Background
Watson, Samuel Newell was born on February 27, 1861 in Lyons, Iowa, United States. Son of George William and Hetty (Newell) Watson.
Watson, Samuel Newell was born on February 27, 1861 in Lyons, Iowa, United States. Son of George William and Hetty (Newell) Watson.
Bachelor of Arts, Trinity College, Connecticut, 1882, Master of Arts, 1887. University of the South, 1883-1884. Doctor of Medicine, University of Iowa, 1893.
(Doctor of Divinity, University of Iowa, 1889).
Deacon, 1884, priest, 1885, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Trinity Church, Iowa City, Iowa, 1886-1897, Saint Paul’s, Chillicothe, O., 1897-1903, Saint Paul’s, Akron, O., 1903-1912. Rector American Church in Paris, France, 1912-1918, rector emeritus, 1918.
Chaplain 3d Regiment, Iowa National Guard, 1886.
Relief work in France, World War, 1914-1918. President Council of Advice American Church in Europe.
Member Alpha Delta Phi.
Married Jeannette Grace Watkins, January 7, 1885.