Early Settlers

Posts about the early settler families

Watson 50th Wedding Anniversary 1916

Photos and oral histories were shared by cousins Dave Alexander and Margaret Storm who are descendants of William A. Watson […]

Wetmore Cornet Band, 1891Bandsmen left to right were Fred Walters, William Storm, William Reed, Cal Sweeten, John Kelly, Howard Goff

Born 1814, Smith County, TN-Died 11 July 1871, Wetmore, COMother of Mary Elizabeth (Crouch) Watson.

Photo shared by Dave Alexander

Born 24 February 1846, Glasgow, Scotland-Died 30 March 1877, Weatherford, TXMarried to William Tennant

Born 21 August 1868, Jackson, MI-Died 7 August 1951, Minneapolis, MNMarried to Thomas R. Watson, one of the 8 sons

Born 6 July 1846, Benton, IL-Died 25 June 1929, Canon City, ColoradoMarried to William Alonzo Watson

Born 1825, Scotlaned-Died 5 July 1908, MichiganMarried to Moses MacGregor. Mother of Rachael (MacGregor) Tennant

Born 21 September 1892, Wetmore, CO-Died 19 October 1969, Pueblo, COMarried to George W. Broome

Did you know that the Wetmore Ladies Aid Society was instrumental in the planning and construction of the Wetmore Community