| Name |
Ira WATKINS |
| Nickname |
Iry |
| Birth |
21 Apr 1808 |
Sussex County, Virginia, United States  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1810 |
Sussex County, Virginia, United States [3] |
| Misc |
21 Sep 1811 |
Sussex County, Virginia, United States [4] |
| Relocated |
- 'Reuben and wife, Anne, and children, Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennett, & William, removed [presumably from Seacock Particular meeting], [and] granted certificate to Still Water Monthly Meeting, Belmont County, Ohio.'
|
| Residence |
1820 |
Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States [5] |
- Perhaps one of the three "involved in agriculture."
|
| Misc |
26 Mar 1832 |
Belmont County, Ohio, United States [6] |
| Granted certificate to Goshen MM |
Address:
Somerset MM |
| Death |
28 Sep 1878 |
Union County, Ohio, United States [7] |
| Burial |
Union County, Ohio, United States [7] |
Address:
Rush Creek Cemetery |
| Person ID |
I3620 |
Watkins |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2022 |
| Father |
Reuben WATKINS, b. 13 May 1779, Sussex County, Virginia, United States d. 17 Sep 1835, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
Anna PATTERSON, b. 8 Nov 1779, North Carolina d. 18 Feb 1873, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 93 years) |
| Marriage |
6 Nov 1803 |
Richsquare Meeting, Northampton, North Carolina, United States [8] |
| Residence |
1810 |
Sussex County, Virginia, United States [3] |
| Misc-Fam |
21 Sep 1811 |
Sussex County, Virginia, United States [4] |
| Transferred |
- 'Reuben and wife, Anne, and children, Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennett, & William, removed [presumably from Seacock Particular meeting], [and] granted certificate to Still Water Monthly Meeting, Belmont County, Ohio.'
|
| Misc-Fam |
26 Nov 1811 |
Belmont County, Ohio, United States [9] |
| Family received |
Address:
Stillwater Monthly Meeting |
- 'Reuben and wife, Anna, and children: Lemuel, Edwin, Iry, Bennet, and William, received on certificate from Gravely Run Monthly Meeting, Va. dated 1811,9,21.'
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"Friends' Stillwater Meeting House"
by Jonathan Schofield
Transcribed from "History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties"
(Online at http://www.drwilliams.org/iDoc/index.htm?url=http://www.drwilliams.org/iDoc/stillwater.htm"
"About one-half of the eastern part of Warren township was originally settled almost exclusively by Friends, commonly called Quakers. They came chiefly from the southern states, many of the pioneers being the heads of young and growing families, were stimulated to the movement by a desire to remove without the blighting influence of human slavery, against which their religious principles required them to bear a consistent testimony, and being unwilling that their children should grow up in the midst of its corrupting influences, they left, in many instances good lands in a genial clime, to set themselves down to a life of privations and hardships incident to pioneer life in the forest north of the Ohio river...
In 1811, ... Reuben Watkins, wife and five sons, ..., from Dinwiddie county, Va. "
|
| Residence |
1820 |
Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States [5] |
| Farmer |
- Head of household was listed as 'Rubin Wadkins'
Census shows:
Four males under 10: Bennett, William, James, and Joel
Two males 10 and less than 16: Lemuel and Edwin
One male 45 and upward: Reuben (actually he would have been 41)
Three females under 10: Susanna, Unity and ?
One female 26-45: Anna who would have been about 39
|
| Residence |
1830 |
Somerset Township, Belmont, Ohio, United States [10] |
- He was listed as "Ruben Watkins."
Census listed:
One male between 5 & 10: ?
One male between 10 & 15: Joel (14)
Two males between 15 & 20: James (18) and William (20)
Four males between 30 & 40: Unclear who these would be
One male between 50 & 60: Reuben (51)
Two females between 5 & 10: (Perhaps these were grandchildren?)
One female between 15 & 20: Unity (13)
One female between 30 & 40: (Probably the wife of one of the sons)
One female between 50 & 60: Anna (49)
|
| Misc-Fam |
24 Sep 1832 |
Belmont County, Ohio, United States [6] |
| Granted certificate to Goshen MM |
Address:
Somerset MM |
- 'Reuben & wife, Anna, and children, James, Susanna, Joel, Unity and Lucinda, granted certificate to Goshen Monthly Meeting, Ohio.'
|
| Family ID |
F506 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Lurana MARMON, b. 1814, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 29 Aug 1852, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage |
29 Mar 1832 |
Logan County, Ohio, United States [11] |
|
|
| Residence |
1840 |
Lane Township, Logan, Ohio, United States [12] |
- This census shows Ira and his wife as well as a son and a daughter each under five years of age.
|
| Residence |
15 Aug 1850 |
Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States [13] |
| Farmer |
|
|
| Children |
| | 1. Ruth Ann WATKINS, b. 18 Jun 1833, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. Oct 1885, Mahaska County, Iowa (Age 52 years) |
| | 2. Uriah WATKINS, b. 23 Jan 1835, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 27 Dec 1850, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 15 years) |
| | 3. John Elwood WATKINS, b. 18 Dec 1838, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 23 Apr 1907, McGuffey Village, Marion Township, Hardin County, Ohio (Age 68 years) |
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| Family ID |
F1594 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Oct 2023 |
1808 - 1878 (70 years)
