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Nottoway County plantation owner, and possibly of higher social status than the Watsons, had been killed by a slave in 1847, the year of her birth (but her mother remarried, to George Daniel Horner who joined the
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Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson, and fought in the American Revolutionary War. Both grandparents lived with the young farming family in 1870. The large family (13 children) lost many members in childhood, at least four in 1889 alone. Two younger brothers survived to adulthood,
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http://www.longwood.edu/staff/welchds/Westcreek/historyofnottowaycounty.html
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252:(November 25, 1867 – December 24, 1919) was a Virginia lawyer and
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Watson aligned with the Martin organization and later with the
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363:In 1912, Watson defeated incumbent Independent
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689:Virginia's 4th congressional district
638:Virginia's 4th congressional district
199:"Woodland," Nottoway County, Virginia
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509:"OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES IN NOTTOWAY"
513:OLD HOMES AND FAMILIES IN NOTTOWAY
457:; Watson was re-elected unopposed.
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224:University of Virginia
220:Hampden-Sydney College
268:Early and family life
286:Prince Edward County
278:3rd Virginia Cavalry
955:Burials in Virginia
258:U.S. Representative
250:Walter Allen Watson
161:Walter Allen Watson
27:American politician
18:Walter Allen Watson
419:Southside Virginia
335:Senate of Virginia
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359:Congress
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