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Edward Howe Watson (Frankfort, Kentucky, physician)

b. 1814-02-27 d. 1868-04-07

Frankfort, Kentucky, physician. Kentucky native. Married to Frances S. Hickman on May 1835. Married to Sarah L. Watson on October 1, 1840. Father of John C. Watson, Jane S. Watson, George C. Watson, and Anna Watson. Member of the Whig Party Central Committee of Kentucky's Eight Congressional District in 1853. Physician in Frankfort in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in 1860.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 105; Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Franklin County, Frankfort, p. 16; "The August Election," The Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Ky.), July 18, 1853, p. 2; Find A Grave, "Dr. Edward Howe Watson (1814-1868)," Memorial #60201239, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60201239&ref=acom (accessed June 1, 2017).

Citation

Watson, Edward Howe. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197848 (November 12, 2026).

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