Biography of George Watson, page 240 / 241.  History of Northeast Indiana; 
LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial 
supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. 
McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920.

   George Watson is proprietor of Fairview Farms in Jackson Township, DeKalb 
County.  He is a native of DeKalb County, was left an orphan in early 
childhood, and for many years had to struggle against obstacles to win his 
place in life.
   He was born in Jackson Township, September 13, 1869, a son of Benjamin 
and Sarah (Zimmerman) Watson, the former a native of Ashland County, Ohio 
and the latter of DeKalb County, Indiana.  His parents were married in 
DeKalb County, and then settled on a farm in section 25 of Jackson Township. 
The father died there in 1875 and the mother in 1873. Both were members of 
the Methodist Protestant Church.
   George Watson was only six years old when his father died, and as an 
orphan child he was taken into the home of the W.H. Hollepeter family, 
with, who he remained seven years, and acquired his education in the local 
schools.  On leaving the Hollepeters he started out for himself and ever  
since has been diligently working as a farmer, part of the time 
independently and part of the time for others.
   In 1898 he married Alice C. Bailey of Allen County, Indiana.  For 
twenty years Mr. Watson has owned his present farm of 100 acres. He does 
general farming, keeps good grades of livestock, and is a stockholder it 
the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Spencerville.
   Mr. and Mrs. Watson have one daughter, Gladys, who is now the wife of 
Ray Wasson, a railway man living at Spencerville. The family attend the 
Methodist Episcopal Church at Spencerville and  Mr. Watson is one of the 
trustees and is very active in the Sunday School.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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