Individual Details

Elizabeth Ryals Scales

(27 Dec 1834 - 19 Dec 1902)

Parents: John Luke Scales 1811–1874
Elizabeth Ryals Ward Scales 1815–1875
Children:
John Wesley Asbury Watson 1860–1909
Geneva Watson 1871–1907
Mary Etta Watson Snyder 1871–1942
Lilly Della Evans 1878–1949

Events

Birth27 Dec 1834Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Marriage28 Jul 1857Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - Lilly Asbury Watson
Census (family)21 Jun 1880Hassells, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama - Lilly Asbury Watson
Death19 Dec 1902Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
BurialOld Center Church Cemetery, Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Families

SpouseLilly Asbury Watson (1831 - 1897)
ChildJulia Francis Watson (1868 - 1904)

Notes

Census (family)

Lil A Watson Self M 49 South Carolina - Farmer
Elizabeth Watson Wife F 45 Alabama - Keeping house
Mattie E Watson Daughter F 21 Alabama - Farm laborer
Bettie Watson Daughter F 14 Alabama - Farm laborer
Julia Watson Daughter F 12 Alabama - Farm laborer
Mary E Watson Daughter F 10 Alabama - Farm laborer
Sarah G Watson Daughter F 7 Alabama
Lilly B Watson Daughter F 1 Alabama
Virginia Madox boarder F 17 Alabama - Field hand

Burial

Inscription: Our darling one hath gone before to greet us on the blissful shore

Endnotes

1. "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F31R-C31 : 9 February 2018), L.A. Watson and Elizabeth R. Scales, 28 Jul 1857; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,290,746..

2. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4VJ-CCY : 24 August 2017), Lil A Watson, Hassells, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 154, sheet 575D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0033; FHL microfilm 1,254,033..

3. Find A Grave Memorial 21197896.