Children of David Daniel Watson and Eliza (Garrett) Watson
Origformat: Print-Photographic
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.
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).
