WILLIAM T. COURSON, a public spirited and intelligent citizen of Amwell township, is a son of Benjamin Courson, who married a daughter of John Carter, of that township. The young couple lived in Franklin township several years, and then moved to the old farm in Amwell township, which he still owns, and where were born their seven children, as follows: William T., John N. (deceased), Mrs. Nancy Van Kirk, Mrs. Margaret Lacock, Mrs. Jane Galley, Frank M. and Fannie. William T. Courson, the eldest in the above named family, was born in Franklin township, Washington Co., Penn., and when six years old was brought by his parents to Amwell township, where he has since resided. On May 21, 1876, he was united in marriage with Miss Sidney Watson, a daughter of William W. and Catherine Watson, whose children were: Mrs. Sarah Jane Shipe, Mrs. Mary Callie McFee, Robert, Henry (deceased), Mena, Lenora (deceased) and Sidney. Mr. Watson died November 30, 1891, and Mr. William T. Courson has since bought the home farm of the deceased, which property comprises sixty-one acres. William T. and Catherine (Watson) Courson have had five children, namely: Lillie, Herschel, Willie, Ray and John. Mr. Courson has been a farmer all his life, and is the owner of about 122 acres of fine land, to which he gives his principal attention. He has accumulated a comfortable competence by his own unaided efforts, and although barely forty years of age, is already enjoying the fruits of early toil. He is a "hustling" Republican, and has held several minor offices in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituency. In religious faith he is a member of the M. E. Church.

Text taken from page 1169 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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