Lauren Edwin WATKINS^{[1, 2]}

1853 - 1883  (30 years)

• Name	Lauren Edwin WATKINS
  Birth	19 May 1853	Logan County, Ohio, United States   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	27 Jul 1860	Toledo Township, Chase, Kansas Territory, United States   [3]
  	Attended school
  Residence	14 May 1865	Toledo Township, Chase, Kansas, United States   [4]
  	Attended School
  	Listed as E.L.Watkins
  Death	10 Aug 1883	Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States   [2, 5]
  	"L. E. Watkins, a stockman was taken from the Sheriff of Fremont County, at Canon City, last Saturday, by a masked mob and hanged to the timbers of the bridge across the Arkansas. He was charged with stealing cattle." Publication: Montezuma Millrun, Montezuma, Summit County, Colorado, Date: Aug 18, 1883
  Burial	Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States   [6]
  	Address: Fairview Cemetery
  	"WATKINS, Lauren Edwin "Ed" Age 30 yrs 2 mos 22 dys, hanged 11 Aug 1883 in Canon City,Colo. (Marker, in Fairview Cemetery) (UNDER THE ANGEL OF SHAVANO, p. 231) (Mountain Mail 18 Aug 1883 & subsequent issues; SM 28 Oct 1957) Buried first at Poncha Spring Cemetery,then removed to Sec. G in Fairview Cemetery in Salida." From a listing of Poncha Spring Cemetery, online at http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/chaffee/cemeteries/poncha.txt, visited 1 Jun, 2014
  Notes	Alternate name Edwin L. Watkins.
  Person ID	I3766	Watkins
  Last Modified	4 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	John T. WATKINS,   b. 28 Sep 1831, Jefferson Township, Logan, Ohio, United States d. 26 May 1895, Chaffee County, Colorado, United States (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Margaret H. THOMAS,   b. 27 Aug 1825, North Carolina d. 14 Dec 1897, Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1852	Logan County, Ohio, United States
  Residence	27 Jul 1860	Toledo Township, Chase, Kansas, United States   [3]
  	Farmer
  Residence	14 May 1865	Toledo Township, Chase, Kansas, United States   [4]
  	Listed as J. and M.H. Watkins
  Residence	14 Jun 1880	Leadville, Lake, Colorado, United States   [7]
  	Farmer
  	Address: 610 Elm St
  Residence	1885	Chaffee County, Colorado, United States   [8]
  Family ID	F689	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Frances GREEN,   b. 2 Dec 1859, Logan County, Ohio, United States d. 27 Feb 1931, Telluride, San Miguel, Colorado, United States (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	22 Feb 1883  [9]
  Family ID	F3437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2023

  
  

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  Birth - 19 May 1853 - Logan County, Ohio, United States Residence - Attended School - 14 May 1865 - Toledo Township, Chase, Kansas, United States Death - 10 Aug 1883 - Canon City, Fremont, Colorado, United States Burial - Address: Fairview Cemetery - - Salida, Chaffee, Colorado, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Headstones

  Lauren Edwin Watkins Son of John T. and Margaret Thomas Watkins and first husband of Mary Frances Green (1853 - 1883)

  
  

• Sources

  [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 41682928. [S331] Find-A-Grave, Memorial# 41711171. [S408] 1860 United States Federal Census, Goldeo Twn, Chase, KS, Pg 41. [S259] Kansas State Census Selection, 1855-1925, Toledo, Chase Co. Kansas Page 1 . [S86] ua, Boon/Boone Family Tree. [S24] Miscellaneous, http://files.usgwarchives.org/co/chaffee/cemeteries/poncha.txt. [S416] 1880 United States Federal Census, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado ED 73 page 24. [S178] Colorado State Census - 1885, Roll 2 Page 43. [S86] ua.