Christ Church Cemetery, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.