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Leonard Lawson Watson

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Leonard Lawson Watson was born 1902, Texas (son of John Henry Watson and Beatrice Hightower).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Henry Watson was born Apr 1863, Tennessee.

    John married Beatrice Hightower 1894. Beatrice (daughter of ? Hightower and [Mary] Edna Marshall Hightower) was born Jul 1876, Texas. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Beatrice Hightower was born Jul 1876, Texas (daughter of ? Hightower and [Mary] Edna Marshall Hightower).

    Notes:

    Listed on Marshall’s deather cert.

    Children:
    1. Charlie Roy Watson was born 16 Jan 1897, Itasca, Texas.
    2. Dewey Otis Watson was born 6 Jun 1898, Texas; died Dec 1976, Clovis, Curry, New Mexico.
    3. Edith Watson was born Mar 1900, Teaxs.
    4. 1. Leonard Lawson Watson was born 1902, Texas.
    5. Lena Jewel Watson was born 4 Jun 1904, Kermit, Winkler, Texas; died 1990, Roswell, NM.
    6. Curtis Mable Watson was born 20 Sep 1909, Merkel, Taylor, Texas; died 2 May 1980, Amarillo, Potter, TX; was buried , Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter County, Texas.
    7. Miles Watson


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  ? Hightower

    ? — [Mary] Edna Marshall Hightower. [Mary] (daughter of Asbury Waters Hightower and Catherine Ozier, daughter of ? Marshall) was born 15 Mar 1853, Russell or Montgomery County, Alabama; died 29 Jan 1928, Amarillo, Potter, TX. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  [Mary] Edna Marshall Hightower was born 15 Mar 1853, Russell or Montgomery County, Alabama (daughter of Asbury Waters Hightower and Catherine Ozier, daughter of ? Marshall); died 29 Jan 1928, Amarillo, Potter, TX.

    Notes:

    Spanish. Divorced. May never have been married although death cert. says “Mrs.”.
    Family story goes that the children were illigitimate.
    says born in Teaxs.
    -405 N. Taylor Street, Amarillo, Texas-Death

    *Aunt Martha says Minnie’s father was Spanish, not Minnie’s mother and they were not Gypsy.


    **I’m wondering if she was visiting her grandparents in 1860 and that’s why she’s accossiated with 2 different cesus’. She is with her grandparents 5 Aug 1860 in Macon, AL and then MAYBE back at home with Asbury 9 Sep 1860 in Montgomery. I’m not sure that Edma M and ME are the same person... I am going with the actual birth date listed on her death cert as in 1853 making Catherine Ozier her mother, not Sarah Culbreth. And I believe Marshall & JW are twins if Marhsall is a blood-Hightower. Although...all signs point to Marshall not being a true blood-Hightower unless she is/was illigitimate between a Hightower**
    ***29 Sept 2014-After talking with AUnt Martha again and Aunt FLo, concensus is that Minnie had the Mexican father, Beatrice & Otis had different father, possibly a Hightower. Also, that Marshall may not have even been Minnie’s biological mother, either.***

    Birth:
    possible counties as Catherines other children were born there

    Children:
    1. 3. Beatrice Hightower was born Jul 1876, Texas.
    2. Otis W. Hightower was born Mar 1882, Texas.


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  Asbury Waters Hightower was born 24 Jun 1819, Alabama (son of Elisha Hightower and Mary Eugenia “Polly” Oslin); died 10 Jan 1879, Grandview, Johnson, Tx.

    Notes:

    Asbury was still in Alabama in 1856...
    They are in AL in 1860...

    Asbury married Catherine Ozier 12 Sep 1852, Russell, Alabama. Catherine (daughter of Jacob Ozier and Sarah Wynn) was born 23 Sep 1818, Alabama OR NC; died 15 Jul 1886, Hood, Texas. [Group Sheet]


  2. 15.  Catherine Ozier was born 23 Sep 1818, Alabama OR NC (daughter of Jacob Ozier and Sarah Wynn); died 15 Jul 1886, Hood, Texas.

    Notes:

    If Marshall is a HIghtower, then I believe Marshall and JW are twins... per 1860 Census.
    Find out who Eugene HIghtower is in relatrion to John W. John W.’s death cert says his mother maiden name was asbury...

    YOU SEE Below, very bottom she is listed as Catherine’s step-daughter:
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    Family Files‎ > ‎Ozier‎ > ‎Jacob Ozier‎ > ‎
    Catherine Ozier
    Catherine Ozier, b. 23 September 1818 NC, d. 15 July 1886, Hood Co., TX, m. 12 September 1852, Montgomery Co., AL, to Asbury Waters Hightower, b. 24 June 1819, Putnam Co., GA, d. 10 JAN 1879 in Grandview, Johnson Co., Texas, son of Elisha and Mary Eugenia “Polly” Oslin Hightower. Asbury had married (1) Sarah F. Culbreth, b. 1826 GA (1850 Census Barbour County Alabama; Page 161, Family 489; 1860 Census Montgomery County Alabama; Page 67, Family 481; 1870 Census Johnson County Texas Page 621)
    1. John Wesley Hightower, b. 23 January 1853 AL, d. 1930, m. 9 November 1876 to Bernetta Viola “Nettie” Binyon, b. October 1859 or 1861 LA/TN/TN, daughter of William B. Binyon and Lydia J. Turner. She was born 28 OCT 1859 in Texas (1880 Tarrant Co., TX Census Pct. 3; 1900 Parker Co., TX Census, 11 of 11 children living; 1910 Parker Co., TX Census Pct. 5, 11 of 11 children living; 1920 Hardeman Co., TX Census Pct. 3; 1930 Hardeman Co., TX Census)
    2. Ann Eliza Hightower, b. 24 October 1854, Russell Co., AL, d. 25 JAN 1924 in Parker County, Texas, m. 31 OCT 1871 in Johnson County, Texas, to John Franklin Swofford, b. 23 March 1853 AR/NC/NC, d. 3 June 1921, Parker Co., TX, son of John Hoyle Swofford and Eady Prewitt. He was born 23 MAR 1853, and died 03 JUN 1921 in Parker County, Texas. (1910 Parker Co., TX Census Weatherford Ward 2, 7 of 10 children living; 1920 Parker Co., TX Census Weatherford, PO mail carrier) Buried Zion Hill Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker County, Texas
    3. Emma Josephine “Josie” Hightower, b. 18 April 1856, Russell Co., AL/NC/NC d. 1922, m. (1) Jim Odum; (2) 1884 to James T. Riggs, b. JAN 1856 TN/TN/TN, and died 05 JUN 1941 in Coleman County, Texas. (1900 Callahan Co., TX Census Pct. 6, 6 of 10 children living; 1910 Callahan Co., TX Census Pct. 6, 6 of 10 children living; 1920 Callahan Co., TX Census Pct. 6; 1930 Callahan Co., TX Census, James T. wd) Buried Burnt Branch Cemetery, Callahan County, Texas
    4. Asbury Pierce Hightower, b. 11 October 1857, Montgomery Co., AL, d. > 1910 1922?, m. (1) 30 SEP 1879 in Granbury, Hood County, Texas, to Florence Nightengale Abercrombie, daughter of Thomas J. Abercrombie and Huldah Wheeler. She was born 21 JUL 1861 in Carroll County, Georgia, USA, and died 12 SEP 1895; (2) 1879 TX, to Sadie Haddix, b. JUL 1865 IL/OH/PA. (1920 Wise Co., TX Census Pct. 3, minister; 1930 Sadie with d-i-l Sallie) Buried Granbury Cemetery, Granbury, Hood County, Texas.
    5. Elisha Coleman Hightower, b. 2 December 1861, Montgomery Co., AL, d. 1901, m. 27 NOV 1884 in Hood County, Texas, to Laura Hutcheson, b. OCT 1862 TX (1910 Hood Co., TX Census, 5 of 5 children living; 1920 Tarrant Co., TX Census, Polytechnic, Laura wd)
    6. James Thomas Hightower (step-son), b: 28 JAN 1842 in Alabama
    7. Francis Augustus Hightower (step-son), b. b: 27 NOV 1843 in Alabama
    8. Georgia Anne Amanda Hightower (step-daughter), b. b: 21 AUG 1845 in Alabama, She married 27 MAY 1866 in Montgomery Co., AL, to Samuel H. Cogburn, born ABT 1845 in Alabama
    9. William Asbury Hightower (step-son), b. b: 10 AUG 1847 in Alabama, d. 7 APR 1915 in Parker Co., TX (with sister Sarah J. Morrow 1880)
    10. Sarah Jane Rebecca Hightower (step-daughter), b. b: 15 MAR 1849 in Alabama, died 13 JUL 1884 in Tarrant Co., TX, m. 28 OCT 1874 in Hill Co., TX to Joseph W. Morrow, b. 1840 MO (1880 Tarrant Co., TX Census, her brother William with them)
    a. John T. Morrow, b. 1867 TX (with parents 1880)
    b. James M. Morrow, b. 1870 TX (with parents 1880)
    11. Mary Edna Marshall Hightower (step-daughter), b. b: ABT 1852 in Alabama

    Birth:
    Montgomery, NC

    Children:
    1. 7. [Mary] Edna Marshall Hightower was born 15 Mar 1853, Russell or Montgomery County, Alabama; died 29 Jan 1928, Amarillo, Potter, TX.
    2. John Wesley Hightower was born 23 Jun 1853, Alabama; died 18 Oct 1930, Medicine Mound, Hardeman, Texas.
    3. Elisha Coleman Hightower was born 2 Dec 1861, Montgomery, Alabama; died 1901.
    4. Emma Josephine Hightower was born 18 Apr 1856, Russell County, AL; died 1922.
    5. Asbury Pierce Hightower was born 11 Oct 1857, Montgomery, Alabama; died Abt 1920; was buried , Granbury Cemetery, Granbury, TX.
    6. Analiza “Ann” “Eliza” Hightower was born 24 Oct 1854, Russell County, AL; died 25 Jan 1924, Parker County, Texas.