 1865 - 1960 (95 years)
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| Name |
Lydia Ann Powell [1] |
| Born |
13 Apr 1865 |
Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
02 May 1960 |
| Notes |
- Lydia Ann Powell (1865-1960)
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Lydia Ann Powell Watkins holding Wilbur Lawrence Watkins.
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Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va.
Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938.
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"I was about to give the same guess [as to the person for whom Blanch, North Carolina was named], although I didn't know that Blanche Moore's father had run the post office. Blanche Moore was a cousin of my grandmother's, Lydia Anne Watkins, and they were very close. I remember visiting "Cousin Blanche" as a child when she lived in the house the Moorefields own now. She was quite a lady, and Blanch can be proud to be named for her! My grandparents built the house in Blanch that Wayne and Linda Bray now own, and they raised a family of 11 children. After he turned his dairy farm over to a son, my grandfather also ran the post office and train station there. It was before my day, but have heard many stories of the "hobos" who road the trains during and after the depression and stopped in the area. My grandfather bought some beautiful pieces from peddlers who rode through (former shop owners who had lost all but their merchandise). Some of those things have been handed down through the family."
Source: JoAnn Watkins Warn Post to CCHA Facebook Wall 30 June 2010.
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See also: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins); The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-381.
Attended Roanoke Female College in Danville, Virginia (which became Averett University) [went there in the 1800s and studied, among other things "deportment'].
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The 1900 US Census (Dan River, Caswell County, North Carolina) shows her as: Lydia M.
Name: Lydia M Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: 1862
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
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| Person ID |
I21564 |
Devin Timber |
| Last Modified |
17 Jan 2012 |
| Father |
Henry Alexander Powell, b. 16 Dec 1824, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 14 Jun 1866 (Age 41 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Mother |
Martha Ann Walters, b. 24 Sep 1825, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 26 May 1892, Sutherlin, Virginia (Age 66 years) |
| Relationship |
Natural |
| Married |
29 Oct 1846 |
Pittsylvania County, Virginia [2] |
| Notes |
- Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850
Groom Name: Henry A. Powell
Bride Name: Martha Ann Walters
Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1846
County: Pittsylvania
State: Virginia
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| Family ID |
F5672 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Daniel Gunn Watkins, b. 25 Sep 1857, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 03 Jan 1937 (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
Abt 1883 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Edna Earl Watkins, b. 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia , d. 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia (Age 103 years) [Natural] |
| | 2. Wilbur Lawrence Watkins, b. 10 Apr 1886, Danville, Virginia , d. 02 Dec 1975 (Age 89 years) [Natural] |
| | 3. Annie Louise Watkins, b. 23 Jun 1888, Danville, Virginia , d. 14 Jul 1889 (Age 1 years) [Natural] |
| | 4. Lucille A. Watkins, b. Mar 1890, North Carolina [Natural] |
| | 5. Henry Thomas Watkins, b. Dec 1891, North Carolina , d. 1981 (Age 89 years) [Natural] |
| | 6. Kate C. Watkins, b. Dec 1893, North Carolina [Natural] |
| | 7. Dee Gee Watkins, b. 26 Apr 1895, Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 05 Nov 1969, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina (Age 74 years) [Natural] |
| | 8. Margaret Watkins, b. Feb 1897, North Carolina [Natural] |
| | 9. Sallie Watkins, b. Nov 1898, North Carolina [Natural] |
| | 10. Martha Elizabeth Watkins, b. 1901, North Carolina [Natural] |
| | 11. Living |
| + | 12. James Burton Watkins, b. 19 Sep 1906, Caswell County, North Carolina , d. 12 Dec 1988, Virginia (Age 82 years) [Natural] |
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| Family ID |
F6215 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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