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Waterhouse had grown rather feeble, but kept up his effort to recover, taking regular exercises. On 7 December 1922, while thus engaged, walking on a street on a gloomy afternoon, Bishop Waterhouse was struck by a motorist and fatally injured. He was hurried
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Science in Emory and Henry College. He was elected President of the College in 1893. Refusing to allow an increase of his salary, he never received more than $ 1,300.00 per year during the seventeen years he served. President Waterhouse gave himself to the elimination of the
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Waterhouse soon became widely known among the educators of the Church, South. He was in great demand as a speaker. He became known also as one of the most powerful preachers of the connection. He was elected a delegate to the General Conferences of 1894-1910.
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Conference. He took the
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10 October 1894. They had two sons, Richard and Leon. Mary
Carriger had two sons from her first marriage, Wesley Carroll and Herbert Michael Carriger, who Rev. Waterhouse raised as his own.
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Waterhouse died 9 December 1922. He was buried at
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19:(24 December 1855 – 9 December 1922) was a
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111:In 1892 Rev. Waterhouse was elected
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275:People from Rhea County, Tennessee
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250:Road incident deaths in Tennessee
245:Emory and Henry University alumni
136:and served that area four years.
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178:The Challenge of the Great West,
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