Washington Lafayette Watkins

Washington Lafayette Watkins

• Father: Stephen Dupuy Watkins b. 27 January 1788, d. 13 July 1862
• Mother: Sarah Holman Dupuy b. 26 January 1800, d. 14 August 1864

• Washington Lafayette Watkins was born on 10 January 1824 in Virginia.
• In about 1846, W. L. Watkins was a Senior at William and Mary College, having entered at the age of nineteen.
• He married Maria Hall, daughter of John Byrd Hall and Harriet Stringfellow, on 10 June 1851.
• Washington Lafayette Watkins became a widower at the 21 September 1864 death of his wife Maria Hall.
• He married Eliza Stringfellow, daughter of Horace Stringfellow and Louisa Gibbs Strother, on 9 October 1866; Eliza was a first cousin of W. L. Watkins' first wife Maria..
• Washington Lafayette Watkins and Eliza Stringfellow appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Petersburg, Virginia, and two female domestic servants.. Other members of the household included Thomas Gholson Watkins, John Dupuy Watkins and Sallie Harrison Watkins.
• He was a lawyer and trustee of the T. D. Watson Estate, according to the 1870 census.
• Washington Lafayette Watkins and Eliza Stringfellow appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Petersburg, Virginia, and a cook and one other female house servant.. Other members of the household included Thomas Gholson Watkins, John Dupuy Watkins and Sallie Harrison Watkins.
• He was a lawyer, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 9 February 1919 in The Montgomery Advertiser: Mrs. W. L. Watkins and Mr. John D. Watkins of Petersburg, Va., and Mrs. Fletcher Monette of Greensboro are the guests of Mrs. M. L. Wood on Church Street.

• Last Edited: 8 Nov 2011