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Watkins Family, continued (page 10)

The children of Thomas Watkins & Sarah “Sally” Walton (continued)

Their grandchildren, the Children of George Watkins and Mary “Polly” Early
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B) Lucy Augusta Watkins, daughter of George Watkins and Mary "Polly" Early, named for her grandmother Lucy Smith Early, was born on July 9, 1804 in Greene Co., GA and died Nov. 8, 1837, buried at Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, GA. Lucy married first March 14, 1827 to George Mathews Merriwether and had one daughter, Georgie Ann Merriwether. After her first husband's death, she married Dr. Charles Milton Reese in 1831 and had two children: Jane Early Reese and Anderson Watkins Reese. Anderson Watkins Reese was a journalist in Athens and Macon, GA.

1. Lucy Augusta WATKINS (b.9 Jul 1804 d.8 Nov 1837-Athens,GA)
sp: Dr. George M. MERIWETHER (m.14 Mar 1827 d.11 Sep 1828)
|-2. George Ann MERIWETHER (b.1827/1828-Liberty County,GA d.1890-Cartersville,Bartow County,Georgia)
| sp: Thomas BACON (m.1844)
| |-3. George Merriweather BACON
| | sp: Julia HOLCOMBE (d.20 Aug 1938-Albany,Dougherty County,GA)
| |-3. Sumner Winn BACON (b.May 1849)
| | sp: Sarah Jeanette JORDAN (b.12 Sep 1851 d.7 Oct 1943-DeKalb County,GA)
| | |-4. Thomas J. BACON (b.Nov 1872)
| | |-4. Caro L. BACON (b.Oct 1874)
| | | sp: Ralph Bell FULLER (b.10 Aug 1873 m.18 Dec 1901)
| | |-4. Viola J. BACON (b.Dec 1876)
| | | sp: Thomas B. FOX (m.14 Jan 1903)
| | |-4. Sumner Winn (Jr.) BACON (b.16 Apr 1879)
| | | sp: Jessie
  | | +-4. Lucy Mae BACON (b.Jan 1884)
| |    sp: Fred H. LANSDELL
| |-3. Jeannie Beatrice BACON (b.Sep 1858)
| | sp: Jesse Albert BAKER (b.9 May 1853-Pinelog,Bartow County,Georgia d.26 Jul 1925-Wewoka,OK)
| | |-4. Beatrice BAKER (b.Oct 1889)
| | |-4. Lucy Bacon BAKER (b.Jul 1898-Pottawatomie County,Oklahoma)
| | |-4. George Meriwether BAKER (b.Abt 1902)
| | +-4. (2) Other Children ? BAKER
| |-3. Lucy Anderson BACON (b.Abt 1861)
| | sp: Thomas Napier FULTON of Greene Co., GA (b.Jan 1855)
| |-3. Thomas J. (died at age 6) BACON
| +-3. Isabella BACON
sp: Dr. Charles M. REESE of Athens, GA (b.22 Jan 1788-South Carolina d.23 Apr 1862-Athens,GA)
|-2. Jane Early REESE
| sp: Col. Samuel C. WILLIAMS of Silver Cliff, CO
+-2. Anderson Watkins REESE (b.17 Jan 1835-Pendleton,South Carolina d.19 Nov 1912-Atlanta,GA)
   sp: Viola ROSS of Macon, GA (b.3 Apr 1850 d.13 May 1918)
    +-3. Flewellyn REESE (b.26 Oct 1869-Macon,GA)
      sp: William McEwen JOHNSTON (b.20 Jul 1850-Roane,TN m.31 Dec 1891 d.16 Dec 1913-Macon,GA)
       |-4. Viola JOHNSTON (b.18 May 1893-Macon,Bibb County,GA)
       | sp: Kingman MOORE
       +-4. William McEwen (Jr.) JOHNSTON
         sp: Gertrude BELCHER
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C) Jane Selina Watkins (1807-11 Feb 1880) married 1st. Daniel Foster; 2nd Judge Junius Hillyer, son of Shaler Hillyer (b. 1775), the marriage ceremony being performed by the family friend, Rev. Adiel Sherwood.

Watkins Family Manuscript, Written by Dr. Thomas A. Watkins in 1882: "Jane, third child of Mary Early and George Watkins married 1st Dr. Arthur Foster. One child of this marriage: Emily Foster who married Judge Jos. Field of Columbus, Mississippi. The children of this marriage are Julian Pembroke Field and Mary Hillyer Field. Jane married 2nd Hon. Junius Hillyer of Athens. Children are Dr. Eben Hillyer of Rome, Ga. who is President of the Rome Rail Road and who married Georgie Coolie of Monticello, Ga. The children of this marriage are Ethel Hillyer who married Thos. Willis Hamilton Harris of Rome, Ga. The second child of Georgie Cooly and Dr. Eben Hillyer is Mabel Hillyer. Judge George Hillyer of the Atlanta Circuit, 2nd son of Judge Junius Hillyer and Jane Watkins, married Ellen Coolie of Monticello, Ga. Children of this marriage are Edith Elizabeth Hillyer, Mary Coolie Hillyer, Marion Jane Hillyer, George Junius Hillyer, Ellen Martha Hillyer and Emily Hillyer. Shaler Hillyer, 3rd son of Judge Junius Hillyer and of Jane Watkins, married Annie Haley and left one son: Shaler Lorraine Haley. Carton, 4th son of Jane Watkins and Judge Junius Hillyer married Lucy Thomas of Athens, Ga. and has one child, Henry Hillyer. Mary Early Hillyer, 2nd daughter of Jane Watkins and first daughter of Judge Junius Hillyer married Maj. George Whitfield, a son of Gov. Whitfield of Columbus, Miss. The other children of Jane Watkins and Judge Hillyer are Catharine Rebecca Hillyer and Evelina Walton Hillyer and Henry Hillyer who married Mrs. S. Talcott nee Eleanor Hurd. One child of this marriage: William Hurd Hillyer."

1. Jane Selina WATKINS (b.1807-Georgia d.11 Feb 1880-Georgia)
sp: Dr. Arthur FOSTER
|-2. Emily/Emilie FOSTER
| sp: Judge Joseph FIELD
| |-3. Julian Pembroke FIELD
| +-3. Mary Hillyer FIELD
sp: Hon. Judge Junius HILLYER (b.23 Apr 1807-Wilkes County,GA d.21 Jun 1886-Decatur,DeKalb Co.,GA)
|-2. Dr. Eben HILLYER C.S.A. (b.12 Aug 1832-Athens,GA d.Dec 1910-Rome,GA)
| sp: Georgia Elizabeth COOLEY of Monticello, GA (b.1834-Monticello,GA m.1857 d.1913)
| |-3. Ethel HILLYER (b.1859 d.1931)
| | sp: Thomas Willis Hamilton HARRIS (m.1879 d.1893)
| | |-4. Hillyer Hamilton HARRIS (died a baby) (b.1880 d.1880)
| | +-4. Catherine Maud HARRIS (b.1885)
| |    sp: Perrin Bester BROWN (m.1915)
| +-3. Mabel Field HILLYER (b.1860 d.1909)
|    sp: Weston Palmer WILCOX (b.1840-Savannah,Chatham County,GA m.1896 d.1900-New York City,NY)
|     +-4. Eleanor Gibbs WILCOX (b.1897)
|       sp: Col. William A. HEMPHILL (d.1902)
|-2. Capt./Judge George HILLYER C.S.A./Mayor of Atlanta (b.17 Mar 1835-Athens,GA d.2 Oct 1927-Atlanta,GA)
| sp: Ellen Emily COOLEY of Monticello, GA (b.12 Oct 1839-Monticello,GA m.25 Jun 1867 d.10 Nov 1930-Atlanta,GA)
| |-3. Elizabeth (Edith Elizabeth) HILLYER (b.29 Mar 1868-Atlanta,GA d.1906)
| | sp: Francis, M. (Jr.) COKER of Atlanta, GA (m.1893 d.1916)
| | |-4. Frank COKER (b.1894 d./died an infant)
| | |-4. Sarah Elizabeth COKER (b.1896)
| | | sp: Dr. Victor LINDLAHR of Chicago, IL (m.1917)
| | +-4. Elizabeth Hillyer COKER (b.1903)
| |    sp: Victor B. RASMUSSEN (m.1927)
| |-3. Mary Cooley (Minnie) HILLYER (b.29 Oct 1869-Atlanta,GA)
| | sp: Henry Augustus CASSIN (b.1 Jul 1867 m.23 Dec 1891)
| | |-4. Emily Minnie CASSIN (b.1892)
| | | sp: Vivian Langmire WALKER
| | sp: Dr. James Dawkins CROMER (b.31 Dec 1867-Newberry/Spartanburg,SC m.1911 d.1933-Atlanta,GA)
| | +-4. James D. (Jr.) CROMER (b.1913)
| |-3. Marian Jane HILLYER (b.20 Jun 1871-Atlanta,GA d.1963)
| | sp: Dr. Charles Bernard WOLFF of Atlanta, GA (b.1868-Prince Edward County,VA m.1894 d.1916-Atlanta,GA)
| | |-4. Ellen McDowell WOLFF (b.1895-Atlanta,GA d.1962)
| | |-4. Marian Hillyer WOLFF (b.1907)
| | | sp: John Maurice YOUNG (b.1901-Enid,OK m.1933 d.1978)
| | +-4. Bernard Preston WOLFF (b.1909 d.2003)
| |    sp: Douschka Pickens BROWN (m.1939)
| |-3. George Junius (Jr.) HILLYER (b.6 Nov 1872-Atlanta,GA d.27 Apr 1931-Atlanta,GA)
| | sp: Edith Carter CHAPMAN (b.1873 m.1923 d.1959)
| |-3. Ellen Martha HILLYER (b.26 Aug 1874-Atlanta,GA d.1959-Cleveland,OH)
| | sp: Alfred Colquitt NEWELL (b.1871-Milledgeville,GA m.1903 d.27 Dec 1952-Atlanta,GA)
| | |-4. Ellen Hillyer NEWELL (b.1904-Atlanta,GA d.1998-Atlanta,GA)
| | | sp: William Wright BRYAN Editor, "Cleveland Plain Dealer" (b.1905-Atlanta,GA m.1932 d.1991-Clemson,SC)
| | +-4. Ann Lane Colquitt NEWELL (b.1906)
| |    sp: Robert A. WHATLEY
| |-3. Emily HILLYER (died a baby) (b.1880 d.1881)
| |-3. Daisy HILLYER (died a baby) (b.1876 d.1876)
| +-3. Hollis HILLYER (died a baby) (b.1878 d.1878)
|-2. Maj. Shaler (II) HILLYER C.S.A. (b.18 Sep 1837)
| sp: Annie HALEY
| |-3. Shaler Lorraine HILLYER (b.Nov 1866 d.1916)
| | sp: Fannie
  | +-3. Guy HILLYER (d./died an infant)
|-2. Mary HILLYER (b.25 Jan 1839-Athens,GA)
| sp: Maj. George WHITFIELD (m.1863) (son of Gov. Whitfield)
|-2. Catherine Rebecca HILLYER (never married) (b.6 Jan 1841)
|-2. Harriet HILLYER (b.3 Feb 1843 d.Prior to 1918)
|-2. Carlton HILLYER C.S.A. (b.21 Oct 1844-Athens,GA d.Jan 1918-Augusta,GA)
| sp: Lucy Carey THOMAS (m.18 Feb 1874)
| +-3. Henry HILLYER (b.1875 d.1895)
|-2. Hon. Henry HILLYER C.S.A. (b.1 Jun 1846)
| sp: Eleanor HURD-TALCOTT of Hartford, Conn.
| +-3. William Hurd HILLYER (b.1880 d.1959)
|    sp: Margaret Dunwoody JONES (m.1903)
|     |-4. Eleanor HILLYER
|     | sp: Carl VON HOFFMAN
|     |-4. Jane HILLYER
|     | sp: Donald DOUGLAS
|     |-4. Mary HILLYER
|     | sp: Valentine L. FINE
|    sp: Grace S. RIDENOUR (m.1935)
+-2. Evalina Watkins HILLYER (never married) (b.16 Apr 1848)
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D) Catherine A. Watkins (1808-1843) married Dr. Ulric Bender Clarke (24 Sep 1798-13 May 1846), son of John Clarke and Helena Zubly, on 20 Jan 1825.

1. Catherine A. WATKINS (b.Abt 1808 d.29 Dec 1843-Beech Island,SC)
sp: Dr. Ulric Bender CLARKE (b.24 Sep 1798 m.20 Jan 1825 d.13 May 1846)
|-2. Helena Zubly CLARKE (b.21 Mar 1826 d.4 Dec 1897)
| sp: Daniel Savage BUSH (b.1818/1820 m.15 Apr 1849 d.Nov 1861)
| |-3. Henry Clay BUSH (b.6 Sep 1850 d.19 Nov 1932)
| | sp: Ella Gertrude CASTLEBERRY (b.8 May 1852 m.8 May 1873 d.16 Jul 1902)
| | |-4. William Walton BUSH (b.23 Feb 1874 d.2 Nov 1951)
| | | sp: Mary/May Haley THOMAS (b.1 Jan 1877 m.14 Dec 1899 d.13 Sep 1962)
| | |-4. Fred Cumpstey BUSH (b.21 Aug 1876 d.6 Aug 1936)
| | | sp: Annie HARPER (d.May 1968)
| | sp: (Mrs.) Emily TREDENNICK CHUNN (m.Aug 1904 d.23 Jun 1928)
| |-3. William Walton (died an infant) BUSH (b.23 Apr 1852 d.20 May 1852)
| |-3. James Panton (died an infant) BUSH (b.13 Mar 1853 d.30 Mar 1853)
| |-3. George Watkins (died an infant) BUSH (b.8 Sep 1854 d.28 Apr 1855)
| +-3. Helena Dearing (died an infant) BUSH (b.1 Jan 1856 d.1 Feb 1856)
|-2. Catherine Anderson CLARKE (b.5 Nov 1828 d./by 1875)
| sp: James BEATTIE of Vermont
| +-3. Elise BEATTIE (b.1858)
|-2. Evalina Walton CLARKE (b.1 Jun 1836 d.Aft 1928)
+-2. Ann Edgar (died an infant) CLARKE (b.25 Dec 1843 d.Apr 1844)
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E) Elizabeth Watkins, born about 1812, died on Dec. 18, 1869 as per letter from Jane Watkins Hillyer to Dr. T.A. Watkins written on Feb. 12, 1870. She married Henry Harrell, and they had one child who married, Clarentina. There is a very sweet letter written July 8, 1877, by Clarentina Harrell Marlow to Dr. T.A. Watkins when she discusses the loss of her husband, and her joy in her young son:

“The truth is just this: if I did not keep my mind constantly employed, I don't believe that I could survive this terrible blow - that of having to give up my precious husband. Oh! sometimes it seems that I can't stand it any longer and if it was not for my child and the consolation of the Christian religion, my life would be a dreary, melancholy waste. I wish so much that you could see my boy. He is one of the brightest little fellows of his age you ever saw. He is talking and walking all about. He is not quite nineteen months old. He has fair complexion like his father but the upper part of his face resembles my mother's family very much. How frequently it has been remarked by different persons that he is the best child they ever saw and too, I've commenced already to try to control him and he seems to understand it very well. I don't know what on earth I would do without the little darling. “ I went to Fla. to look after some unsettled business that my father left and accomplished more than I expected. I did not realize much ready cash but in the course of three of four years, I will have a handsome income from an orange grove that I took for one of the debts. I also left notes to the amount of sixteen hundred dollars to be collected. There is also a probability of my recovering a place that my father sold and was never paid for there and too, I and my child will come in for a portion of the Marlow estate lands which is about sixteen hundred acres, as soon as divided. I think I shall dispose of mine and put the money to better use.”

We don’t know what happened to Clarentina, and hope someone else might know what became of her and her son, Harrell/Harold. In the 1880 Census, Savannah, Clarentina also obviously had the care of four step-children: Robert, Elliott, Ida and Eva Marlow.

1. Elizabeth (dau of George & Polly Early) WATKINS (b.Abt 1812 d.18 Dec 1869)
sp: Henry HARRELL (b.Abt 1806)
|-2. Clarentina HARRELL (b.Abt 1843)
| sp: James E. MARLOW of Savannah, GA (m. Abt 1874 - died by 1877-probably in Savannah,GA)
| +-3. Harold MARLOW (b.1876) (first name was probably legally spelled “Harrell”)
|-2. George Watkins HARRELL (b.Abt 1845)
+-2. Alfred T. HARRELL (b.Abt 1848) (died young)
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F) Sarah Watkins was born between 1813-1817; she was mentally challenged, and was eventually placed in an institution. Mary, her mother, wrote letters about going to visit her. We don’t know when she died.

G) Emily Elizabeth Watkins was born about 1818, died 26 Dec 1887 in Atlanta; buried in West Point, GA.   Watkins Family Manuscript:    "Emily Eliza Watkins, youngest daughter of Mary Early and George Watkins married Henry W. Todd of West Point, Ga.”   The family lived in Chambers County, AL     “The children of this marriage are Capt. George Fauntleroy Todd of 4th Georgia, killed at Malvern Hill while gallantly leading his company, the West Point Guards, to the charge. When wounded, he was twenty feet ahead of the Confederate lines. The second child of Emily Watkins and Henry W. Todd was Lucy who married Judge Sampson Watkins Harris now Judge of the Newman Circuit of Ga. The children of this marriage are Henry Fauntleroy Harris, Sampson Watkins Harris, Stephen Thomas Harris, Belle Willis Harris, Emily Pauline Harris and Lucy Watkins Harris."   When she was young, Emily wrote very sweet letters to her brother, Dr. Watkins.   Both of her sons served for the Confederacy during the War; George was killed at the Battle of Seven Pines; James Scott Todd lost an arm, but became a physician in Atlanta, GA after the war.

1. Emily Elizabeth WATKINS (b.1818-Greene County,GA d.26 Dec 1887-Atlanta,Fulton County,GA)
sp: Henry Waring (Jr.) TODD of Chambers Co., AL (b.1813-Greene County,GA m.20 Oct 1835 d.28 Feb 1871)
|-2. Capt. George Fauntleroy TODD C.S.A. (b.20 Sep 1839-Georgia d.15 Jul 1862-Battle of Seven Pines)
|-2. Lucy Watkins TODD (b.Mar 1841-Alabama d.Prior To 1900)
| sp: Judge Sampson W. (II) HARRIS (b.Mar 1838 m.1866 d.31 May 1912-Carrollton,GA)
| |-3. Dr. Henry Fauntleroy HARRIS (b.Abt 1867)
| |-3. Sampson Watkins HARRIS (b.Jan 1871)
| |-3. Dr. Stephen Thomas HARRIS (b.Abt 1873)
| | sp: Carolyn Fort HAYGOOD (m.15 Aug 1901)
| | |-4. Lucy Elizabeth HARRIS (b.22 Feb 1904-Valdosta,GA)
| | |-4. Carolyn Haygood HARRIS
| | |-4. Sampson Watkins (died a child) 2nd of the name HARRIS (b.24 Jun 1908 d.21 Mar 1910)
| | |-4. Stevens Thomas HARRIS
| | +-4. Mary HARRIS
| |-3. Isabella Willis HARRIS (b.Abt 1875)
| |-3. Emily Pauline HARRIS (b.Jul 1878)
| +-3. Lucy Buchanan Watkins HARRIS (b.Apr 1880-Carroll County,GA)
|-2. Henry Waring (III)   (died a baby) TODD (b.1842 d.1842)
|-2. Mary Caitlin (died a baby) TODD (b.1845 d.1845)
+-2. Dr. James Scott TODD (b.16 Feb 1847-Alabama d.10 Apr 1914-Atlanta,GA)
   sp: Julia Heard BEALL (b.27 Jul 1850 m.2 Jun 1875 d.13 Apr 1902-Atlanta,Fulton County,GA)
    |-3. Emily Louise TODD (b.1 May 1876)
    | sp: Earl Dennison (Jr.) THOMAS of Havanna, Cuba (m.23 Oct 1907)
    | sp: Dr. Samuel Stuart WALLACE (b.Georgia m.21 Dec 1911)
    |-3. James Scott (Jr.) TODD (b.5 May 1879-Atlanta,Fulton County,GA)
    | sp: Elsie C. NYSE (b.13 Oct 1884-Reading,PA)
    | +-4. J. Scott, (III?) TODD
    |-3. Capt. Henry Waring (2nd) TODD (b.23 May 1885-Atlanta,Fulton County,GA d.15 Jun 1944)
    | sp: Margaret Winn YANCEY (b.15 Jun 1888-Waco,TX m.4 Feb 1911)
    | +-4. Julia Beall TODD (b.28 Feb 1919-Boston,MA)
    +-3. James Beall TODD (b.8 Jun 1887-Atlanta,Fulton County,GA d.10 Mar 1922-Atlanta,GA)
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H)   Robert was the youngest child of George & Mary Early Watkins.    Robert never married. He served in the Mexican war; was wounded at the storming of Chepultepec; and died 1855 in New York.

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