Thomas Gholson Watkins

b. 17 June 1852, d. 13 March 1918
  • Thomas Gholson Watkins was born on 17 June 1852 in Virginia.
  • Washington Lafayette Watkins and Eliza Stringfellow appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Petersburg, Virginia. Other members of the household included Thomas Gholson Watkins, John Dupuy Watkins and Sallie Harrison Watkins. Also in the household were two female domestic servants.
  • Washington Lafayette Watkins and Eliza Stringfellow appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Petersburg, Virginia. Other members of the household included Thomas Gholson Watkins, John Dupuy Watkins and Sallie Harrison Watkins. Also in the household two female domestic servants.
  • He was a lawyer, according to the 1880 census.
  • The following appeared on 28 August 1881 in The Macon Telegraph and Messenger: This morning Mr. Thomas G. Watkins, a young lawyer of this city, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Rev. Horace Stringfellow, before Judge E. M. Mann, charging that Mr. Watkins and Mr. Waverly N. Ragland were about to engage in a duel. Mr. Watkins was placed under a bond of $2,000 to keep the peace. Mr. Ragland's whereabouts are not known. The hostile correspondence resulted from an editorial published in the Virginian Readjuster, a journal of this city in which Watkins was characterized as a political scavenger, of which Ragland admitted he was the author.
  • Thomas Gholson Watkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Petersburg, Virginia, at 5 Adams Street. Other members of the household included Eliza Stringfellow and John Dupuy Watkins. Also in the household were one female household servant.
  • He was a lawyer, according to the 1900 census.
  • Thomas Gholson Watkins appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Petersburg, Virginia, at 5 North Adams Street. Other members of the household included John Dupuy Watkins and Eliza Stringfellow. Also in the household was one female house servant.
  • He was an attorney, according to the 1910 census.
  • Thomas Gholson Watkins died on 13 March 1918 at age 65 in Greensboro, Hale County, Alabama.
  • He was interred at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.
  • The following appeared on 14 March 1918 in The Montgomery Advertiser: (Greensboro, March 13) Thomas Watkins, aged 65 years, a brother of Mrs. Legrande Wood of Montgomery, was stricken and died instantly here today at the home of his niece, Mrs. Fletcher Monette. Mr. Watkins' death was a great shock as he was in his usual health. Dr. and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Churchill Marks motored from Montgomery today and will accompany the remains to Petersburg, Va., tonight.
         Deceased is survived by his mother and one brother of Petersburg, besides his sister, Mrs. Wood.
  • Last Edited: 2 Apr 2015