The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-22
LONG CAREER Of
FAMOUS EDITOR
ENDED IN DEATH
EDITOR coURIEa.JoURNAL
OF LOUISVILLE FOR YEARS
started Newspaper Career In 1858
ss Reporter; Served In Civil
War; Was Noted ss JeurnsI.
iss. Avthor. Lecturer.

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jacksonville. fia.. Dec. ss.-IIenry
waitcraon. famous editor of tho
Louisville courlerJournal. died In a
hotel here early today. Col. Waiter.
son had come hcr TO spend tho
winter because Of his failing health.
bronchial trouble was the direct
cause of Col. wattcron's death. his
attending physician stated today.
His wifc. Hon srf n daughter.
scrc at hIa bedside whcn tho end
came.
Colonel waiierson was the grand
old man Of American journalism"
Tie would have been ~ years OF age
had he lived until next February.
ie was a pioneer In the newspaper
field Of the south and middle west
and the bitter ylndlctIye style Of
his editorials. he swayed the entire
United States.
~ wa w NHt iIHt tI'hAfu tut
phrase hell wlra tho Haps-
burgs and IIohenxollcrna."-as tho
United States was lowering on tho
brink Of war with Germany.
For the last two years he had
taken no active part In journalism.
lie retired from active work when
the ownership Of the Courier-Jour-
nal passed from his hands TO the
present owner. Colonel Watterson
began his newspaper career as
reporter on the Washington States.
shortly before the civil war.
Col. Watterson was born In WASH
lngton on February 16, 1870. being
the son Of Hon. Harvey Magee and
Tilitha Waterson. Owing TO defec-
tive vision ho was mainly educated
by private tutors. However. he stu
died at the University of the South.
completing the course there in 1891
and received LID degree at
Brown university in 1906. He was
also awarded LID degree at the
University Of Kentucky in 1915.
lie was staff officer In the army
Of the Confederacy during the civil
war from 1861 to 1865 and was chief
of scouts in General Johnston's army
IN 1864.
He was married to Rebecca.
daughter of Hon. Andrew Ewing of
Nashville, Tenn, on December 20,
1865.
From his first assignment as a
reporter on the Washington States,
he became editorial writer Of that
paper, serving from 1858 to 1865.
He was editor Of the Democratic Re-
view from 1860 to 1861. He was also
editor of the Chattanooga Rebel
from 1862 to 1868. He assumed the
oditorship of the Nashville Repub-
lican Banner in 1865 where he
served to 1868.
In 1868 he moved to Louisville
where he assumed the management
Of the Louisville Journal, which
with w. N. Haldeman he consoli.
dated with the Louisville Courier
and the Democrat, under the name
Of the Courier-Journal of which he
was editor until April 1919.
He was member of the 44th
congress of the United States, Aug
ust IL, 1876 to March 3, 1877, to
fill an unexpired term. He declined
reelection.
Col. Watterson was a delegate at
large to the democratic national con-
vention in 1876, serving the conven-
tion as temporary chairman. He was
chairman of the platform committee
of the democratic national conven-
tions of 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1892.
In 1910 he was vice-president gen.
eral of the Interstate Perry Memoir
ial commission. In 1914 he became
a juror of the hall Of fame, Univer-
sity of New York.
He was distinguished as a Jour-
nalist, orator and writer, being au-
thor of a History of the Spanish
American war in 1899. He was au-
thor of the history of the Manhat-
tan club and in 1902 he wrote tho
Compromises Of Life, Literature and
Addresses. In 1919 he published
"Marse Henry, Looking Backward
Sketches He was also editor of the
Oddities of Southern Life and Char
acter. This was published in 1882,