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Dorothy Eliot Watson

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Dorothy Eliot Watson

Birth
Death
25 May 1992 (aged 98)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Stewart, North of Lots 700-705 East, Site 18.
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Summarized from the May 27, 1992 Washington Times
As a child she attended the Hannah Moore Episcopal Academy in Baltimore. She remembered a time when she could ride her horse into downtown Washington.

During World War II she sold more than $1 million in Liberty Bonds for the Treasury Department.

She was a founding member of Tail Waggers, a club for dog owners and showed Russian wolfhounds and horses in local shows. She was also past President of the Humane Society of Washington.

She was the oldest member of the Congressional Country Club and the Potomac Hunt Club.

Her husband, Robert, who died in 1970, was an international lawyer who worked with President Wilson during his administration.
Summarized from the May 27, 1992 Washington Times
As a child she attended the Hannah Moore Episcopal Academy in Baltimore. She remembered a time when she could ride her horse into downtown Washington.

During World War II she sold more than $1 million in Liberty Bonds for the Treasury Department.

She was a founding member of Tail Waggers, a club for dog owners and showed Russian wolfhounds and horses in local shows. She was also past President of the Humane Society of Washington.

She was the oldest member of the Congressional Country Club and the Potomac Hunt Club.

Her husband, Robert, who died in 1970, was an international lawyer who worked with President Wilson during his administration.

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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: May 24, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70334686/dorothy_eliot-watson: accessed ), memorial page for Dorothy Eliot Watson (22 Sep 1893–25 May 1992), Find a Grave Memorial ID 70334686, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).