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The Henry Watkins Family

Of Buchanan County, Missouri

by: Christi Watkins

HENRY WATKINS was born February 24, 1823 in Randolph County, Missouri. He died January 16, 1887, Lafayette Township, Clinton County, Missouri. He owned land and raised his family in Buchanan County, just over the line from Clinton County. He is the oldest son of James Duncan Watkins and an unknown mother. He is believed to be the grandson of Henry Watkins and Mary "Polly" Duncan, dau. of James Duncan and Ava Shelton, of Stokes County, North Carolina. Several of the Watkins' families came from North Carolina, through Kentucky, on to the North Eastern part of Missouri, then on to Clinton and Buchanan County, in Northwest Missouri. HENRY is buried at the No. 6 Cemetery, close to the Frazier Community, in Buchanan County. He spent many years in Kansas, before and after the civil war. (Approximately 1854 - 1867) He eventually returned to Missouri where he lived the remainder of his days.

FRANCES POWELL was his first wife. They married before 1846. She died before 1855, probably in Kansas. They had the following children:
1) James Polk -- b. November 1, 1846; d. March 9, 1847.
2) Williard Hall -- b. May 10, 1848; d. 1876
3) Jesse Randolph -- b. August 17, 1849 d. May 12, 1929 in Agency, Missouri.

ELIZA TOBEN PILE became his second wife, July 17, 1855, daughter of MORRIS AND SALLY PILE. They had the following children:
4) George Morris -- b. December 8, 1856, in Kansas; d. October 11, 1915 in Gower, MO.
5) Francis Bird "Frank" -- b. April 8, 1861, in Kansas; d. unknown.
6) Joseph Henry Watkins -- b. June 3, 1863; d. May 27, 1870 in Gower, Missouri.
7) Annie Alice -- b. May 25, 1871 in Missouri; d. April 17, 1957. She married Charles H. "Charley" Berryman.

George Morris Watkins' Line
....... .......
JESSE ..... and his son ............ VICTOR ..... and his son ..... GARY**
Above pictures left to right:
JESSE HERSCHEL WATKINS 1901-1985 (son of Geo. Morris, gr. son of
HENRY),
VICTOR KIMBALL WATKINS 1926-now (son of Jesse H., gr. son of
Geo. Morris, gr. gr. grandson of Henry),
VICTOR 'GARY' WATKINS 1945-now (son of Victor Kimball, gr. son of
Jesse H., gr. gr. grandson of Geo. Morris, gr. gr. gr. grandson of Henry)

**Gary is my wonderful husband.

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