Brief Life History of James Madison
When James Madison Watson was born on 14 May 1816, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, James Watson, was 31 and his mother, Mary Polly Walker, was 32. He married Laura Southern about 1841. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in White Horse, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1860 and Bates Twp, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 7 December 1892, in Travelers Rest, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Travelers Rest, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Matt Watson, "United States Census, 1870"
- James Madison Watson, "Find A Grave Index"
- J. Matt Watson in entry for Jasper Evans Watson, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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