Clarence W. Watson

Later in life, he became President of Elk Horn Coal Company and served as trustee of various corporations, railroads, and banks across the United States.In March 1918, Watson was commissioned a lieutenant colonel in the Ordnance Department of the United States Army and served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France until January 1919.[1] His show horses (including the well-regarded Lord Baltimore) won numerous awards both in the United States and in Europe.[1] He was married to Minnie Owings Watson of Ellicott City, Maryland, whose portrait hangs in the ballroom of the Governor's Mansion in Charleston, West Virginia.He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, while tending to Elk Horn Coal Company business, and is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Fairmont.
United States SenatorWest VirginiaDavis ElkinsNathan Goff, Jr.FairmontCincinnatiDemocraticcoal miningConsolidation Coal and Mining CompaniesMarylandPennsylvaniaKentuckyrailroadsUnited StatesWorld War IUnited States ArmyMarion CountyDemocratStephen B. Elkinslieutenant colonelAmerican Expeditionary ForcesFranceEuropeBay Shore, New YorkEllicott City, MarylandCharleston, West VirginiaNew York CityRockefeller CenterBaltimoreThe New York TimesBiographical Directory of the United States CongressU.S. SenatorClass 1William E. ChiltonU.S. SenateClass 2 Senator from West VirginiaUnited States senators from West VirginiaVan WinkleBoremanCapertonHerefordCamdenFaulknerChiltonSutherlandHatfieldKilgoreRevercombGoodwinManchinJusticeWilleyS. ElkinsD. ElkinsN. GoffG. GoffRosierHoblitzellRandolphRockefellerCapitoUnited States CongressSenateN. ScottC. WatsonJ. GainesJ. HughesH. WoodyardW. HubbardG. SturgissW. ChiltonW. Brown Jr.J. DavisJ. HamiltonA. Littlepage