When William Michael Watson was born on 21 November 1849, in Texas, United States, his father, William M Watson, was 24 and his mother, Nancy Watson, was 22. He married Margaret A. Meredith about 1870. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Trinity, Trinity, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 4, Trinity, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 March 1914, in Centralia, Trinity, Texas, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Apple Springs, Trinity, Texas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1865: Trinity, Texas, United States
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Scottish, English, and Irish: patronymic meaning ‘son of Wat’, a pet form of Walter that was particularly common in Scotland and northern England. See Watt .
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