| Show Watter sons a fighting race col henry watterson keenis to h have ave inh inherited his fighting qualities from his lather harvey magee watterson Watte raon who vas as born in beech grove tenn no aniber 23 1811 he was the son of V S watterson who served in the I 1 var ar of 1812 on general jacksons staff harvey studied law and vae as elected u the he twenty sixth congress to sue suc eed james jamer K polk who became governor of tennessee reelected re elected he retired at the end of his second term ind became president ot of the state se sen 11 atu tt in 1847 he be bought the nashville union and three years later ws w s called to the washington union ile he v is a great friend of 0 franklin pierce but refused to support tho the tion on the missouri Alis compromise arid and the kansas nebraska bill returning irom from washington despite off offers rs ot of high position in the gove government ram nt service I ilis his lis personal po popular popularity iular ty won hirn him election to the tennessee decess secession 01 convention where alth althous li clr ild did his b t seeing ati tarry is as no hori c oi ice aping hi su sir to in ill L 11 hr 1 i turned tu to his hi h in ton ion 1 H 1 ditl I lu ju jool |
