Ida-Sac County IA Archives Biographies.....Watson, Carl C. 1855 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

C. C. WATSON.—The Wall Lake Postoffice, of Iowa, was established in 1877, of
which the first postmaster was C. L. Sherwood, who was succeeded  by H. B.
Allen, in 1880, who held the office until 1885, when it was taken charge of by
R. L. Pattison, who held it until 1889, when C. C. Watson, our subject, the
present Postmaster was appointed. This is a money-order office and has been so
since 1880. Our subject has been a resident of Sac county for the past eighteen
years, locating here in 1874. He is a native of De Kalb  county, Illinois, where
he was born, July 1, 1855. He was the son of John A., and Clara M., (Woodard)
Watson, both of whom were natives of Vermont, both deceased; the mother dying in
Illinois and the father living until 1890, when he died in Wall Lake, Iowa. He
was a farmer by occupation and had located a prairie farm in section 1, Viola
township, which he improved from a raw tract of land. He was a quiet unassuming
man, a member of the Baptist Church. The originators of the family were
Scotch-Irish, with an intermingling of German blood, and this made Mr. Watson a
sturdy and enterprising pioneer. His land which he improved in Sac county,
consisted of 430 acres. He reared a family of five children, as follows: Ann M.,
deceased; Charles E., deceased; Mary, wife of G. H. Graves, resides in Lake
View, Sac county; Henry, resident of Mapleton, Iowa, and Carl C., who is the
subject of this sketch.

  The latter was reared on his father's farm in Illinois, educated in the public
schools, and in 1878 began to do business for himself. He engaged in farming
upon a tract of 160 acres, given him by his father, and continued at that place
until 1882, when he located in Wall Lake, in the hardware business. This he
continued until 1891, when he sold out and has devoted himself to the duties of
the Post office. Mr. Watson is one of the active Republicans of Sac county, and
has served as Mayor of Wall Lake for two terms and has also been President of
the School Board. He is a member of A. F. & A. M., Lake Lodge, No. 390, Darius
Chapter, Sac city, and is also a K. of P., Chevalier Lodge, No. 360, in which he
has held all the chairs.

  He was married March 5, 1877, to Miss Ella J. Palmer, a daughter of L. M. and
Jane (Scott) Palmer. Mrs. Watson was born in Upper Canada and was the last, but
one, in a family of twelve children. Her mother is still living at Vail, Iowa,
but her father is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Watson have three children, namely;
Blanche, Joyce and Carl C., Jr. Mr. Watson has been one of the active business
men of Wall Lake and has here erected a good residence, also a brick building,
25 x 50 feet, for business purposes.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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