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Re: Watson-Darnell feud
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I was wondering if anyone could give me more information about the Watson-Darnell feud. My maiden name is Watson, and I recently visited (for the first time) some relatives in Hickman, KY. My grandfather moved from Hickman to Baton Rouge in the 1940's. I've read the comments by Twain (Life on the Mississippi) about the feud. If, as one of the other contributors to this site has suggested, the "names have been changed to protect the guilty", why would Twain have changed the name to a prevalent family name (Watson) in Hickman?

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