1900s, Photo Search
Founded by Miss Jim Watson (top left), the daughter of Confederate general James Fleming Fagan, the Junior Chapter of the Southern Memorial Association (United Daughters of the Confederacy) poses in 1903 on the porch of the Watson home at Second and Elm Streets in...
1900s, Photo Search
The tennis club was a favorite diversion for some of the young ladies of Newport. Pictured here are, from left to right, (first row) Lucy Watson and Lottie Dill; (second row) Elizabeth “Lib” Brandenburg; (third row) Narcissa “Narcie” Phillips...
1890s, Photo Search
The home of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Watson at Second and Main Streets was the scene every year for many years of an All Day Dinner. According to family lore, on the day that Lavator McDonald died, his wife sent a note to the Watsons, saying “Lab’s dead, but...
1890s, Photo Search
In 1890, the Safe Deposit Bank, a private entity, was reorganized as the Bank of Newport to provide more banking services. Pictured here are E.L. Watson, founder and president (wearing the hat) and T.D. Kidman (cashier at the right); all others are unidentified. From...
1910's, Photo Search
Three-year old Lady Elizabeth Watson, named for her aunt Lady Fagan Bridgeman, poses for a portrait shortly before she cut off her own curls. Her grandfather Confederate general James Fagan was the first colonel of the Jackson Guards, and young Lady was supposed to...
