Julia Beatrice Watson

  General Notes:

Her father was a tall English merchant who died when she was quite young. She was raised by her German grandmother until she met James MacFarland. They moved to Pueblo, CO in 1875, then purchased a wagon and a team of horses and settled in Rye, CO. James died in 1878, and in 1880 she remarried to John Ritter. (Kelley, Hazel Grace (McFarland))

  Medical Notes:

died of breast cancer

Julia married James McFarland, son of Peter McFarlan and Helen Campbell, on 22 Nov 1870. (James McFarland was born between 4 and 5 Jul 1846 in Glasgow, Scotland ⁴⁴ and died on 26 Oct 1878 in Colorado.)

Julia next married John S. Ritter, son of George Kemery Ritter and Sarah Stauffer, on 16 Mar 1880 in Greenhorn, Colorado. (John S. Ritter was born on 25 Jan 1836 in Hickorytown, Pennsylvania and died on 6 Dec 1924 in Laveta, Colorado.)