Lewis Edmund WATKINS

1887 - 1942  (54 years)

• Name	Lewis Edmund WATKINS
  Birth	20 Sep 1887	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [1]
  	See copy of birth certificate! Draft card gave his birthday as 28 September 1887.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	13 Jun 1900	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [2]
  	At school
  Drft	4 Jun 1917	Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Address: 22227 North Elm Street
  	Listed himself as Lewis Edwin Watkins, he was married with one child
  Death	19 Feb 1942	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States   [4]
  	Read Lewis' obituary here! Coronary occlusion
  Burial	21 Feb 1942	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States   [4]
  	Address: Washington Park Cemetery
  Person ID	I3103	Watkins
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2016

  
  

  Father	Joseph Milton WATKINS,   b. 25 Apr 1854, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 16 Apr 1922, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Eleanor KERNS,   b. 26 Dec 1854, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 25 Mar 1920, Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1875  [5, 6]
  Residence	8 Jun 1880	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	School teacher
  Residence	13 Jun 1900	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [2]
  Residence	9 May 1910	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Farmer
  Residence	Bef 25 Mar 1920	Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [9]
  Family ID	F338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Inez WYBURN,   b. 19 Aug 1886, Marion County, Ohio, United States d. 7 Aug 1968, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 81 years)
  Marriage License	31 Jan 1905	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [10]
  Marriage	1 Feb 1905	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [11]
  Residence	21 Apr 1910	Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States   [12]
  Divorce	Between Jun 1917 and 1920
  	He listed a wife and child in 1917; so this was probably Inez. Then in Nov. 1920, he remarried; so somewhere in between these events is when he and Inez must have divorced.
  Children	1. William Wyburn WATKINS,   b. 5 Feb 1905, Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 12 Apr 1949, Torrance, Los Angeles, California, United States (Age 44 years)
  Family ID	F339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Ida Alice SIMMONS,   b. 3 Jun 1887, Indiana, United States d. Aug 1978, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1920	Marion County, Indiana, United States   [13, 14]
  	On the marriage certificate he called himself Lewis Edwin Watkins.
  Residence	2 Apr 1930	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States   [15]
  	Railroad conductor
  Residence	10 Apr 1940	Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States   [16]
  	Conductor, steam railroad
  Family ID	F341	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Sep 1887 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - At school - 13 Jun 1900 - Rushcreek Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Marriage License - 31 Jan 1905 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Marriage - 1 Feb 1905 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Residence - 21 Apr 1910 - Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States Drft - Address: 22227 North Elm Street - 4 Jun 1917 - Bellefontaine, Logan, Ohio, United States Marriage - 16 Nov 1920 - Marion County, Indiana, United States Residence - Railroad conductor - 2 Apr 1930 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Residence - Conductor, steam railroad - 10 Apr 1940 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Death - 19 Feb 1942 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States Burial - Address: Washington Park Cemetery - 21 Feb 1942 - Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Family of Joseph Milton Watkins and Eleanor Kerns Watkins A part of a large picture taken at the Watkins Reunion, August, 1894
  		Ida Alice Simmons Watkins and Lewis Edmund Watkins in 1936
  		Lewis Edmund Watkins First husband of Inez Wyburn and then husband of Ida Simmons.
  		Lewis_E_Watkins.jpg

  
  

  Documents

  Marriage of Inez Wyburn to Lewis Watkins Married in Logan County, Ohio on 1 February, 1905

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Birth Certificate, Bellefontaine, OH Probate Court Sept 22, 1938. [S414] T, Rushcreek Twn, Logan, OH ED 123 Sheet 8. [S131] Military Record, Registration Card 34-5-18-A. [S126] Obituary. [S27] Watkins family genealogy, Page 13. [S117] Logan County Genealogical, Logan County Marriages 1873 - 1880 Volume E, Page 214 Transcribed by Debbie Bleger. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Twn, Logan, OH ED 125 Pg 18. [S417] 1910 United States Federal Census, Rushcreek Twn, Logan, OH ED 145 Sheet 7B. [S415] A, Dwe, Rushcreek Twn, Logan, OH ED 205 Sheet 5A. [S93] Marriage Certificate, Book J, Page 251. [S93] Marriage Certificate, Book J, Page 251, Probate Court, Logan County, OH. [S96] 1910 Miracode Census, ED 0130 Visit 0217. [S284] Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800 - 1941, Book 114 OS Page 303. [S93] Marriage Certificate. See marriage certificate! [S86] ua, Indianapolis, Marion, IN ED 49-4 Sheet 1B Dwelling 15. [S449] Find a Grave, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States ED 96-299, Page 3A, Dwelling 1018, 1940 United States Census.