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WATSON, H. who is the proprietor of the only marble works in the town of White Hall,was born in Kentucky. During his childhood his mother died, and in an early day his father moved to Illinois, locating in Morgan County, He was a tanner by occupation, and probably built the first tannery on Indian Creek. His first wife was Mary Johnson; they were married in Kentucky; nine children were born of this marriage, Henry being the sixth child. He was seven years of age when his father again married. By the second marriage he had five children; moving to Greene County, he lived a number of years and then moved to Missouri, where he died. Henry passed his boyhood near Jacksonville, Morgan Co. In 1842, he moved to White Hall, where he first learned the trade of a mason. In 1851, he started his present business. On entering the establishment one beholds a large variety of tombstones, and monuments composed of only the best marble. In 1846 Mr. Watson enlisted for service in the Mexican war, and became a participant in the famous battle of Buena Vista. In 1860, he was married to Miss Mary Miller, by whom he has two children.