Robert Watson [1847-1942]

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.23

Description

Cased tintype of Robert Watson [1847-1942] who served as a member of Company D, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry and Company D, 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, during the Civil War. Robert was the husband of Catharine Anderson, and the son of John and Mary Ann (Almost) Watson.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Tintype

Subject Person or Organization

Watson, Robert [1847-1942]

Collection

Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1865

Lexicon

Search Terms

Military, Veterans--Civil War, Watson family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

TOOG-AN002-0002

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Watson Series - Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection

Notes

The Watson Series photographs, documents, and heirlooms were passed from Robert Watson [1847-1942] and his wife, Catharine Anderson [1848-1933], to their daughter, Ella May (Watson) Throckmorton [1893-1988], and her husband, Robert Lawrence Throckmorton Sr. [1889-1964], to their daughter, Katherine Jane (Throckmorton) Toothman [1919-2012], to her son Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III who owned and shared the items with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2016 and 2022. Source Citation: Robert Watson [1847-1942]; circa 1865; item no. TOOG-AN002-0002, Watson Series, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).