William Wirt Watkins
Father: Isaac Jones Watkins b: 19 AUG 1788 in North Carolina
Mother: Margaret Jane (Peggy) Chamberlain b: 17 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co, Tennessee
Marriage 1 Martha Elmyra Wilson
Children
Alexander Breck Watkins
Mary W. Watkins
Walker J. Watkins
Carolyn Temperance (Carrie) Watkins b: 1880
Marriage 2 Mary Watkins Crump b: 12 JUN 1826
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Isaac (Ikey) Watkins b: 19 SEP 1853 in Mt Pleasant, Harlan Co, Kentucky
Lou L. (Lura) Watkins b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, Arkansas
William Wirt Watkins , Jr b: 29 AUG 1865
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Married first cousin. Moved to Arkansas. In 1852 he owned 170 acres in Talbott. He was a lawyer in AR.--Arlene Watkins (According to hisobituary, he was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1852 and came to Arkansas in 1853.
From Biographyical Dictionary of the Confederacy:
Watkins, William Wirt (Congressman), was born in Jefferson County,Tennessee, on April 1, 1826. Little is known of his early life, save that he was raised in Boone County, Arkansas. He practiced law in Carrolton, Arkansas, during the 1850's, and he served in the Arkansas Senate from 1856 to 1860. In February 1861, he was a unionist delegate to the Arkansas secession convention. He favored cooperation with the border slave states and, after the firing on Fort Sumter,voted for secession. Elected to the provisional Congress from Carroll County, he served on the Commerce and Inauguration Committees. He then returned to private life and resumed his law practice in Carrolton. In 1866, he was elected to the Arkansas Senate, and he served in the state Senate from 1878 until 1882. He died in Harrison,AR. on January 15, 1898. Thomas, "Arkansas in War and Reconstruction;" Warner and Yearns, "Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress."
Half brother of Albert Galatin Watkins.
From will in Carroll Co. Court House--lived two miles above town ofHarrison on Crooked Creek, the Davis Farm, 80 acres. Will dated 31 March, 1894.
Children by first wife: Lou L., William Wirt Jr.; other children: A.B., Mary W., Walker J. and Carrie. Willed a one-year-old colt to Walker J. Willed organ, mare, and buggy to Martha (his second wife).
Tombstone says "Col. W. W. Watkins/Remembered." The title is probably honorary, as no evidence exists of military service.
Birth: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Death: 15 JAN 1898 in Harrison, Boone, AR.
Burial: Carrolton, AR.
Event: Illness pneumonia fever
Father: Isaac Jones WATKINS b: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C.
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN b: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
Marriage 1 Mary Watkins CRUMP b: 12 JUN 1826 in unknown
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Lou L. "Lura" WATKINS b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, AR.
Isaac "Ikey" WATKINS b: 19 SEP 1853 in Prob. Carrolton
William Wirt WATKINS b: 29 AUG 1865 in prob. Carroll Co., Ark.
Marriage 2 Martha Elmyra WILSON b: 12 JUN 1826 in unknown
Note: There is a date discrepancy. Mary Crump did not die until 1866. This is probably the date he marrried Mary Crump.
Married: 22 FEB 1850 in Yellville, AR.
Children
Alexander Breck WATKINS
Mary W. WATKINS
Walker J. WATKINS
Carolyn Temperance "Carrie" WATKINS b: 1880 in Tn.
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FIRST WIFE:
Mary Watkins CRUMP
Given Name: Mary Watkins
Surname: CRUMP
Sex: F
Note:
Married first cousin.
Wrote poem to Ikey in February, 1858 (about two months before his drowning)
FORGET ME NOT
Forget me not, in accents mild,
Thy mother says, beloved child,
Forget me not; when far away,
Amidst a thoughtless world you stray,
Forget me not; when fools would win
Your footsteps to the path of sin.
Forget me not; when right to wrong,
By passion and temptation strong,
Forget me not; when pleasure's snare
Would lead you from the house of prayer,
Forget me not in feeble age,
But let me then your thoughts engage,
And think, my child, how fondly I
Watched o'er your helpless infancy.
Forget me not when death shall close
These eyelids in their last repose,
And evening breezes softly wave
The grass upon thy mother's grave.
Oh! then, whate'r thy age and lot
My be, my child, forget me not.
Mary _to my darling son, Ikey (February 14, 1858)
Birth: 12 JUN 1826
Death: 6 SEP 1866
Burial: Carrolton, AR.
Note: stone says "While her spirit rests in Heaven may her ashes on Earth
remain in peace is the desire of her beloved husband."
Father: John Gray CRUMP b: 13 DEC 1796 in GA.
Mother: Elizabeth Gaither "Betsy" WATKINS b: 7 JUN 1802 in Rowan Co., N.C.
Marriage 1 William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Lou L. "Lura" WATKINS b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, AR.
Isaac "Ikey" WATKINS b: 19 SEP 1853 in Prob. Carrolton
William Wirt WATKINS b: 29 AUG 1865 in prob. Carroll Co., Ark.
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HIS FATHER:
Isaac Jones WATKINS
•Given Name: Isaac Jones
•Surname: WATKINS
•Sex: M
•Birth: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C. 1
•Death: 15 MAR 1840 in prob. Jefferson Co., Tenn.
•Burial: Old Branner Cem., Jefferson Co., TN.
•Event: Misc event Mary Reese
Father: John WATKINS b: ABT 1749 in Tenn.
Mother: Mary (Nancy) JONES b: in Tenn.
Marriage: 1 Margaret "Peggy" REESE b: 16 FEB 1800 in unknown
•Married: 16 FEB 1817 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Children:
1. Albert Galiton WATKINS b: 5 MAY 1818 in Mossy Creek, Tenn.
Marriage: 2 Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN b: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: by Rev. Isaac Barton, George M. Combs bondsman. Return 14 Aug., 1821.From published book of early Tenn.
•Married: 3 AUG 1821 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: Wanda Linam Perry gives 14 Aug. for this marriage.
Children:
1. John Milton WATKINS b: 15 JUL 1822 in Jefferson Co., TN.
2. Margaret Reese WATKINS b: 13 MAR 1824 in unknown
3. William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
4. Thompsey C. WATKINS b: 10 NOV 1829 in Grainger Co., TN.
5. Abram WATKINS b: 28 MAR 1832 in unknown
6. Thomas G. WATKINS b: 12 MAY 1834 in unknown
7. James Osborne WATKINS b: 10 APR 1835 in unknown
8. Lawson Clark WATKINS b: 15 DEC 1836 in unknown
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HIS MOTHER:
Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN
•Given Name: Margaret "Peggy"
•Surname: CHAMBERLAIN
•Sex: F
•Birth: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Death: 2 APR 1877 in Caldwell Co., Texas
•Burial: Karnes, TX.
•Event: Illness hemmorage of the bowels
Father: Jeremiah CHAMBERLAIN b: 1740 in unknown
Mother: Margaret CARMICHAEL b: 1770 in unknown
Marriage: 1 Isaac Jones WATKINS b: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C.
•Note: by Rev. Isaac Barton, George M. Combs bondsman. Return 14 Aug., 1821.From published book of early Tenn.
•Married: 3 AUG 1821 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: Wanda Linam Perry gives 14 Aug. for this marriage.
Children:
1. John Milton WATKINS b: 15 JUL 1822 in Jefferson Co., TN.
2. Margaret Reese WATKINS b: 13 MAR 1824 in unknown
3. William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
4. Thompsey C. WATKINS b: 10 NOV 1829 in Grainger Co., TN.
5. Abram WATKINS b: 28 MAR 1832 in unknown
6. Thomas G. WATKINS b: 12 MAY 1834 in unknown
7. James Osborne WATKINS b: 10 APR 1835 in unknown
8. Lawson Clark WATKINS b: 15 DEC 1836 in unknown
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William Wirt Watkins
Father: Isaac Jones Watkins b: 19 AUG 1788 in North Carolina
Mother: Margaret Jane (Peggy) Chamberlain b: 17 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co, Tennessee
Marriage 1 Martha Elmyra Wilson
Children
Alexander Breck Watkins
Mary W. Watkins
Walker J. Watkins
Carolyn Temperance (Carrie) Watkins b: 1880
Marriage 2 Mary Watkins Crump b: 12 JUN 1826
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Isaac (Ikey) Watkins b: 19 SEP 1853 in Mt Pleasant, Harlan Co, Kentucky
Lou L. (Lura) Watkins b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, Arkansas
William Wirt Watkins , Jr b: 29 AUG 1865
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Married first cousin. Moved to Arkansas. In 1852 he owned 170 acres in Talbott. He was a lawyer in AR.--Arlene Watkins (According to hisobituary, he was admitted to the Kentucky bar in 1852 and came to Arkansas in 1853.
From Biographyical Dictionary of the Confederacy:
Watkins, William Wirt (Congressman), was born in Jefferson County,Tennessee, on April 1, 1826. Little is known of his early life, save that he was raised in Boone County, Arkansas. He practiced law in Carrolton, Arkansas, during the 1850's, and he served in the Arkansas Senate from 1856 to 1860. In February 1861, he was a unionist delegate to the Arkansas secession convention. He favored cooperation with the border slave states and, after the firing on Fort Sumter,voted for secession. Elected to the provisional Congress from Carroll County, he served on the Commerce and Inauguration Committees. He then returned to private life and resumed his law practice in Carrolton. In 1866, he was elected to the Arkansas Senate, and he served in the state Senate from 1878 until 1882. He died in Harrison,AR. on January 15, 1898. Thomas, "Arkansas in War and Reconstruction;" Warner and Yearns, "Biographical Register of the Confederate Congress."
Half brother of Albert Galatin Watkins.
From will in Carroll Co. Court House--lived two miles above town ofHarrison on Crooked Creek, the Davis Farm, 80 acres. Will dated 31 March, 1894.
Children by first wife: Lou L., William Wirt Jr.; other children: A.B., Mary W., Walker J. and Carrie. Willed a one-year-old colt to Walker J. Willed organ, mare, and buggy to Martha (his second wife).
Tombstone says "Col. W. W. Watkins/Remembered." The title is probably honorary, as no evidence exists of military service.
Birth: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Death: 15 JAN 1898 in Harrison, Boone, AR.
Burial: Carrolton, AR.
Event: Illness pneumonia fever
Father: Isaac Jones WATKINS b: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C.
Mother: Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN b: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
Marriage 1 Mary Watkins CRUMP b: 12 JUN 1826 in unknown
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Lou L. "Lura" WATKINS b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, AR.
Isaac "Ikey" WATKINS b: 19 SEP 1853 in Prob. Carrolton
William Wirt WATKINS b: 29 AUG 1865 in prob. Carroll Co., Ark.
Marriage 2 Martha Elmyra WILSON b: 12 JUN 1826 in unknown
Note: There is a date discrepancy. Mary Crump did not die until 1866. This is probably the date he marrried Mary Crump.
Married: 22 FEB 1850 in Yellville, AR.
Children
Alexander Breck WATKINS
Mary W. WATKINS
Walker J. WATKINS
Carolyn Temperance "Carrie" WATKINS b: 1880 in Tn.
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FIRST WIFE:
Mary Watkins CRUMP
Given Name: Mary Watkins
Surname: CRUMP
Sex: F
Note:
Married first cousin.
Wrote poem to Ikey in February, 1858 (about two months before his drowning)
FORGET ME NOT
Forget me not, in accents mild,
Thy mother says, beloved child,
Forget me not; when far away,
Amidst a thoughtless world you stray,
Forget me not; when fools would win
Your footsteps to the path of sin.
Forget me not; when right to wrong,
By passion and temptation strong,
Forget me not; when pleasure's snare
Would lead you from the house of prayer,
Forget me not in feeble age,
But let me then your thoughts engage,
And think, my child, how fondly I
Watched o'er your helpless infancy.
Forget me not when death shall close
These eyelids in their last repose,
And evening breezes softly wave
The grass upon thy mother's grave.
Oh! then, whate'r thy age and lot
My be, my child, forget me not.
Mary _to my darling son, Ikey (February 14, 1858)
Birth: 12 JUN 1826
Death: 6 SEP 1866
Burial: Carrolton, AR.
Note: stone says "While her spirit rests in Heaven may her ashes on Earth
remain in peace is the desire of her beloved husband."
Father: John Gray CRUMP b: 13 DEC 1796 in GA.
Mother: Elizabeth Gaither "Betsy" WATKINS b: 7 JUN 1802 in Rowan Co., N.C.
Marriage 1 William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Married: ABT 1850 in Georgia
Children
Lou L. "Lura" WATKINS b: 15 MAR 1861 in Carrolton, AR.
Isaac "Ikey" WATKINS b: 19 SEP 1853 in Prob. Carrolton
William Wirt WATKINS b: 29 AUG 1865 in prob. Carroll Co., Ark.
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HIS FATHER:
Isaac Jones WATKINS
•Given Name: Isaac Jones
•Surname: WATKINS
•Sex: M
•Birth: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C. 1
•Death: 15 MAR 1840 in prob. Jefferson Co., Tenn.
•Burial: Old Branner Cem., Jefferson Co., TN.
•Event: Misc event Mary Reese
Father: John WATKINS b: ABT 1749 in Tenn.
Mother: Mary (Nancy) JONES b: in Tenn.
Marriage: 1 Margaret "Peggy" REESE b: 16 FEB 1800 in unknown
•Married: 16 FEB 1817 in Jefferson Co., TN.
Children:
1. Albert Galiton WATKINS b: 5 MAY 1818 in Mossy Creek, Tenn.
Marriage: 2 Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN b: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: by Rev. Isaac Barton, George M. Combs bondsman. Return 14 Aug., 1821.From published book of early Tenn.
•Married: 3 AUG 1821 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: Wanda Linam Perry gives 14 Aug. for this marriage.
Children:
1. John Milton WATKINS b: 15 JUL 1822 in Jefferson Co., TN.
2. Margaret Reese WATKINS b: 13 MAR 1824 in unknown
3. William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
4. Thompsey C. WATKINS b: 10 NOV 1829 in Grainger Co., TN.
5. Abram WATKINS b: 28 MAR 1832 in unknown
6. Thomas G. WATKINS b: 12 MAY 1834 in unknown
7. James Osborne WATKINS b: 10 APR 1835 in unknown
8. Lawson Clark WATKINS b: 15 DEC 1836 in unknown
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HIS MOTHER:
Margaret "Peggy" CHAMBERLAIN
•Given Name: Margaret "Peggy"
•Surname: CHAMBERLAIN
•Sex: F
•Birth: 14 FEB 1799 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Death: 2 APR 1877 in Caldwell Co., Texas
•Burial: Karnes, TX.
•Event: Illness hemmorage of the bowels
Father: Jeremiah CHAMBERLAIN b: 1740 in unknown
Mother: Margaret CARMICHAEL b: 1770 in unknown
Marriage: 1 Isaac Jones WATKINS b: 19 AUG 1788 in N.C.
•Note: by Rev. Isaac Barton, George M. Combs bondsman. Return 14 Aug., 1821.From published book of early Tenn.
•Married: 3 AUG 1821 in Grainger Co., TN.
•Note: Wanda Linam Perry gives 14 Aug. for this marriage.
Children:
1. John Milton WATKINS b: 15 JUL 1822 in Jefferson Co., TN.
2. Margaret Reese WATKINS b: 13 MAR 1824 in unknown
3. William Wirt WATKINS b: 1 APR 1826 in Jefferson Co., TN.
4. Thompsey C. WATKINS b: 10 NOV 1829 in Grainger Co., TN.
5. Abram WATKINS b: 28 MAR 1832 in unknown
6. Thomas G. WATKINS b: 12 MAY 1834 in unknown
7. James Osborne WATKINS b: 10 APR 1835 in unknown
8. Lawson Clark WATKINS b: 15 DEC 1836 in unknown
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Bio by: Bobby and Carol Babin Estes
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