City: Huntingdon

WATSON, Charles Mayes, ginner; born at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 5, 1869; Scotch-Irish-English descent; son of Joseph Anderson and Emma (Hilliard) WATSON; father’s occupation educator; educated in the public schools of Durham, Texas; in early life worked on a farm and left the farm at the age of 22 and engaged in the cotton business in Huntingdon, Tenn.; organized Watson Cotton Co., in 1902 and has since been president and manager of that company, which operates gins and buys cotton in twenty or more points adjacent to Huntingdon, Tenn.; he is also extensive cotton and corn grower, and hog and poultry breeder; active in public affairs and former County Election Commissioner of Carroll Co., Tenn.; never candidate for office; married Lora WELLS in 1898; member of M. E. church, South.