ALLEN WATSON was born in Davidson County, Tenn., April 3, 1832, to William and Ara (Fipps) Watson, natives of South Carolina and Philadelphia, Penn. They were of Irish and German descent, respectively. William Watson, at the age of sixteen, in about 1796, removed with his widowed mother to Tennessee, where he was afterward married, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until the fall of 1848, when he came to what is now Webster County, Ky., but was then a part of Union County, here he bought a farm upon which he resided until his death, March 10, 1872, in his ninety-second year. Allen Watson was employed on his father's farm until of age, after which he and his brother farmed the home place on shares for a time. He then bought a farm in what is now Webster County, Ky., upon which he resided until the fall of 1879, when he sold out and bought his present farm. He was married, in September, 1854, to Miss Fannie Harmon, a native of Hopkins County, Ky. Eight sons and four daughters have blessed their union, all yet living. Both Mr. Watson and wife are members of the United Baptist Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 1051.