It started, as good quests always do, with a family tale.
Sarah Maria Faulkner (Samuel, Robert, Samuel, William) was born in Wayne Co, New York October 25th 1851, to parents Samuel Faulkner and Elizabeth Ann Lyons.
Sarah married William D Watson (1845-1926) September 30th 1868 in Decatur Co, Indiana.
The couple had at least four children: all born Decatur Co, IN
- Robert N Watson b. 25 Oct 1869 d. 1948 m. (1) Martha Haislup (2) Alice M King
- Margaret Watson b. Feb 1872 d. UNK m. William F Miller
- Della Watson b. 25 Sep 1876 d. 25 Nov 1946 m. Richard Kraning
- Arthur Watson b. Oct 1879 D. UNK
Sarah Faulkner and her family removed to Decatur Co, Indiana from their home in Wayne Co, New York shortly after the deaths of Sarah's brother, father and brother-in-law in several battles of the Civil War. Sarah was about 15 years old at the time. Her grandparents had removed to Indiana 15 years earlier.
Sarah met and married William Watson shortly after arriving in Indiana. Sarah was 16 at the time of the marriage, William was 23. William was a farm hand, a day laborer by trade. The couple resided in the home of their daughter Margaret and her husband for the last 20 years of their life.
Sarah Maria Faulkner Watson died July 30th 1919 at the age of 67. Sarah is buried in the Garland Brook Cemetery in Bartholomew Co, Indiana.
William Watson died seven years later, June 10th 1926, and is buried along side his wife in the Garland Brook Cemetery.
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