City: Martin
WATTERS, Henry Eugene, teacher and preacher; born Graves County, Ky., Sept. 14, 1876; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of T. M. and Josephine (Ransom) WATTERS; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents John and Mary (McReynolds) WATTERS; maternal grandparents Matt and Elizabeth (Hall) RANSOM; graduated Southern Normal University, Southern Normal School, Ky.; graduate student Southwestern Baptist University and Browne University, Rhode Island, receiving degrees of B. S. 1899, A. B. 1900, A. M. 1903, and D. D. 1906; began business career farming and teaching; married Annette ROUTON, Paris, Tenn., Aug 29, 1899; began preaching 1895; ordained 1899; principal M. N. College 1900-02; principal Greenfield Graded Schools, 1903; instructor Southwestern Baptist University 1904; vice-president Hall-Moody Institute 1906-11; instructor and conductor in a number of State Institutes; member of Baptist State Educational Commission; published “Physics Simplified” 1906, “Bible of Superhuman Origin 1908; has held number of pastorates, including McKenzie and Erin, Tenn.
