Mary Melissa WATKINS^[1]

1856 - 1913  (56 years)

• Name	Mary Melissa WATKINS
  Birth	9 Jun 1856	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Living	12 Jul 1860	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Living	6 Jul 1870	Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States   [3]
  Death	13 Mar 1913	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [4, 5]
  	Death due to blood poisoning, duration 60 days.
  Burial	West Mansfield, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Address: Greenlawn Cemetery
  Person ID	I104	Watkins
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2022

  
  

  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)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1847  [7, 8]
  	Marriage performed by J.W. Johnson, Justice of the Peace
  Residence	23 Sep 1850	Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [9]
  	Farmer
  Family ID	F33	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Spain Alonzo SKIDMORE,   b. 20 Nov 1852, Union County, Ohio, United States d. 22 Nov 1926, Perry Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	29 Jul 1875  [10]
  	Witnesses were William Watkins and Thomas Skidmore
  Residence	10 Jun 1880	York Township, Union, Ohio, United States   [11]
  	Farmer
  Residence	19 Jun 1900	York Township, Union, Ohio, United States   [12]
  	Farmer
  Residence	2 May 1910	York Township, Union, Ohio, United States   [13]
  	Farmer
  Children	1. Addie Erle SKIDMORE,   b. 4 Dec 1876, Union County, Ohio, United States d. 5 May 1928, Fostoria, Seneca, Ohio, United States (Age 51 years)   2. Hazel Rebecca SKIDMORE,   b. 2 Jun 1888, Union County, Ohio, United States d. 30 Dec 1948, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States (Age 60 years)   3. Howard Watkins SKIDMORE,   b. 31 Aug 1889, West Mansfield, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 12 Jul 1962, Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F344	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Jun 1856 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Living - 12 Jul 1860 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States Living - 6 Jul 1870 - Rushsylvania, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 10 Jun 1880 - York Township, Union, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 19 Jun 1900 - York Township, Union, Ohio, United States Residence - Farmer - 2 May 1910 - York Township, Union, Ohio, United States Death - 13 Mar 1913 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Greenlawn Cemetery - - West Mansfield, Logan, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Family of Spain and Mary Watkins Skidmore Part of a larger photo taken at the Watkins Reunion, Rushsylvania, Ohio, August, 1894
  		Marriage Certificate Marriage Certificate of Spain A. Skidmore and Mary Melissa Watkins
  		Mary Melissa Watkins Skidmore Wife of Spain A. Skidmore

  
  

  Headstones

  Spain Alonzo Skidmore and Mary Melissa Watkins Skidmore Spain (1852 - 1926) Mary Melissa (1856 - 1913)

  
  

  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

  [S27] Watkins family genealogy, Page 14. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census. Rushsylvania, Rush Creek Township, Logan, Ohio Page 201 (28 of 47) [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census. Rush Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio Page 13 of 44 [S18] Death Certificate, File No. 16703, Reg. No. 5, State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. [S472] Ancestry.com, Mary M. Skitmore Death Certificate, Registration District 2783, No 16703, Ancestry.com. [S18] Death Certificate. The death certificate for Mary Melissa Skidmore, 27 Mar, 1913, file 16703, Reg. No. 5, State of OH, Bureau of Vital Statistics [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. [S93] Marriage Certificate. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, York, Union, OH ED 72 Page 17. [S414] T, York, Union, OH ED 146 Sheet 11. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, York, Union, OH ED 171 Sheet 7A.