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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 6/5/1867
Birth Place: Ohio
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 8 (1860) - 9 (1862)
Home County: Iowa
Joseph J. Watson
Iowa County
Born January 25, 1824, in Ohio, the son of William and Mary Watson. Mr. Watson married Lydia Margaret Bowser on September 7, 1848. He was the first minister to preach to the people in the northwest corner of Iowa County. After three years spent in religious labors he entered politics and was sent to the Legislature to represent the county in the Eighth and Ninth General Assemblies, 1860, 1862. He was commissioned an officer in Company S, Iowa 2nd Cavalry Regiment on June 4, 1864, and mustered out on June 1, 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee.
Sources:
Senate District 33
Committees
8th GA (1860)
Legislation Sponsored
8th GA (1860)