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     Martha Nancy WATTS, daughter of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES, was born in May 1879 in Alabama.²

Martha Nancy WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 30 June 1880, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS in Moore's Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.¹

Martha Nancy WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 11 June 1900, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES in Precinct 2, Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.³

Martha Nancy WATTS died on 12 December 1944 in Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, at age 65.

     John Henderson Bradford WATTS, son of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES, was born on 26 August 1878 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.^3,4

John Henderson Bradford WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 30 June 1880, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS in Moore's Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.¹

John Henderson Bradford WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 11 June 1900, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS and Sarah Elizabeth MOSES in Precinct 2, Scottsville, Bibb County, Alabama.⁵

John married Mary Etta Nabors, daughter of W. Burris Nabors and Mariah Elizabeth Wyers, on 17 September 1905 at the home of Morgan Watts in Bibb County, Alabama.^6,7

John Henderson Bradford WATTS and Mary Etta Nabors appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 5 May 1910 in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as John Watts, a 30-year-old laborer at Bishop Ford's saw mill, and his 22-year-old wife, Etta. They had been married five years and it was the first marriage for each. Etta was the mother of three with two living. They rented their home on Davis Road. John could read and write, but not Etta. Their children were Albert, 4, and Rushton, age nine months. Also living with them was Arthur Griffin, their 19-year-old boarder, who also worked at the saw mill.⁸

At the time of his death Brad was working in the coal mines in Brookwood. He was a member of the United Mineworkers union.⁹

John Henderson Bradford WATTS died on 2 November 1918 in Brookwood, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 40.^10,11 He was buried in Coaling Cemetery, Coaling, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

     Martha WATTS, daughter of Abraham WATTS Jr. and Lucelia HERRIN, was born in 1836 in Alabama.^1,2

Martha WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 1855, in the household of Abraham WATTS Jr. in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.³

Martha WATTS and Elizabeth WATTS were were paid a monthly allowance as paupers by the county commission. Elizabeth received $4 per month and Martha $3. Henry Herring as their guardian received $12 and $9 respectively for the quarter. on 13 February 1860 in Tuscaloosa County.⁴

Martha WATTS and Elizabeth WATTS were listed as paupers on 5 May 1860. They were listed as Elizabeth and Margaret, but Margaret and Martha appear to be one and the same. They appeared again August 20th, receiving $9.00 each on both dates. This allowance of $3.00 per month was paid to Henry Herrin as their guardian.^5,6

Martha WATTS appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 25 August 1860 in Parkers Beat, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The household was listed as Martha Watt, age 24: Morgan Watt, age 20; and Blanche Watt, age 22. All three were born in Alabama. Living in the previous two houses were Sarah and Ellen Watt.²

Martha WATTS and Elizabeth WATTS were continued to listed as paupers on 12 November 1860 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. They continued every three months through 3 May 1865. In August 1863 the amount was raised to $12.00 each, $4 per month. Sometimes the money was paid to Henry and sometimes to Elkany Herrin.^7,8,9,10,11

Martha WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 1866, in the household of Sarah Watts in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. She and Blanche were the two females 20-30. Martha would have been 30-years-old.¹²

Martha WATTS appeared on a census, enumerated 30 June 1880, in the household of Phillip Morgan WATTS in Moore's Bridge, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.¹

     Harold Fred Meier Jr. was born on 17 March 1959 in Virginia. He was also known as Harry.

Harold Fred Meier Jr. died in a automobile accident on 26 August 1987 in Virginia at age 28. He was a truck driver. He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia.

     Catherine Webb was born on 1 March 1835 in Greene County, New York.^2,3 She was also known as Kate.

Catherine married Pleasant Green WOOD, son of Joshua WOOD Jr. and Lecia BROWN, on 7 February 1856 in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama. From the February 15th Dallas Gazette: Married, at the residence of Dr. Saltmarsh, in this county, on the 7th instant, by Rev. B. S. Williams, Mr. P. G. Wood to Miss Kate J. Webb, all of Cahaba.^4,5

Kate Webb and Pleasant Green WOOD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 31 July 1860 in Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama. The household was listed as P. G. Wood, 28, attorney, $800, born Alabama; Kate Wood, 25, born New York; Webb Wood, 2; and Mardis, 9/12. They lived on the northeast corner of Oak and Fourth Streets.

From Memories of Old Cahaba: "Extending from the Cahaba River north and south through the center of the town was Oak Street, one of the prettiest and best-improved streets of the place. Here was the beautiful home of Mrs. Simeon Watts, occupying a block, on the corner of Oak and Fifth North Streets. The home of Mr. John A. Lodor was at the southwest corner of Oak and Fourth South Streets, the residence of P. G. Wood being diagonally across from it. The Episcopal parsonage, occupied by Dr. Cushman, was on the same block at the southwest corner of Oak and Third South Streets. The residence of Col. Rees D. Gayle on Oak, between First and Second North Streets, shaded by huge water oaks, china trees, mulberries, and large bushes of cape jessamine, a house whose hospitable doors were ever open and a home of delightful entertainment, ever celebrated for
its refinement and culture, its cordial Southern welcome, and large-hearted, elegant hospitality."^6,7

Kate Webb and Pleasant Green WOOD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1870 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. The household was listed as Pleasant Wood, 38, Lawyer, $1700 real estate, $1000 personal property; Kate Wood, 35, born New York; Webb Wood, 12, in school; Morris [Mardis] Wood, 10, in school; Nellie Wood, 8; Percy Wood, 5; Felix Wood, 3; and Grace Wood, 2/12 (born April). P. G. Wood and all of his children were born in Alabama.⁸

Catherine Webb died on 29 June 1871 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, at age 36.³ She was buried in Old Live Oak Cemetery.

     Julia V. Roach was born in Charleston, South Carolina.¹

Julia married Pleasant Green WOOD, son of Joshua WOOD Jr. and Lecia BROWN, on 5 August 1875 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama.²

Julia V. Roach and Pleasant Green WOOD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1880 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. The household was listed as Pleasant G. Wood, 48; Julia V., wife, 47, born South Carolina; Webb, son, 22; Mardis, son, 20; Nell, daughter, 18; Percy, son, 16; Felix, son, 13; Grace, daughter, 10; Kate, daughter, 1; and Clara Roach, boarder, 37, born South Carolina. The 1880-1881 Selma City Directory shows their residence at the corner of Alabama and Donation Streets.³

Julia V. Roach and Pleasant Green WOOD appeared as head of household on a census enumerated 1 June 1900 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. The household was listed as Pleasant G. Wood, age 68, born January 1832 in Alabama, Judge of Probate. His father was born in Georgia, his mother in South Carolina. His wife, Julia V. Wood, age 67, was born January 1833. She and her parents were born in South Carolina. Also in the household was their daughter, Kate Woolsey Wood, age 21, who was born February 1879 in Alabama. Their address was 1304 Alabama Street. Living next door was Felix Wood.⁴

     Margaret Odelia Hubbard was born on 9 December 1921 in West Blocton, Bibb County, Alabama.²

Margaret married Glover MEDDERS, son of James Walter MEDDERS and Nettie Nona BURT, on 24 September 1938 in Lee County, Alabama.^1,2 She and Glover MEDDERS were divorced on 10 August 1953.¹

Margaret Odelia Hubbard died on 27 April 1995 in Collinsville, DeKalb County, Alabama, at age 73.^2,3 She was buried in Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama.

     Hardie Catherine Davis was born on 11 March 1922 in Chilton County, Alabama.

Hardie married Glover MEDDERS, son of James Walter MEDDERS and Nettie Nona BURT, on 22 June 1956 in Bibb County, Alabama.¹

Hardie Catherine Davis died on 3 April 2016 in Clemson, Pickens County, South Carolina, at age 94.² She was buried in Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama.

Her obituary appeared an unknown date in the The Tuscaloosa News, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Hardie Catherine Davis Medders of Clemson, SC was born on March 11, 1922 in Chilton County, AL, the fourth of eleven children of John Lee and Tarva Davis. Hardie graduated from Wesleyan Methodist College in Central, SC. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Alabama and a Master of Arts from Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. Hardie was a school teacher and, for the last 26 years of her career, taught in the Bibb County, Alabama school system. She was loved and respected by her special education students and was an active member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Hardie was married to the late Thomas Glover Medders. They lived 49 years together in the Cedar Grove community in Bibb County until his death in 2005 and they were long-time, faithful members of the Fairview Wesleyan Church, Cottondale, AL. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 9 at Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church, West Blocton, AL at 2:00 pm with interment immediately following at the adjacent Stewart Cemetery. Visitation will precede the service from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Norwood-Wyatt Chapel Funeral Home directing.²

     Thomas Copley Davidson was born on 23 August 1933 in Ohio.

Thomas married Nona LaShawn MEDDERS, daughter of James Walter MEDDERS and Nettie Nona BURT, circa 1957.¹

Thomas Copley Davidson died on 16 January 2012 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, at age 78. He was buried in Ada Chapel Bible Methodist Church Cemetery, Cedar Grove, Bibb County, Alabama.

His obituary appeared 22 January 2012 in the The Tuscaloosa News, published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Thomas Copley Davidson, age 78, died Jan. 16, 2012, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa.

Thomas was born on his father's birthday, August 23, 1933, in Helena, Ohio, and he grew up on a farm in Wood County, Ohio. His education began in a one-room school, grades 1 through 8 approximately one mile from the family farm. His high school education occurred in Pemberville, from which he graduated in 1951. He worked for a year as a laboratory technician for General Mills in Rossford, Ohio, before attending Marion College in Marion, Indiana (now Indiana Wesleyan University). In college he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Botany, Zoology, English, and Religion.

Thomas was married to Nona LaShawn Medders soon after they graduated in 1956. Thomas was drafted into the U.S. Army in September 1956 and served for two years primarily in Landstuhl, Germany, as a laboratory technician, identifying communicable diseases and developing flu vaccine. After being discharged from active duty, Thomas attended graduate school at Indiana University from which he earned a Master of Arts degree in Botany. He taught biological sciences at Marion College for six years, after which he and his wife served on the mission field in Sierra Leone, West Africa, for a total of five years with assignments in African secondary boarding schools as teachers and Thomas as principal. He then attended Arizona State University where he earned a Ph.D. as a specialist in the use of tropical wetlands for sustained, indigenous rice cultivation. While doing research to present for his degree, Thomas taught general ecology and crop ecology in Spanish at the Inter-American Institute for Agricultural Sciences, a facility of the Organization of American States in Costa Rica, Central America. Thomas then taught for two years in the Science Division of the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa, before returning to the United States and working for the Department to Agriculture in Washington, D.C. as a specialist in tropical wetland crops. Thomas later transferred to the New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, with whom he continued to work for the protection of wetlands.

Thomas was preceded in death by his wife, Nona LaShawn Medders of rural Bibb County, Alabama; his parents, John and Cora Davidson of Wood County, Ohio; his brother, Robert of Marengo County, Ohio; and his sisters, Luella Oberhouse of Pemberville, Ohio and Pauline Hostilo of Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

He is survived by his son, John Lyle of Fremont, California; his daughters, Nanette Adele Davidson of Northport, Alabama and Margaret Celeste Ambrose of Missoula, Montana; and granddaughter, Corina Ambrose.

In lieu of flowers, Thomas's children request that donations be sent to Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 4700 Vance Ave., Fort Wayne, IN 46815, Memo: to Mission School Project, Sierra Leone, West Africa, for the building of an elementary mission school. For more information, call (260) 483-8616.

     Richard Washington Pruitt was born on 4 July 1836 in Georgia.¹

Richard married Mary A. E. BURT, daughter of William Washington BURT and Jane Ellizabeth LESEUR, on 21 December 1858 in Russell (now Lee) County, Alabama.¹

Richard Washington Pruitt was named an heir in the will of William Washington BURT dated 24 June 1878 in Lee County, Alabama.²

Richard Washington Pruitt died in 1881 in Lee County, Alabama.¹ He was buried in Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Lee County, Alabama.¹