Watson, James Craig – Watts, Frederick
Watson, James Craig
astronomer, author, was born Jan. 28, 1838, in Canada.
He became assistant astronomer in the observatory of the university of Michigan.
He is the author of A Popular Treatise on Comets; A Complete Digest of the Results and Methods of All Great Writers on Theoretical Astronomy, and other works. He died Nov. 23, 1880, in Madison, Wis.
Watson, James E
lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 2, 1864, in Winchester, Ind. He is a noted lawyer of Rushville, Ind. He was elected president of the state Epworth league of the methodist episcopal church in 1892 and was reelected in 1893. He was elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Watson, James Madison
educator, author, was born Feb. 8, 1827, in Onondaga county, N. Y. He is an educator of Elizabeth, N. J., and the author of Handbook of Gymnastics; Manual of Calisthenics; and a series of Independent Readers.
Watson, James V
clergyman, journalist, author, was born in 1814, in London, England. He was editor of the Michigan Christian Advocate and of the Northwestern Christian Advocate in Chicago in 1852-56, and was the author of Helps to the Promotion of Revivals; and Tales and Takings, Sketches and Incidents from the Itinerant and Editorial Budget of the Rev. J. V. Watson. He died Oct. 17, 1856, in Chicago, Ill.
Watson, Mrs. Jennie J
poet, was born May 4, 1838, in Booneville, Mo. She is the author of a number of poems.
Watson, John
physician, surgeon, author, was born April 16, 1807, in Ireland. He was instrumental in organizing the New York Medical and Surgical society, the American Medical association, and the New York Academy of Medicine, of which latter institution he was president in 1859-60. He was the author of numerous reports, essays, and reviews in professional journals. He died June 3, 1863, in New York city.
Watson, John Fanning
bookseller, banker, author, was born in 1780, in New Jersey. He was a bookseller, and subsequently a banker, of Philadelphia, and the author of Historic Tales; and Annals of Philadelphia. He died in 1860.
Watson, John Whittaker
journalist, author, was born Oct. 14, 1824, in New York city. He was a journalist of New York city, and the author of Beautiful Snow and Other Poems; and The Outcast and Other Poems. He died July 18, 1890, in New York city.
Watson, Lewis F
merchant, banker, congressman, was born April 14, 1819, in Crawford county, Pa. He was elected president of the Warren Savings bank in 1870; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-fifth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican; and was re-elected to the fifty-first congress. He died Aug. 25, 1890, in Washington, D. C.
Watson, Paul Barron
lawyer, author, was born March 25, 1861, in Morristown, N. J. He is a lawyer of Boston, and the author of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; Bibliography of Pre-Columbian Discoveries of America; and The Swedish Revolution under Gustavus Vasa, a very effective study of an important epoch in Swedish history.
Watson, Sereno
botanist, author, was born Dec. 1, 1826, in East Windsor Hill, Conn. He was a noted botanist of Cambridge, curator of the Herbarium of Harvard university in 1888-92, and the author of Bibliographical Index of North American Botany; and Botany of California. He died March 9, 1892, in Cambridge, Mass.
Watson, Stephen M
librarian, poet, was born Jan. 22, 1836, in Saco, Maine. He was elected superintendent and librarian at the York institute of Saco, Maine, which position he resigned to accept a similar one in the public library of Portland He is the editor and publisher of The Maine Historical and Genealogical Recorder.
His poems have appeared in the leading publications of New England; and in a number of stand.. ard collections of poetry.
Watson, Thomas E
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Sept. 5, 1856, in Georgia. He was a member of the Georgia legislature in 1882-83; and was democratic elector for the state at large in 1888. He was elected to the fiftysecond congress as a democrat.
Watson, William
civil engineer, author, was born Jan. 19, 1834, in Nantucket, Mass. He is a professor of mechanical engineering, and the author of Technical Education; Course in Descriptive Geometry; and Course in Shades and Shadows. a
Watson, William F
educator, poet, was born May 11, 1862, in Canada. At the age of seventeen he commenced educational work in the state of Maine; and later completed classical course at Houlton academy; and subsequently graduated from the Colby university.
For many years he has been professor of chemistry in the Furman university of Greenville, S. C.
He is the author of a volume entitled The Children of the Sun, and Miscellaneous Poems; and contributed extensively to current literature on educational and scientific topics. His poems also appear in Poets of America and other standard works.
Watson, William Henry
physician, author, was born Nov. 8, 1829, in He was examiner in Providence, R. I. diagnosis and pathology in the state board of medical examination from 1872 till 1881; U. S. examining pension surgeon from 1875 till 1881, surgeon-general of New York state from 1880 till 1883, and since 1882 has been regent of the university of the state of New York.
Watson, William Robinson
journalist, lawyer, author, was born Dec. 14, 1799, in South Kingston, R. I. In 1856 he was appointed by the Rhode Island general assembly state auditor, serving until 1863. He frequently edited political journals, and wrote for the press, vindicating and explaining the doctrines of the whig party with great vigor. He died Aug. 29, 1864, in Providence, R. I.
Watson, Winslow Cossoul
author, was born Dec. 22, 1803, in Albany, N. Y. He is the author of Treatise on Practical Husbandry; Pioneer History of the Champlain Valley; and History of Essex County, New York.
Watters, M. L
lawyer, legislator, was born March 13, 1863, near Groton, Ohio. In 1893 he was a representative in the Kansas state legislature, known as the war-house; and is still a member, elected by the state populist ticket. He has been principally engaged in coal mining; for three years was president of the Miners' union; and is now engaged in law at Scammon, Kan.
Watterson, George
lawyer, librarian, author, was born Oct. 23, 1783, in New York city. He was a Washington lawyer who was the first librarian of congress; and the author of Letters from Washington; The Wanderer in Washington; Course of Study Preparatory to the Bar or Senate; and The Lawyer, or Man as He Ought Not to Be. He died Feb. 4, 1854, in Washington, D. C.
Watterson, Harvey Mcgee
journalist, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 23, 1811, in Bedford county, Tenn. He was elected a representative from his native county to the Tennessee legislature in 1835. He resided in the congressional district of James K. Polk, and, in 1839, when Mr. Polk became a candidate for governor was elected as his successor in congress. He was re-elected in 1841, and served until 1843. He was appointed United States minister to Buenos Ayres; and on his return from this mission, in 1845, was elected to the state senate of Tennessee, and when the legislature met was chosen president of the senate. He became connected with his son in the conduct of the Louisville Courier-Journal, and continued an active member of the editorial staff on that paper. He died Oct. 1, 1891, in Louisville, Ky.
Watterson, Henry
soldier, journalist, congressman, was born Feb. 16, 1840, in Washington, D. C. He served in the confederate army. In 1867 he removed to Louisville, Ky., and became part owner and the editor of the Louisville Journal; consolidated with other papers, in 1868, under the title of the Courier- Journal, of which he became the editor.
He was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-fourth congress, to fill a vacancy, as a democrat. He is the author of Oddities of Southern Life and Character.
Watterson, John Ambrose
Roman catholic bishop, was born May 27, 1844, in Blairsville, Pa. He was appointed professor in Mount St. Mary's, and in 1877 he was made president. In 1880 he was consecrated bishop of Columbus. In 1884 he founded a college in Columbus.
Watts, Edwin Forrest
journalist, poet, was born March 29, 1859, in Taylor county, Iowa. In 1884 he entered journalism and in 1886 started a crusade against the corrupt management of the Iowa state institution for the deaf, which resulted in Mr. Watts being sustained by the state legislature, and the management removed.
In 1891 he was a delegate to the state convention, and has since filled various public positions of trust. He resides in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he is successfully engaged in journalism.
Watts, Frederick
lawyer, jurist, was born May 9, 1801, in Carlisle, Pa. In 1849 he was appointed president judge of the ninth district of Pennsylvania. In 1854 he was one of the projectors of the Agricultural college of Pennsylvania, and chosen president of the board of trustees; and took an interest in all the local enterprises of Carlisle. In 1871, he was appointed commissioner of agriculture in Washington.