Grover
C.
Watkins
Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Ira Watkins
and Emma M. (Hughes) Watkins
Brother of
Foster Watkins, Felton Watkins Sr., Trim Watkins, Mary Emma (Watkins) Park [half], Julia Frances (Watkins) Loftis [half] and William Gilbert Watkins [half]
Died
at age 26
in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Mar 2021
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Biography
Grover C. Watkins was born in 1888. He was the son of William Watkins and Emma Hughes.
In 1900,[1] Grover Watkins (age 11, born Alabama) was living in Hughes (precinct 9), Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in the household of his father, William Ira Watkins (age 42, born Alabama, married 16 years), with his mother, Emma (Hughes) Watkins (age 39, born Alabama, married 16 years), and 3 Watkins' brothers, all born in Alabama: i) Foster (15), ii) Felton (14), iii) Trimm (9).
In 1910,[2] Grover C. Watkins (age 22, born Alabama) was living in Hughes, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama in the household of his father, William I. Watkins (age 51, born Alabama), with his mother, Emma Waktins (age 49, born Alabama), and his Watkins brothers (born Alabama): i) Felton (24), ii) Trimm (19). Occupations for the men were all farmers (or farm laborer).
Grover Watkins died on 24 Jun 1915 at age 24 in Buhl, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama,[3] and he was buried in the Poole Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6PDS-M94?cc=1325221&wc=9B76-ZJF%3A1031034401%2C1035042301%2C1035050901 : 5 August 2014), Alabama > Tuscaloosa > ED 115 Precinct 9 Hughes > image 3 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).1900 US Census for Tuscaloosa, Alabama. William I. Watkins head of household. Foster Watkins, son.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RK9-YZ6?cc=1727033&wc=QZZ4-JSW%3A133638801%2C141379801%2C134108301%2C1589089021 : 23 June 2017), Alabama > Tuscaloosa > Hughes > ED 144 > image 1 of 16; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKQC-TFM : 11 January 2021), Wick J. Watkins in entry for Grover Watkins, 1915.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69740549/grover-watkins : accessed 30 August 2021), memorial page for Grover Watkins (18 Sep 1888–24 Jun 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 69740549, citing Poole Cemetery, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Kennybob (contributor 47263694) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grover by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Grover:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Grover by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Grover:
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~12.50%
50.00%
Peter Hiestand 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Marianna (Kowalski) Greer :
23andMe, GEDmatch EZ7269419 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mgreer0105
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~0.78%
Bobbie Huffman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Evelyn Meadows :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member back2me08
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