J.P. WATSON

                   Witwer genealogy of America by Ananais Clime Witwer and Rev. Geo. Witwer  1909 So. Bend Indiana
Nancy E. WItwer was born June 13, 1836, at Williamsville, Erie Co., New York, and the Rev. J.P. Watson was born Jun 29 1838, at Lempster, New Hampshire.  THey united in marriage on October 13, 1859, at Rockford, Ill.  The husband, Elder J.P. Watson, is a minister in the Christian church at Troy, Ohio, having labored for and with this church at this place for 16 years, thus giving the best of evidence as to his worth and usefulness as a devoted, faithful and esteemed minister of the Gospel.  He is secretary of the Children's Mission Work, that began October, 1878 with one dime in its treasury.  It has in its emply 23 missionary preachers and teachers in sixteen different states and has under its control a literary and theological department.  Its missionaries in four years visited 749 neighborhoods, organized and assisted in organizing 65 churches and 69 Sunday Schools; preached 6467 sermons;  witnessed 1241 conversions; received 2487 members; baptized 363 persons; called on 9170 families; traveled 59,948 miles in their work.  Ti has no paid agents or salaried officers; every dime received goes to the work in the field.  Its workmen need to be multiplied.  Its calls are more than can be answered, before the year 1886 ends they hope to enter the foreign field.