WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Washington County, Utah)
DANIEL CLARK WATSON
(pharmacist, St. George mayor)
BIOGRAPHY
Daniel Clark Watson (or "Clark" as he was usually called) was born September 6, 1884 in Parowan, Utah.Clark married Anna "Nan" Hess Milne in the St. George Temple on September 16, 1907.
Watson received his pharmacy degree from Chicago's Northwestern University in 1909. He then worked as an apprentice for several years at drug stores in Midvale and Salt Lake City.
The Watson's returned to St. George in 1914 and opened Dixie Drug.
D. Clark Watson served three terms as Mayor of St. George from January of 1940 to January of 1946.
He was involved in many other civic and professional activities:
- President of the Utah Pharmaceutical Association
- President of the Utah Municipal League
- President of the St. George Rotary Club
- President of Veteran Druggists' Association of Utah
- President of the St.George Chamber of Commerce
- District Chairman of the Boy Scouts of America
- Head of the local National Defense Council during World War II
- American Pharmaceutical Association "American Druggist Citation Award" in 1946
- A. H. Robins award for outstanding community service in 1960
- Dixie College recognition award for outstanding service to the college and the community
The elder Watson died June 25, 1965 in St. George and was buried on June 29, 1965 in Plot C_30_12_1 of the St. George City Cemetery.
FAMILY
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Parents and Siblings:
Lorenzo Dow Watson Sarah Melissa Clark Watson Melissa Vivian Watson Alma Gertrude Watson Edgar Clare Watson Rural Pearl Watson Zola Latrande Watson Millard Dow Watson Ora Laverne Watson Elizabeth Debrah Watson Daniel Clark Watson Bertha Pendexter Watson Clair Myrtle Watson Alice Nevada Watson Loren Watson Florian Watson LaVerd Watson |
(9/17/1845-11/1/1896) (married xx/xx/1871) (7/23/1851-12/3/1930) (2/29/1872-3/11/1962) (married Franklin Jeremiah Woodbury) (1/2/1874-7/5/1969) (married Donald Alpine McGregor) (10/14/1875-9/12/1889) (8/2/1877-1/16/1952) (married George Richard Lyman) (7/26/1879-7/15/1923) (married James Newberry Connell) (2/21/1881-12/18/1950) (married Lola Sawyer) (8/7/1882-10/16/1973) (different mother?; married Gordon William Eatough) (1/10/1883-6/30/1957) (married William Leech Adams) (9/6/1884-6/25/1965) (married Anna "Nan" Hess Milne) (7/20/1886-1/29/1971) (married Donald Alpine McGregor) (4/7/1889-7/28/1931) (married William A. Whitehead) (4/28/1891-6/4/1976) (different mother; married Burton W. Driggs) (5/12/1894-10/13/1981) (married Xxxxxxx X. King) (1/5/1895-1/23/1977) (different mother; married LaMar Wiley Johnson) (2/18/1896-8/18/1985) (married Joseph Clinton Lillywhite) |
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Wife and Children: Anna "Nan" Hess Milne Watson LoRen "Loie" Watson Wetona "Toni" Watson Daniel "Dan; D.C." Clark Watson Jr. Leon "Lee" Milne Watson |
(3/7/1886-1/8/1970) (married 9/16/1907) (1/25/1916-4/30/2012) (married Virgil Crosby Snow) (1/23/1919-2/24/2009) (married Robert F. Edwards) (8/16/1922-4/12/2017) (5/24/1926-11/23/1991) (married Barbara Jane Wilson) |
PHOTOS
 WCHS-01868 Daniel Clark Watson |
 WCHS-01869 D. Clark Watson |
WCHS-01870 Daniel Clark Watson |
REFERENCES
Former Mayor, Druggist Dies at 80 in St. GeorgeThe Salt Lake Tribune, June 28, 1965
Former Mayor, Druggist Dies at 80 in St. George
Special to the Tribune, June 28, 1965
Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings
Find-A-Grave entry for Daniel Clark Watson
BillionGraves entry for Daniel Clark Watson
FamilyCentral entry for Daniel Clark Watson
Find-A-Grave entry for Anna Hess Milne Watson