Tombstone Tuesday~Mary Rebecca "Becky" Kite Watson

Mary Rebecca "Becky" Kite Watson

b. 5 February 1869

d. 8 May 1954

bu. Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery

Photo Courtesy of Julious Burr

Mary Rebecca Kite was the only child of Roland Kite and Ellen Elizabeth Massey Hurst. Ellen was previously married and lost her husband during the Civil War leaving her with two young boys.¹
Mary Rebecca married John Miles Watson about 1885. Miles, as he was known, was the son of Thomas Henry Watson and Margaret Hurst.²
 
Mary Rebecca and Miles raised a family of seven, 5 sons and two daughters. 

Mary Rebecca lost her husband in June 1935 and she passed away on 8 May 1954. She and Miles are buried at Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina.³ 



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[1] Randolph W. Kirkland Jr., Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina, 1997), page 173.
[2] 1900 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Cole Hill, Chesterfield, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 19, Page: 5A/63(stamped); Line 13, Dwelling 84, Family 84, Household of Miles WATSON; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : 2 June 2012 ); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1523.
[3] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 June 2012); Memorial page for Mary Rebecca "Becky" Kite Watson; (5 February 1869–8 May 1954); Find a Grave memorial # 33493908, Citing Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery; Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.