James Sibley Watson, Sr.

1860 - 1951  (91 years)

• Name	James Sibley Watson
  Suffix	Sr.
  Born	1860
  Gender	Male
  Died	1951
  Person ID	IJSWA	Sibley Watson Family
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Don Alonzo Watson,   b. 1807,   d. 1892  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Caroline Matilda Manning,   b. 1826,   d. 1900  (Age 74 years)
  Married	1854
  Family ID	F12	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Emily Sibley,   b. 10 May 1855,   d. 8 Feb 1945  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1891
  Children	+ 1. James Sibley Watson, Jr.,   b. 10 Aug 1894,   d. 31 Mar 1982, Rochester, NY  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Portrait of James Sibley Watson, Sr. by George M. Haushalter

  
  

• 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. "Jimmie" had loved Emily Sibley from the time he was a little boy. A graduate of the University of Rochester in 1881, Watson was a banker and sat on the Eastman Kodak board of directors from the company's beginning through his death. With his wife, he was a major donor of money and artwork to the Memorial Art Gallery. He was a yachtsman and a big game hunter as well, belonging to the Boone and Crockett Club, of which Theodore Roosevelt was founder and president.