WAYNE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA 
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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January 27, 2000
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West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, Supplement Vol. 7, Hardesty’s,
Wayne County, published by Jim Comstock, Richwood, WV 1974

    Alderson Watts Jr., is a son of Harrison and Sarah (Maynard) Watts, who 
are honored residents of Stonewall District, and he was born in Wayne County, 
May 30, 1863. Ambrose Watts, who was one of the first and most enterprising 
of the settlers in what is now Stonewall District, was the great grandfather 
of Alderson, Jr. In Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, March 3, 1881, were 
recorded the marriage vows of Alderson Watts, Jr. and Virginia S. Ferguson. 
The bride was a daughter of Lewis S. and Margaret (Osburn) Ferguson, of 
Stonewall District, and was born in this county, September 11, 1863. Willard 
and Willburn, twin sons, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Watts, on the 8th of 
October 1881; Willburn died October 29th. following. Harrison Watts, father 
of Alderson, Jr., was a soldier of the Confederate Army during the civil war. 
Alderson Watts Jr., and his wife are in the membership of the Missionary 
Baptist Church in their district. He owns a comfortable residence and the lot 
on which it is situated at the mouth of White's Creek, and has been for some 
time filling the appointment of deputy sheriff and is still the incumbent. 
His post office address is Adkins Mills, Wayne County, West Virginia.