Children of David Daniel Watson and Eliza (Garrett) Watson

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Children of David Daniel Watson and Eliza (Garrett) Watson

Entry/Object ID

2019.46.5

Description

Dated 1916. Real-photo postcard of the sons of David Daniel Watson and his second wife, Eliza (Garrett) Watson. The picture was taken while the two younger boys were still students at the Scotland School for Veterans Children in Scotland, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The boys were sent to the school after being orphaned. Their father was a Civil War veteran. [Left-Right]: Don Dewey Watson, Elwood Garret Watson Sr. [seated], Bryan Leslie Watson.

Collection

Elwood Garret Watson Collection

Made/Created

Artist

No artist / photographer / studio listed.

Date made

1916

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Franklin County / Scotland

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Veteran, Watson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

Other Number: WATD0005

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Watson, Bryan Leslie [1896-1979]

Person or Organization

Watson, Don Dewey [1898-1976]

Person or Organization

Watson, Elwood Garret (Sr.) [1892-1965]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Watson Series - Elwood Garret Watson Collection

Notes

The Elwood Garret Watson Collection photographs were passed from David Daniel Watson [1837-1898] and his second wife, Eliza Garret [1857-1902], to their son Elwood Garret Watson Sr. [1892-1965] and his wife, Norah Dotchin [1897-1991], to their son Elwood Garret Watson Jr. who with his son Elwood Garret Watson III, owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2007. Source Citation: Children of David Daniel Watson and Eliza (Garrett) Watson, item no. WATD0005, Elwood Garret Watson Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).