- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Thomas Edward Watson and Georgia Durham Watson at home, Thomson, McDuffie County, Georgia, 1907]
- Date of Original:
- 1907
- Subject:
- Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Women--Georgia--Thomson
Georgia--Politics and government
Portraits--Georgia--Thomson
Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward), 1856-1922 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McDuffie County, Thomson, 33.47069, -82.50457
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Thomson, 1907. Thomas Edward Watson and his wife, Georgia Durham Watson, seen in their home called Hickory Hill. They were married October 9, 1878. Watson was born in Columbia County, Georgia near Thomson September 5, 1856. He attended Mercer University, taught school, and had a law practice. Watson served in the House of Representatives of the Georgia General Assembly. He served in both the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress. He published magazines and newspapers which promoted his Populist political views. Watson died September 26, 1922 and is buried in Thomson Cemetery.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_mcd050
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:mcd050
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
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- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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