Robert Watson's sword, passed down through the family since his service 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.
Collection
Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2016.1
Acquisition Method
Digital
Credit Line
Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1861 - circa 1865
Lexicon
Search Terms
Civil War, Military, Sword, Veteran, Watson family
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, to her son Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III who owned and shared the items with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2016.
Source Citation: Robert Watson's sword, Civil War, item no. TOOG-AN002-0001, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton Toothman III Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).
