Barbara Faye Watkins

Notes:

She is placed here totally in reliance upon her proximity
in the Purley United Methodist Church cemetery and the
reasonableness of the life dates. Researchers should
proceed with care.

!NAME:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church
(Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at
Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North
Carolina).

!BIRTH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!DEATH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!BURIAL:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

Notes:

James Burton Watkins (1906-1998)

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click "Actions/View all Sizes")
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First Photograph: Dailey School 1919

This old picture is of the Dailey School, which was
originally located adjoining the J. H. Dailey Farm 1.5
miles west of Blanch [Caswell County, North Carolina]. The
picture was take in 1919. Those shown in the picture are
(front row, left to right) Ruth Hyler, Garnet Powell, Ralph
Harrison, Frank Powell, Jeanette Harrelson Mobley
(deceased), Ardie Hyler, John Harrelson, and Charlie Hyler.

Second row: Fannie Harrelson, James Watkins, Evelyn Bradner
Moorefield, Rebecca Moore (deceased), and Claude Hyler.

In the rear is Miss Fannie Sue Wilson, teacher.

The old picture was contributed by Mr. I. G. Dailey of
Blanch, who also presented a letter dated February 17,
1919, which wa written to Miss Wilson from M. J. H. Dailey,
member of the school committee. The letter is as follows:
"Dear Miss Wilson, I saw Mr. Watkins this morning and he
said the thought you would take this school. If you will
take it, we would be glad to have you teach for us. Signed,
J. H. Dailey."
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Second Photograph: Group Photograph: Watkins Reunion c.1939

Watkins Family Reunion at Dan Valley Farm c.1939

Foreground: Lydia Ann Watkins, Spot Watkins (dog)

Seated: Dan Patterson, Edna Mebane, Lydia Watkins, Lucille
Watkins, Salie Patterson, Dan Simmons, Beth Simmons

Standing: Dee Gee Watkins, Cary Watkins, Katherine Mebane,
Jack Patterson, Mabel Watkins, Henry Watkins, James Watkins

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
Name: James Burton Watkins
Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1906
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth County: Caswell
Parent1 Name: Daniel Gunn Watkins
Parent2 Name: Lydia Ann Powell
Roll Number: B_C020_68001
Volume: 7
Page: 159

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: James B Watkins
Age in 1910: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Daniel G
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Name: Lydia A
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel G Watkins 52
Lydia A Watkins 45
Edna E Watkins 25
Welbur L Watkins 24
Loucille N Watkins 20
Henry T Watkins 18
Katie C Watkins 16
Dee G Watkins 14
Maggie E Watkins 13
Sallie A Watkins 11
Elizabeth Watkins 9
Mabel Watkins 6
James B Watkins 3

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
Name: James Burton Watkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Social Security Number: 237092405
Father's Last Name: Watkins
Age: 82
Date of Birth: 19 Sep 1906
Birth Location: North Carolina
Birth State: North Carolina
Residence County: Caswell
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: 12 Dec 1988
Death State: Virginia
institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial out of state
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina
Deaths, 1988-92

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North
Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at
560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King
Watkins).
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!NAME:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church
(Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at
Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North
Carolina).

!BIRTH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!DEATH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!BURIAL:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

James married Annie Maude Abell. Annie was born 5 Jul 1914, Georgia; died 1 Oct 1992, Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina; was buried , Purley United Methodist Church (Purley, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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click "Actions/View all Sizes")
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Ann Abell Watkins with her daughter JoAnn Watkins (1950s).

Name seen as Annie Maud Abell in the 1920 census.

That she is the wife of James Burton Watkins has not been
confirmed. The nominal relationship shown in this database
is based exclusively upon the proximity of the graves in
the Purley United Methodist Church Cemetery (Purley,
Caswell County, North Carolina) and the reasonableness of
the life dates.

North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
Name: Ann Abell Watkins
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Social Security Number: 239033827
Father's Last Name: Abell
Age: 78
Date of Birth: 5 Jul 1914
Birth Location: Georgia
Birth State: Georgia
Residence County: Caswell
Residence State: North Carolina
Date of Death: 1 Oct 1992
Death City: Raleigh
Death County: Wake
Death State: North Carolina
institution: General Hospital
Attendant: Physician
Burial Location: Burial in state
Source Vendor: NC Department of Health. North Carolina
Deaths, 1988-92


!NAME:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church
(Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details: Gravestone at
Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North
Carolina).

!BIRTH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!DEATH:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

!BURIAL:Details: Gravestone at Purley United Methodist
Church (Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone at Purley United Methodist Church (Caswell
County, North Carolina).

Notes:

Daniel Gunn Watkins (1857-1937)

see: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina,
Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-381.

Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County,
North Carolina)
Name: David G Watkins [Daniel G. Watkins]
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: 1858
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Daniel G Watkins
Age in 1910: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Lydia A
Home in 1910: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Daniel G Watkins 52
Lydia A Watkins 45
Edna E Watkins 25
Welbur L Watkins 24
Loucille N Watkins 20
Henry T Watkins 18
Katie C Watkins 16
Dee G Watkins 14
Maggie E Watkins 13
Sallie A Watkins 11
Elizabeth Watkins 9
Mabel Watkins 6
James B Watkins 3

"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.

Daniel married Lydia Ann Powell 10 Jun 1884, Halifac County, Virginia. Lydia (daughter of Henry Alexander Powell and Martha Ann Walters) was born 13 Apr 1865, Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina; died 2 May 1960; was buried , New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Lydia Ann Powell (1865-1960)

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Watkins (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.
_______________

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

!NAME:Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North
Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at
140-141 (Article #101 "L, Details: The Heritage of
Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow,
Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "L

Thomas married Sarah Ann 'Sallie' Gunn. Sarah (daughter of Daniel Gunn and Nancy Burton) was born 1820, Halifax County, Virginia; died 1 Mar 1886, Caswell County, North Carolina; was buried , Hodge Cemetery, Park Springs, Caswell Co., NC. [Group Sheet]

Henry married Martha Ann Walters 29 Oct 1846, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Martha (daughter of Spiers Walters and Lydia Ann Stamps) was born 24 Sep 1825, Caswell County, North Carolina; died 26 May 1892, Sutherlin, Virginia; was buried , Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina). [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Second Photograph: Based upon the writing on the front of
this photograph the person is Mrs. Martha Powell Moore or
Mrs. Martha Moore Powell. The person probably is Martha Ann
Walters (1825-1892) who married Henry Alexander Powell and
then Armistead Alexander Moore.
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1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Martha A. Moore
Home in 1880: Birch Creek, Halifax, Virginia
Age: 55
Estimated birth year: abt 1825
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to head-of-household: Wife
Spouse's name: Armistead A. Moore
Father's birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: Keeps House
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Female
Household Members: Name Age
Armistead A. Moore 35
Martha A. Moore 55
Arther A. Powell 17
Lydia Powell 14
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!NAME:Details: Gravestone in the Powell Family Cemetery
(Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina)., Details:
Gravestone in the Powell Family Cemetery (Blanch, Caswell
County, North Carolina).

See: The Heritage of Caswell County, North
Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985)(Article #496 "Alexander "Sandy" Banks Moore and Blanche Lydia Moore" by Lois Moore Gardner); The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "Louise Powell Butler" by Louise Powell Butler). A death date of 26 May 1862 ascribed to her by some researchers must be incorrect as she married her second husband 22 December 1870. Source: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at
438-439 (Article #573 "The Carter Powell Family" by Mrs
Helen Powell Neal).
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Name:
Daughter of of Lydia Ann Stamps 1783-1880 and Spiers Walters 1781-1859

Notes:

Married:
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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