Born in Pickens, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of William Rowland Watkins
and Martha Rachel (Golden) Watkins
Sister of
Dick Watkins, Johnnie C Watkins, Eugene Scott Watkins, Maggie Jessie (Watkins) Yielding, Mary Etta Watkins and Beatrice Watkins
Wife of
Levi Thomas Cochran
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
Dora Mae Cochran, Amanda J (Cochran) Purcell, Marvin Cochran, Arnold Lee Cochran, Elizabeth L (Cochran) Phillips, Ella Cochran, Thomas R Cochran and Tressie Z Cochran
Died
at about age 87
in Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Jul 2014
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Biography
Mattie was born in 1890, the daughter of William Watkins and Mattie Golden. Their family lived in Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina.[1] She passed away in 1977. [2]
Census, United States
- United States Census, 1900
- Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina,
- Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
- Rollie Watkins Head Male 43 South Carolina
- Martha A Watkins Wife Female 44 South Carolina
- Dick Watkins Son Male 19 South Carolina
- Johnie C Watkins Son Male 15 South Carolina
- Scot Watkins Son Male 11 South Carolina
- Ethel W Watkins Daughter Female 9 South Carolina
- Mary Etta Watkins Daughter Female 5 South Carolina
- Jessie M Watkins Daughter Female 6 South Carolina
- Nettie A Watkins Daughter Female 3 South Carolina
- Source: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TJ-ZFP : accessed 23 December 2019), Rollie Watkins, Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,539.
Research Notes
08/22/2014 It appears that Levi Cochran and Mattie Ethel Watkins, a married couple, were witnesses at the marriage of Lettie Yielding and Eugene Scott Watkins. Ethel was Scott's sister and she was married to a Cochran.
- Source: Michelle Wiseman furnished information on witnesses at the marriage of Lettie and Scott Watkins.
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Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3TJ-ZFP : accessed 23 December 2019), Rollie Watkins, Township 4, Hurricane, Pickens, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 5B, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,539.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Michelle Wiseman, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
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