A. L. Watson
Alaric L. Watson of Mound City, died Sunday night, January 1, at 11:55 o’clock at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, following an emergency operation performed the day before. Mr. Watson was born in Mound City in 1860 and had therefore reached the age of 78 years. While much of his life had been spent in Cairo he had lived for the past ten years in Mound City with his sister, Mrs. Alonzo Shelton. He was a charter member of the Cairo Typographical Union and was foreman of the Cairo Bulletin for more than 30 years. He had retired on pension from the Union some years ago.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Murion and Mrs. Thomas Horner of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Earl K. Watson of Mound City and Clyde Watson of Cairo; one sister, Mrs. Shelton; several nieces and nephews. His wife died in 1916.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Mound City, of which he was a member. Interment was in Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Alaric Watson married Ruth Mallady on 18 Feb 1886, in Saline Co., Ill. Alonzo H. Shelton, 36, married Mary Watson, 29, on 30 Oct 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill. According to his death certificate, Alaric Lexington Watson was born 8 Aug 1860, in Mound City, Ill., the son of James Madison Watson and Martha Carol Marshall, died 1 Jan 1939, in Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., the husband of Ruth Watson, and was buried at Villa Ridge, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Alaric L. Watson of Mound City, died Sunday night, January 1, at 11:55 o’clock at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, following an emergency operation performed the day before. Mr. Watson was born in Mound City in 1860 and had therefore reached the age of 78 years. While much of his life had been spent in Cairo he had lived for the past ten years in Mound City with his sister, Mrs. Alonzo Shelton. He was a charter member of the Cairo Typographical Union and was foreman of the Cairo Bulletin for more than 30 years. He had retired on pension from the Union some years ago.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Murion and Mrs. Thomas Horner of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Earl K. Watson of Mound City and Clyde Watson of Cairo; one sister, Mrs. Shelton; several nieces and nephews. His wife died in 1916.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Mound City, of which he was a member. Interment was in Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Alaric Watson married Ruth Mallady on 18 Feb 1886, in Saline Co., Ill. Alonzo H. Shelton, 36, married Mary Watson, 29, on 30 Oct 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill. According to his death certificate, Alaric Lexington Watson was born 8 Aug 1860, in Mound City, Ill., the son of James Madison Watson and Martha Carol Marshall, died 1 Jan 1939, in Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., the husband of Ruth Watson, and was buried at Villa Ridge, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
A. L. Watson
Alaric L. Watson of Mound City, died Sunday night, January 1, at 11:55 o’clock at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, following an emergency operation performed the day before. Mr. Watson was born in Mound City in 1860 and had therefore reached the age of 78 years. While much of his life had been spent in Cairo he had lived for the past ten years in Mound City with his sister, Mrs. Alonzo Shelton. He was a charter member of the Cairo Typographical Union and was foreman of the Cairo Bulletin for more than 30 years. He had retired on pension from the Union some years ago.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Murion and Mrs. Thomas Horner of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Earl K. Watson of Mound City and Clyde Watson of Cairo; one sister, Mrs. Shelton; several nieces and nephews. His wife died in 1916.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Mound City, of which he was a member. Interment was in Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Alaric Watson married Ruth Mallady on 18 Feb 1886, in Saline Co., Ill. Alonzo H. Shelton, 36, married Mary Watson, 29, on 30 Oct 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill. According to his death certificate, Alaric Lexington Watson was born 8 Aug 1860, in Mound City, Ill., the son of James Madison Watson and Martha Carol Marshall, died 1 Jan 1939, in Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., the husband of Ruth Watson, and was buried at Villa Ridge, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
Alaric L. Watson of Mound City, died Sunday night, January 1, at 11:55 o’clock at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, following an emergency operation performed the day before. Mr. Watson was born in Mound City in 1860 and had therefore reached the age of 78 years. While much of his life had been spent in Cairo he had lived for the past ten years in Mound City with his sister, Mrs. Alonzo Shelton. He was a charter member of the Cairo Typographical Union and was foreman of the Cairo Bulletin for more than 30 years. He had retired on pension from the Union some years ago.
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Joseph Murion and Mrs. Thomas Horner of Memphis, Tenn.; two sons, Earl K. Watson of Mound City and Clyde Watson of Cairo; one sister, Mrs. Shelton; several nieces and nephews. His wife died in 1916.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Mound City, of which he was a member. Interment was in Villa Ridge cemetery.
(Alaric Watson married Ruth Mallady on 18 Feb 1886, in Saline Co., Ill. Alonzo H. Shelton, 36, married Mary Watson, 29, on 30 Oct 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill. According to his death certificate, Alaric Lexington Watson was born 8 Aug 1860, in Mound City, Ill., the son of James Madison Watson and Martha Carol Marshall, died 1 Jan 1939, in Cairo, Alexander Co., Ill., the husband of Ruth Watson, and was buried at Villa Ridge, Ill.—Darrel Dexter)
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