Peter Hill Watson (1819 - 1885). English-born American patent attorney and Assistant-Secretary of War under President Lincoln. He left the War Department on July 31, 1864 to enter coal mining in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Watson subsequently became president of the Erie Railroad (1872-1875).
- "Historian Bruce Tap described Watson as “a chunky, red-bearded Scot, who had been banished from British soil for his part in the Canadian Rebellion of 1837.” http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/…/notable-visitors-pet…/
- "The stubby, fat, red-haired and whiskered Watson demonstrated keen business discernment." https://books.google.it/books…
- "Watson, a short, stout man, with red hair and beard..." https://books.google.it/books…
- "Short, stout, with red hair and beard, a man of business acumen whose driving energy matched that of Stanton..." https://books.google.it/books…
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