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Frederick Watts

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Frederick Watts

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17 Aug 1889 (aged 88)
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Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug 19, 1889:
EX-JUDGE FREDERICK WATTS DEAD.
The Able Jurist Passes Away After a Long and Honorable Career.
Carlisle, Aug.18 -- Ex-Judge Frederick Watts died yesterday morning at his residence in this city after being ill for several months. Judge Watts was born in Carlisle in May, 1801, and was a son of David Watts, one of the most distinguished lawyers of his day. His mother was a daughter of General Miller, of Revolutionary fame, and his grandfather, Frederick Watts, was a member of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary war.
He graduated from Dickinson College in 1819, and read law with his uncle, William Miles, Erie county, for two years. He returned to Carlisle in 1821 and entered the office of Andrew Carothers and was admitted to the bar in 1824, and as early as 1827 practiced in the Supreme Court of this State.
In 1815 he was elected president of the Cumberland Valley Railroadd and continued in that office for twenty-six years. In 1849 he was commissioned by Governor Johnson, President Judge of the Ninth Judical district, composed of Cumberland, Perry and Juniata counties, and retained this until 1852. In 1854 he was elected president of the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, in which capacity he acted up to his death.
During 1871 he was appointed commissioner of Agriculture at Washington, which he filled for a number of years. He was the most prominent member of this section of the State."
Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug 19, 1889:
EX-JUDGE FREDERICK WATTS DEAD.
The Able Jurist Passes Away After a Long and Honorable Career.
Carlisle, Aug.18 -- Ex-Judge Frederick Watts died yesterday morning at his residence in this city after being ill for several months. Judge Watts was born in Carlisle in May, 1801, and was a son of David Watts, one of the most distinguished lawyers of his day. His mother was a daughter of General Miller, of Revolutionary fame, and his grandfather, Frederick Watts, was a member of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary war.
He graduated from Dickinson College in 1819, and read law with his uncle, William Miles, Erie county, for two years. He returned to Carlisle in 1821 and entered the office of Andrew Carothers and was admitted to the bar in 1824, and as early as 1827 practiced in the Supreme Court of this State.
In 1815 he was elected president of the Cumberland Valley Railroadd and continued in that office for twenty-six years. In 1849 he was commissioned by Governor Johnson, President Judge of the Ninth Judical district, composed of Cumberland, Perry and Juniata counties, and retained this until 1852. In 1854 he was elected president of the Board of Trustees of the Agricultural College of Pennsylvania, in which capacity he acted up to his death.
During 1871 he was appointed commissioner of Agriculture at Washington, which he filled for a number of years. He was the most prominent member of this section of the State."

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