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Watson was born in Australia on 8 October 1877 to a farming family who lived near Yambuk, Victoria.
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Charles Watson
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He was President of the General Conference from 1930 to 1936. Charles resisted accepting these doctrines until 1902, when he found no biblical support for Sunday observance and was baptized by West. A. Hennig. Watson had been a successful wool buyer, but quit the business in 1907 to attend Australasian Missionary College in order to study for the ministry.
Watson was appointed president of the Queensland Conference.
He was succeeded in this position in 1914 by Edwin Butz. His business sense and aptitude for remembering names and faces had gained him a reputation for administrative skill, and in 1915 he was elected president of the Australasian Union Conference.
During this time he preached in Australia, Fiji, Tahiti, and the United States of America. He returned to North America in 1930 to attend the General Conference Session, where he was elected President of the General Conference, in no small part due to his financial ability.
When his term ended in 1936, he returned to Queensland, Australia, where he assumed the duties of vice-president of the Australasian Division and president of the Australasian Union Conference.
He retired in 1944. He died on 24 December 1962 at Sydney Sanitarium and Hospital, and was buried in Northern Suburbs Cemetery in Sydney, Australia.
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December 24, 1962 (aged 85)