WATSON, Virgil

Date of birth:  29 Feb 1888 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 30 Jun 1894 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, July 6, 1894,
Volume XXXIV Number 52, page 1 column 5

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Virgil, the six-year-old son of Alex Watson, died Saturday at the home of his parents on north Main Street. The child for several months has been de­clining and wasting away in flesh with what was pronounced consumption. The disease baffled the medical skill not only of local physicians but several of Indianapolis, who were consulted. The funeral occurred on Monday.

Note: The Johnson County Indiana Birth Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book CH-1, page 92, records that a white male infant was born to Alexander Watson and Hattie Hill on 29 Feb 1888.
The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 223, referencing Book H-17, page 7, records that Virgil Watson, a six-year-old white male, died 2 Jul 1894 [sic] in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson