City: Nashville
WATTS, James Lovell, lawyer; born Robertson County, Tenn., May 20, 1845; son James and Elizabeth Jackson (Miles) WATTS; English descent; educated “Old Field” School, Robertson County, Tenn.; elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction Robertson County, Tenn., April, 1873; re-elected April, 1875; resigned April, 1876, and removed to Nashville in May, 1876; author of paper published in Nashville American, Feb., 1902, advocating confederation of World Powers to Enforce Peace Among Nations, in the place of suggested arbitration, republished in Congressional Record June 25, 1910; also paper on same subject published in quarterly Review, of Nashville, Jan. 1911; ed. Tennessee Form Book, 6th E., 1905; author of Corporation Laws of Tennessee, 1907, and of revised and enlarged edition of same in 1910; church connection, Methodist.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
