1. | James Sibley Watson, Sr. was born 1860 (son of Don Alonzo Watson and Caroline Matilda Manning); died 1951. Notes: Emily Sibley Watson’s second husband, son of Don Alonzo Watson and Carolyn Manning Watson. Don Alonzo Watson was Hiram Sibley’s partner; Watson & Sibley named their sons after each other. James married Emily Sibley 1891. Emily (daughter of Hiram Sibley and Elizabeth Maria Tinker) was born 10 May 1855; died 8 Feb 1945. [Group Sheet] Children:
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2. | Don Alonzo Watson was born 1807 (son of James Watson and Sarah Watson); died 1892. Notes: Lifelong friend and partner of Hiram Sibley, he was born in Palmer, Mass., trained as a machinist, and moved to western New York around 1832. On Sibley’s election as Monroe County Sheriff, Watson moved to Rochester, where he engaged in banking. At age 48, he married 29 year old Caroline Manning Watson. While they honeymooned in Europe, Hiram Sibley was buying up telegraph lines and railroad companies. When they returned Sibley convinced Watson to invest in Western Union, which, with his own shrewd investments was to make him at his death the wealthiest man in Rochester. Unlike Sibley, he had a retiring disposition, and never held public office or other positions of trust. With his wife, Caroline Manning Watson, he supported local organizations, including the Rochester City Hospital, the Rochester Female Charitable Society, the Industrial School of Rochester and the Rochester Orphan Asylum. Don married Caroline Matilda Manning 1854. Caroline was born 1826; died 1900. [Group Sheet] |
3. | Caroline Matilda Manning was born 1826; died 1900.
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