145. . . The Watsons.--Other early settlers in this part were Otho, George, and John Watson--three brothers, from Barbour county, who all made their improvements on Brush run-- a small tributary of the Middle fork.
They were the sons of Jacob Watson, who removed from Marion to Barbour county near 1812. He married a Miss Gandy--sister of Mrs. John Zinn, and one son, Otho, was born of this union. After her death, he married Miss Sarah Pritchard, sister of Peter Pritchard, and they were the parents of-- George and John, and of Mrs. John (Mary) Jett (mother of Wm. Jett, of Otterslide); Mrs. Elizabeth Westfall, Mrs. Castor, Mrs. Nancy Divers, Mrs. Amanda Divers, all of Barbour county; Mrs. Jane Rowe, and the late William, Roane county; the late Mrs. Angeline (Lair) Simmons, of Auburn; and Emily, who died unmarried