Rev. A. Augustin Watson

In 1861 the Rector, Rev. A. A. Watson, afterwards Bishop of East Carolina, carried this Communion Service to Wilmington for safe keeping.
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It was during his administration that the "ragged school" was inaugurated and taught by the young ladies of his Parish, which under Rev. A. A. Watson, became the Parish school.
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Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson, Rector of.
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Mr. Collins was a devoted Churchman, and, it was while a member of his household, that Mr. Watson was brought under the influence of the Church.
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Watson remained in charge of Christ Church, New Bern, until the war, when, with a number of young men from his congregation, and for their sakes, he entered the Confederate Army, as Chaplain of the Second Regiment of North Carolina troops.
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In 1863 Doctor Watson was called, as assistant

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Rector to St. James', Wilmington. The follow­ing year he, was made Rector, and remained there until 1883. At the Primary Council of the new Diocese, held in New Bern, Dec. 13, 1883, Dr. Watson was unanimously elected Bishop. He was consecrated at St. James', Wilmington, April 17, 1884. It was not until he had reached the age of eighty-three, and felt he was growing too weak to continue his work alone, that he consented, to the election of a Coadjutor.
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Bishop Watson had a stroke of paralysis in January, 1903, but kept in active service until a few months before he had his summons from on high. The sixty-one years of his ministry were spent in the Eastern part of North Carolina, as Deacon, Priest and Bishop.
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as assistant minister in the absence of the Rector, Dr. A. A. Watson, and remained in charge until the fall of New Bern, March 15, 1862.