James Riley Watkins (1883 - 1938)

Born 10 Dec 1883 in Starfield, Clinton, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ethel Prudence (Riggs) Watkins — married 19 Oct 1905 (to 5 Oct 1911) in Troy, Doniphan County, Kansas

Husband of Esther Mae (Riggs) Coffield — married 9 Dec 1912 in Platte City, Platte, Missouri, U

Descendants

Died 17 Mar 1938 at age 54 in Stewartsville, De Kalb, Missouri, USA

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Biography

James was the son of James D Watkins & Elizabeth Harrington, both of Clinton County, MO. He was the second child:

1. Nannie Belle Watkins Schlup (1880 - 1959)*
2. James Riley Watkins (1883 - 1938)
3. Elizabeth A Watkins (1887 - 1896)*
4. Nellie Gertrude Watkins Chappell (1890 - 1935)*

James married Esther May Riggs Coffield (1894 - 1954).

James also married Ethel Prudence Riggs Watkins (1888 - 1911).

These are the known children of James:

1. Elsie Grace Watkins Zacher (1907 - 1970)*
2. John Lawrence Watkins (1909 - 1986)*
3. Seneca Newton Watkins (1911 - 1912)*
4. Anna Belle Watkins (1914 - 1914)*
5. Samuel David Watkins (1915 - 2013)*
6. Oda Revene Watkins Magee (1917 - 1988)*
7. Charles Edwin Watkins (1919 - 2008)*
8. James Daniel Watkins (1921 - 1961)*
9. Mary Elizabeth Watkins Parton (1922 - 2000)*
10. Martha Ellen Watkins Rose (1924 - ____)*
11. Ruth Marie Watkins Pyle (1925 - 2011)*
12. William Eugene Watkins (1927 - 2001)*
13. Hazel Deanna Watkins Bowers (1929 - 1967)*
14. Audrey Lucille Watkins Hansen (1931 - 2014)*
15. Hannah Jane Watkins Shepard (1933 - ____)*

# Rosie Marie Watkins (1936 - 1936)*

James was a sawmill operator; he was struck and killed by a timber while working at the sawmill. It broke his collar bone and crushed his lung. He is buried at Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Starfield, Clinton County, Missouri, USA

Sources

• State of Missouri Death Certificate; Tombstone from Mount Zion Baptist Cemetery, Clinton County, Missouri; Missouri State Census records: 1860-1930.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 17631573 (Maintained by: bill alexander (photographer) You may obtain permission from the photographer to use the picture of James and the picture of the headstone for this profile.
• Pictures of James Duncan Watkins and his wife, Elizabeth Harrington Watkins also their three living children: Nancy 'Nannie' Belle Schlup, James Riley Watkins, and Nellie Gertrude Chappell. These were in the possession of his oldest son, John Laurence Watkins until his death in 1986 which became a special gift of his youngest living brother Benjamin Riley Watkins.

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by Bill Alexander, Wednesday, April 8, 2015.