Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-12-06
W. B. WATSON ISDEAD.
w. B. Watson. a Well Known and
Honored Resident Of the City
is Dead.
Death Occurs Monday Morning, After a
Lingering and Wasting Illness
Of Some Months.
w. B. Watson Dead.

Again the TRIBUNE is called upon to
chronicle the passing Of one of the old
timers of the Capital City. W.B. Wat
son, who located in Bismarck in 1873,
and has since that time been numbered
among the best known of its citizens,
died Monday morning at about 1Oo'clock.
Mr.. Watson has been confined to his
home in this city for several months
past, with a serious complication Of liver
trouble. He had suffered from the dis
ease long before he gave up, and came
home to make the final struggle against
it's advances, and has failed steadily.
Although he has been able to sit up and
greet the numerous friends who called
to visit him, the approach of the de-
stroyer was steady and certain. His last
night on earth was a restless one, and
he sank gradually until the end came
Monday morning.
There will be general sorrow at the
death. MI. Watson came to Bismarck
in 1878, and went into business, the firm
then being Watson & Goodnow. After
ward the firm was changed to Watson
Bros, J. M. Watson, who was then asso-
ciated with him, being now a resident of
Miles City. Still later, MI. Watson
operated a dry goods store alone, in
which business he continued until 1887.
Since then he has travelled, first for the
New York Life Insurance company, and
afterward for the Masonic Mutual Of
Yankton. He carried a considerable in
surance upon his life, and was a success
full representative of the companies he
represented, being we'll known through
out the state and the northwest.
A kind and genial acquaintance, a
warm friend, and an honorable man of
affairs, his friends in the city, and
wherever he is known, are numerous.
He was one Of those who came with al
most the first settlers Of the city and
with the, rapidly diminishing numbers Of
those of whom we speak now as the
"Old Timers, was with the city through
all her early struggles and trials. AL
though his business in late years com
PEELED him to travel from the city so
long his home, he was always a warm
advocate Of the interests of the city;
and the regret''at his decease will be sin
cere and general. He leaves d wife and
son, Judson, to whom the warmest Of
sympathy will be extended in this time
of bereavement.
The deceased was a native of Maine,
and was born at Hancock, that state,
Oct. 30, 1910, having been SIS years of
age at the time of his death. He was a
prominent Mason, a member of Bis
marck Lodge, Missouri Chapter, and a
charter member of Tancred Comman-
derry.
The last rites over the remains of W..
B. Watson, who died in the city on
Monday, were performed Wedn esday.
The service occurred at the Presbyterian
church, at which place a large number
of the friends of the deceased had gath
cred to pay their last respects to his
memory. The funera! was a Masonic
one, conducted by the Bismarck lodge,
whose members formed at Masonic Hall
and then proceeded to the residence,
from which place they accompanied the
remains to the church. Upon the ar
rival there, the beautiful and impress
i've services of the order were held, and