Nancy Catherine "Nan" Reese b. 20 Feb 1831 Bedford Co., TN d. 12 Jul 1919 Colorado City, TX: Sorrell Family History

1831 - 1919 (88 years)

Name	Nancy Catherine "Nan" Reese
Birth	20 Feb 1831	Bedford Co., TN
Gender	Female
_UID	A2A7DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4EC3C5
Death	12 Jul 1919	Colorado City, TX
Burial	Corinth Cemetery, AR
Person ID	I6455	sorrells
Last Modified	17 Nov 1999

Father	William Gibbs Rees, b. Abt 1792, VA d. 27 Feb 1852 (Age 60 years)
Mother	Catharine Woodford, b. 1786, Loundon, VA d. 1855, Corinth, Howard Co., AR (Age 69 years)
Marriage	4 Apr 1816	Bedford Co., VA [1]
Family ID	F849	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family John Hood Watson, b. 5 Apr 1829, Bedford Co., TN d. 22 Nov 1886, Corn Bridge Rd., Howard Co., AR (Age 57 years)

Marriage 1850 Pike Co., AR

Children

	1. Tacy C. Watson, b. Abt 1851 d. 1 Nov 1872 (Age 21 years)
	2. William Wiley Watson, b. 1 May 1854 d. 5 Feb 1934, Colorado City, TX (Age 79 years)
	3. Rebecca Frances "Fannie" Watson, b. 13 Nov 1861 d. 31 Aug 1894 (Age 32 years)
	4. Joseph A. Watson, b. 12 Mar 1866 d. 17 Nov 1884 (Age 18 years)
	5. Jordan Lee Watson, b. 13 Jul 1868, Corinth, Pike Co., AR d. 31 Jan 1945, Blue Bayou, Howard Co., AR (Age 76 years)
	6. Mary Etta Watson, b. 1869 d. 1905 (Age 36 years)

Family ID F2363 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 1 Oct 2024

Photos
Nancy Catherine Reese do William Gibbs

Notes

Information on this line is from a descendant: Edna Walston 508 Drexel Court, El Dorado, Ar 71730 (1999) E-mail:
ewalston@arkansas.net (1999)

Death Certificate on file for Nancy C. Reese.

Place of death: Mitchell County, Texas
Full name: Nancy Catherine Watson
Female
White
Widow
Date of birth: Feb. 20, 1831
Date of Death: July 3, 1919
Date of Burial: 7/4/1919
Age: 88 yrs, 4 mos. 13 days
Cause of Death: Tinctus ? (can't read)
Contributory: Senility
Birthplace: Tennessee
Name of Father: Wm. Reese
Birthplace of Father: Tenn
Maiden name of Mother: Don't know
Birthplace of Mother; Tenn.
Place of Burial or Removal: Colorado
Signed: W. W. Watson

{W. W. Watson was her son.) e.w.

Obituary from THE COLORADO (Texas) WEEKLY RECORD
7/18/1919

"On last Saturday Mrs. Nancy Watson died at the home of her son W. W. Watson. She was eighty eight years old and had been in feeble health for two or three weeks. While for the last six years or eight years she had been blind, yet her eyes caught a vision of the home beyond where the physical eye is not need to see its glories. The last days of her life were particularly happy ones as she sang so many songs dear to her heart. She was conscious up to the time of her home-going.

She leaves two sons, one here and the other in Arkansas, where she made her home. She has been here for the last two years. Besides her sons and grandchildren she leaves a host of friends who will miss "Grandma," as everyone called her.

The funeral services were conducted Sunday by Bro. Alonzo Phillips of Loraine, and the body laid to rest in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea sayeth the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them."

Sources
[S78] Marriage Records, Bedford Co., VA, Bedford Co., VA Marriage Bonds. Surety, Francis Preston. Consent of Thomas Woodford, fathe.