Eliza Jane WATKINS

1851 - 1913  (61 years)

• Name	Eliza Jane WATKINS
  Birth	2 Aug 1851	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	23 Jun 1860	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Attended School
  Death	1913	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [3]
  Burial	East Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States   [3]
  	Address: Marmon Valley Cemetery
  Person ID	I3699	Watkins
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	James WATKINS,   b. 23 Dec 1812, Belmont County, Ohio, United States d. 12 Jun 1901, Pierceton, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Obedience MARMON,   b. 26 Jan 1811   d. 15 Aug 1881, Logan County, Ohio, United States (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	20 Aug 1834	Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [5]
  	"Whereas James Watkins of the County of Logan and State of Ohio, son of Reuben Watkins of said county and state and Anna his wife and Obedience Marmon daughter of Samuel Marmon dec'd of county and state aforesaid and Margaret his wife having declared their intentions of Marriage with each other before a monthly meeting of the religious Society of Friends held at Goshen according to the good order used among them and having consent of parents their said proposal of marriage was allowed of by said meeting. Now these are to certify to whom it may concern that for the full accomplishment of their said intentions this twentieth day of eighth month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty four. They the said James Watkins and Obedience Marmon appeared in a public meeting of the said people at Goshen aforesaid. And the said Jame Watkins taking the said Obedience Marmon by the hand did openly declare that he took the said Obedience Marmon to be his wife promising with devine assistance to be unto her a loving and faithful husband until death should separate them and in this same assembly the said Obedience Marmon did in like manner declare that she took him the said James Watkns to be her husband promising with devine assistance to be unto him a loving and faithful wife until death should separate them and moreover they the said James Watkins and Obedience Marmon she according to the custom of marriage assumng the name of her husband dd as a further confirmation thereof then and there to these presents set their hands. James Watkins Obedience Watkins And we who names are also hereunto subscribed being present at the solemnization of the said marriage and subscription have as witnesses thereto set our hands the day and year above written John W. Ricks William Watkins William Outland Edmund Outland Henry Watkins Martin Marmon Joshua Marmon Periba Reames Martha Ann Watkins Matilda Reames Rebecca Reames Periba Marmon Susannah Watkins Rebecca Patterson Sydney Paxton Anna Watkins Dorothy Marmon Sarah Hunt Zilpah Marmon
  Residence	15 Aug 1850	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [6]
  	Farmer
  Residence	23 Jun 1860	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	8 Jun 1870	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [7]
  	Farmer
  Residence	12 Jun 1880	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [8]
  	Clerk in a grocery
  Family ID	F519	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rev. James Calvin STRATTON,   b. 2 Jun 1845, Middleburg, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 3 Mar 1930, Zanesfield, Logan, Ohio, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Logan County, Ohio, United States
  Residence	12 Jun 1880	Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States   [9]
  	Carpenter
  	Apparently James and Eliza were living with her parents, James and Obedience Watkins.
  Residence	20 Jun 1900	Wayne Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States   [10]
  	Carpenter
  Children	1. Ida STRATTON,   b. Abt 1871, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown   2. O. E. STRATTON,   b. Abt 1874, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. Finley C. STRATTON,   b. Apr 1886, Ohio d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 2 Aug 1851 - Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Attended School - 23 Jun 1860 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Carpenter - 12 Jun 1880 - Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, United States Residence - Carpenter - 20 Jun 1900 - Wayne Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States Death - 1913 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Burial - Address: Marmon Valley Cemetery - - East Liberty, Logan, Ohio, United States Marriage - - Logan County, Ohio, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  WATKINS - Marriage of Reuben and Anne Patterson Watkins This an article from an unknown newspaper apparently written in 1903 reporting on the celebration of some of their descendants of their wedding in 1803.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] DAR. Children of James and Obedience (Marmon) Watkins - Fourth Generation page 36 [S130] Goshen Monthly Meeting, Page 8. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 26954228. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census, Monroe Twn, Logan, OH Page 112 Dwelling 837. [S130] Goshen Monthly Meeting, Book of Marriage Certificates, Goshen MM 1829-1875. [S409] 1850 United States Federal Census, Monroe Twn, Logan, OH Dwelling 157. [S113] 1870 United States Federal Census, Monroe, Logan, OH Page 8 Dwelling 60. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Monroe Twn, Logan, OH ED 121 Page 16. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Monroe Township, Logan, Ohio, ED 112, Page 16, Dwelling 149. [S414] T, Wayne Township, Champaign, Ohio, ED 22 Page 13B, Dwelling 309.