Watson Olan Sarrels

1880 - 1904  (23 years)

• Name	Watson Olan Sarrels
  Birth	31 Oct 1880	Burnet Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  _UID	27D592B8AD4CD711BC2B00055DF945600E0D
  Death	22 Sep 1904	San Simon, Arizona
  Burial	Tucson, Pima Co, Arizona
  Person ID	I29715	sorrells
  Last Modified	15 Aug 2004

  
  

  Father	Joseph Judson Sarrels,   b. 8 Aug 1834, Haywood Co, North Carolina d. 20 Aug 1926, Burnet, Burnet Co, Texas (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Margaret Louise "Lou" Askew,   b. 2 Feb 1842, Buncombe Co, North Carolina d. 4 Oct 1925, Burnet, Burnet Co, Texas (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1860	Madison Co, North Carolina
  Notes	I have copy of marriage bond dated 28 Mar 1860. Bondsman was J. W. Askew Jr, (brother Joseph Wesley?) witness S. B. Moody. Marriage was performed same day by her uncle, Thomas W. Askew, J.P. per NC marriage fiche. J.J. and Lou are with her parents on the 1860 Madison Co. NC census. In 1850 she and her parents are on the census for Buncombe Co. Madison Co. was formed from Buncombe Co. in 1859.
  Family ID	F7842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was a twin brother to Hudson Oran Sarrels. He was a Southern Pacific Railroad brakeman and was crushed between the wheels of his train in San Simon, Arizona which is near Lordsburg, NM. He had been married just about two years. Date and place taken from obituary which appeared in Arizona Daily Star on Friday, Sept. 23, 1904. Obit said he was very popular among his associates and well known in the city. He was first buried in City Cemetery which was later moved. On 3 Jul 1915 he was reburied at Evergreen Cemetery, Tucson.