James Hamilton WATKINS^[1]

1852 - 1938  (85 years)

• Name	James Hamilton WATKINS
  Born	24 Oct 1852	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Living	12 Jul 1860	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [3]
  Living	6 Jul 1870	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States
  Living	5 Jun 1880	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [4]
  Living	Jan 1920	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	Widowed and living with his son, Henry W.
  Residence	13 May 1930	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Widowed and living with his son, Henry W.
  Died	28 Jan 1938	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Bronchiopneumonia, chronic myocarditis
  Buried	30 Jan 1938	West Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7, 8]
  	Address: Fairview Cemetery
  Person ID	I102	Watkins
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	William White WATKINS,   b. 13 Oct 1825, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 1 Nov 1897, Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Rebecca John ELLIOTT,   b. 9 Oct 1821, Stark County, Ohio, United States ,   d. 14 May 1886, Logan County, Ohio, United States  (Age 64 years)
  Married	22 Apr 1847  [9, 10]
  	Marriage performed by J.W. Johnson, Justice of the Peace
  Residence	23 Sep 1850	Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [11]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Ann KELLY,   b. 2 Nov 1853, Liberty Township, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 28 Feb 1915, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States  (Age 61 years)
  Married	4 Apr 1877  [12]
  Marriage License	4 Apr 1877	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [12]
  	License application made by William J. Watkins, father of the groom.
  Residence	13 Jun 1900	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [13]
  	Farmer
  Residence	30 May 1910	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [14]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. Edna Rebecca WATKINS,   b. 17 Jun 1878, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 12 Mar 1952, Edgar, Clay, Nebraska, United States  (Age 73 years)   2. William Henry WATKINS,   b. 4 Apr 1881, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 24 Sep 1938, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States  (Age 57 years)   3. Flora Catherine WATKINS,   b. 24 Sep 1883, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States ,   d. 9 May 1964, Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	7 May 2022
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Oct 1852 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Living - 12 Jul 1860 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States Living - 6 Jul 1870 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Marriage License - 4 Apr 1877 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Living - 5 Jun 1880 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 13 Jun 1900 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 30 May 1910 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Living - Jan 1920 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - 13 May 1930 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Died - 28 Jan 1938 - Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Buried - Address: Fairview Cemetery - 30 Jan 1938 - West Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Family of James Hamilton Watkins and Martha Ann Kelly Watkins Taken at the Watkins Reunion, August, 1894

  
  

  Headstones

  James Hamilton Watkins and Martha Ann Kelly Watkins James (1852 - 1938) Martha (1853 - 1915)

  
  

  Histories

  WATKINS - The Nine Each year the descendants of William White Watkins and Rebecca Elliott Watkins hold a family reunion in Logan County, Ohio on the second Sunday in August. This poem was written to commemorate nine of William and Rebecca's surviving children at the time of one of the reunions.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Imported GEDCOM file. [S27] Watkins family genealogy, Page 12. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census. Rushsylvania, Rush Creek Township, Logan, Ohio Page 201 (28 of 47) [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Rush Creek Township, Logan, Ohio Page 10 of 47. [S415] 1920 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Township, Logan County, OH, Page 3. [S86] ua, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio ED 46-30 Pg 9A Dwelling 182. [S9] 1930 United States Census, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, FN 4152. [S97] Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohlogan/cemlifam.html. [S10] Genealogy of the Watkins Family, Pg 1. [S93] Marriage Certificate, Logan County, OH Marriage Records, Book B, p. 31. See Marriage Record! [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Perry Township, Logan, OH Dwelling 53. [S117] Logan County Genealogical, Logan County Marriages 1873 - 1880 Volume E, Page 329 Transcribed by Debbie Bleger. [S414] 1900 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Twn, Logan County, Ohio ED 123 Page 8A Dwelling 161. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio ED 144 Page 10B Dwelling 240.