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James Madison Watson was born in Onondaga Hill, Onondaga County, N. Y. , the son of Simeon and Sally Ann (Wilber) Watson.
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James Madison Watson
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His early education in the local district school was supplemented by instruction from his father, a Baptist clergyman. In 1839 his family removed to Oswego County, where his schooling was interrupted by periods of work on farms nearby. At seventeen he had saved enough money to enter Mexico Academy, at Mexico, N. Y. , but between July 1844 and June 1848 he had only about twelve months in school, since he was obliged to spend most of each year earning his tuition and living expenses. After teaching school in Oswego (1848 - 50), he entered Falley Seminary, Fulton, N. Y.
Career
During the summer of 1851 he sold textbooks. He was assistant teacher at the Chittenango Seminary for about seven months in 1851-52 and principal of the union school at Howlett Hill, April-July 1852. In 1852-53 he read law in Syracuse and Albany, where he was admitted to the bar, September 7, 1853. A visit to New York the same month resulted in his appointment as general book agent for A. S. Barnes & Company, publishers of textbooks. For some years he traveled throughout the country, introducing the Barnes texts in schools and colleges. Observations in many classrooms led him to the conviction that reforms were needed in the teaching of English. His first textbook, Word Builder (1855), which emphasized correct pronunciation and use of words in sentences, was widely adopted soon after its publication. Encouraged by its success, he collaborated with Richard Green Parker in the production of the National Series of readers and spellers. Throughout these years, he lectured before teachers' institutes, and taught occasional classes in elocution and gymnastics. A Handbook of Calisthenics and Gymnastics (1863), which appeared in various editions, added considerably to his reputation. Resigning about this time as agent for the publishing company, he established his residence in Elizabeth, N. J. , where he remained until his death.
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His Independent Series of readers and spellers, begun in 1868, was completed in ten volumes in 1875. The income from these texts enabled him to devote his time to civic and church affairs. He was deacon of the Central Baptist Church (1877 - 1900) and a member of the board of managers of the New Jersey Baptist Convention (1884 - 97). The churches of Elizabeth, at his recommendation, established the "Red Ribbon Club" for the maintenance of law, order, and temperance, and as president, and editor of its journal, the Red Ribbon Record (1885 - 90), he played a prominent part in the temperance movement. He was president of the Elizabeth board of education (1881 - 82), and president (1882) and corresponding secretary (1883 - 98) of the New Jersey Sanitary Association.
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Independent Sixth Reader: Containing a Complete Scientific and Practical Treatise on Elocution, Illustrated With Diagrams; Select Readings and ... and a Full Index Thereto (Classic Reprint)
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Graphic Speller, Oral and Written
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Independent Fourth Reader: Containing a Practical Treatise On Elocution : Illustrated with Diagrams, Select and Classified Readings and Recitations, ... and a Complete Supplementary Index, Book 4
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Independent Fifth Reader: Containing a Practical Treatise On Elocution, Illustrated With Diagrams, Select and Classified Readings and Recitations, With Copious Notes, and Complete Supplementary Index
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Independent Fifth Reader: Containing a Practical Treatise On Elocution : Illustrated With Diagrams, Select and Classified Reading and Recitations, ... and Complete Supplementary Index, Book 5
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Watson's Manual of Calisthenics
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Watson's Complete Speller: Oral and Written
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Independent Sixth Reader; Containing a Complete Scientific and Practical Treatise on Elocution, Select Readings and Recitations
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The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Treatise On Elocution; Exercises in Reading and Declamation; With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes. ... Students in English and American Literature
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Independent Sixth Reader: Containing a Complete Scientific and Practical Treatise on Elocution, Illustrated With Diagrams; Select Readings and ... and a Full Index Thereto (Classic Reprint)
Connections
On March 31, 1871, he married Emma Hopper, daughter of the Rev. Andrew and Margaret (Inslee) Hopper of Newark, N. J.
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