Dee Gee Watkins

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Dee Gee Watkins (1895-1969)

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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

World War I veteran whose biographical sketch was published
in Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service
Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson,
Compiler (1921). This book shows his birth year as 1896.

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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Source: 1900 US Census (Danville Township, Caswell County,
North Carolina)
Name: Dee G Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

Query whether his name really was Dee Gee Watkins or
whether he was Daniel Gunn Watkins, Jr. and called "D. G."
There was a Mr. D. G. Watkins who served in World War I,
was poisoned by nerve gas (mustard gas), was thereby
disabled, and lived on Main Street in Yanceyville in the
1950's with the John Lewis Satterfield, Jr. family. Whether
this is the same person has not been confirmed, but it is
likely. Note, however, that one source states that Dee Gee
Watkins "luckily escaped [World War I] without being
wounded or gassed." See: Caswell County in the World
War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men,
George A. Anderson (1921) at 182.

1900 US Census
Name: Dee G Watkins
Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 5
Estimated birth year: 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Son

World War I Draft Registration Card
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
City: Not Stated
County: Caswell
State: North Carolina
Birthplace: North Carolina;United States of America
Birth Date: Apr 26 1895
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1765626
DraftBoard: 0
Signature: D. Gee Watkins

1920 US Census
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
Age: 25 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Race: White
Home in 1920: Danville Ward 2, Danville (Independent City),
Virginia
Sex: Male
Marital status: Single
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina

North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975
Name: Dee Gee Watkins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 74
Birth Date: 26 Apr 1895
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Death Date: 5 Nov 1969
Death Location: Rocky Mount, Nash
Father's Name: Daniel G Watkins
Mother's Name: Lydia Powell
Residence: Yanceyville, Caswell, North Carolina

Death Record (Unconfirmed But Likely)
Name: Dee Watkins
SSN: 240-36-8252
Last Residence: 27403 Greensboro, Guilford, North
Carolina, United States of America
Born: 26 Apr 1895
Died: Nov 1969
State (Year) SSN issued: North Carolina (Before 1951)

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United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).,
Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope United
Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).

!BIRTH:Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope
United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).,
Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope United
Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).

!DEATH:Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope
United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).,
Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope United
Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).

!BURIAL:Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope
United Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).,
Details: Gravestone of Dee Gee Watkins at New Hope United
Methodist Church (Caswell County, North Carolina).