Willard Merrill WATKINS

1898 - 1958  (59 years)

• Name	Willard Merrill WATKINS
  Born	19 Aug 1898	Edgerton, Williams, Ohio, United States   [1, 2]
  	Both the 1900 and 1910 Census records say that he birth was about 1898 rather than the 1895 that showed on his draft registration card.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	28 Jun 1900	Edgerton, Williams County, Ohio   [3]
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky   [4]
  	Attended School
  Drft	12 Sep 1915	Ohio   [1]
  Residence	19 Sep 1915	Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, United States   [1]
  	Student at Ohio Wesleyan
  Residence	5 Jan 1920	Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio   [5]
  	Attended School
  	Address: 36 South Plum Street
  Residence	13 Apr 1940	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Professor of science, high school
  	He and his son were living with his parents.
  Died	14 Mar 1958	Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States   [7]
  Buried	Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Address: Prospect Cemetery
  	Plot: Lot - 58 - Section - 2NA
  Person ID	I3367	Watkins
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Aaron Sherman WATKINS, D.D., Ph.D., LL.D,   b. 29 Nov 1863, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 9 Feb 1941, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Emma Laura DAVIS,   b. 20 Jul 1857, Logan County, Ohio, United States ,   d. 20 Sep 1950, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States  (Age 93 years)
  Marriage License	7 Nov 1890	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Application made by J. H. Branson.
  Married	8 Nov 1892	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [8, 9]
  Residence	28 Jun 1900	Edgerton, Williams County, Ohio   [3]
  	Methodist Minister
  Residence	18 Apr 1910	Wilmore, Jessamine County, Kentucky   [4]
  	President, Asbury College
  	Emma was a Dormitory Matron at Asbury College.
  Residence	8 Jan 1920	Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio   [5]
  	Teacher at Miami Military Institute
  	Address: 32 South Plum Street
  Residence	11 Apr 1930	Lima, Allen, Ohio, United States   [10]
  	Methodist minister
  	Address: 1105 St Johns Avenue
  	Market Street Methodist Church
  Residence	13 Apr 1940	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [11]
  	Listed as Aaron S. and Emma Laura Watkins; their son, Willard, and grandson, Willard Dean Watkins were living with them.
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hazel Irene WILDS,   b. 4 Feb 1910, Beaver Falls, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 20 Aug 1994, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States  (Age 84 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1929  [12]
  Divorced	Aft 1931
  Children	1. Willard Dean WATKINS   2. Norma Jean WATKINS,   b. 24 Feb 1933, Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F420	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lena Ferne SMELTZER,   b. 7 May 1900, Prospect Village, Marion, Ohio, United States ,   d. 28 Jan 1967, Marion County, Ohio, United States  (Age 66 years)
  Married	Jan 1943  [13]
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F421	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Professor of science, high school - 13 Apr 1940 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Adams - Watkins Lena Ferne Smeltzer Adams Watkins is buried with her two husbands: 1. Roy H. Adams 2. Willard Merrill Watkins

  
  

• Sources

  [S162] WWI Draft Registration Card. [S414] 1900 United States Federal Census, St. Joseph, Williams, OH ED 113 Page 13. [S414] 1900 United States Federal Census, St. JosephTownship, Williams County, Ohio ED 113 Page 13. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Wilmore, Jessamine, KY ED 40 Sheet 3A. [S415] 1920 United States Federal Census, Germantown Village, Montgomery, OH ED 214 Page 2B Dwelling 62. [S449] 1940 United States Census, 1940 United States Census., Cleveland Ward 9, Cuyahoga, Ohio ED 92-223, Page 9A, Dwelling 184. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 41185696. [S117] Logan County Genealogical, Logan County Marriages 1887 - 1895 Volume G, Page 263 Transcribed by Debbie Bleger. [S27] Watkins family genealogy, Page 20. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Lima, Allen, OH ED 2-31 Sheet 11A. [S449] 1940 United States Census, 1940 United States Census., Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, ED 46-34, Page 3B Dwelling 75. [S86] ua, Kimberly A. Himes Family Tree. [S153] The Prohibition Party, http://www.prohibitionists.org/Background/Wdwbio.htm.