Eliza Stringfellow
b. 19 September 1845, d. 27 February 1933
- Father: Horace Stringfellow b. 9 November 1799, d. 26 December 1883
- Mother: Louisa Gibbs Strother b. 2 November 1807, d. 10 July 1847
- Eliza Stringfellow was born on 19 September 1845 in District of Columbia.
- Horace Stringfellow and Camella Harris appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Petersburg, Virginia. Other members of the household included Eliza Stringfellow, Horace Stringfellow. Also in the household were children Charles (14), Henry (11), Louisa (9), Robett (7), Anges (3) and Hamp (1), not yet recorded.
- She married Washington Lafayette Watkins, son of Stephen Dupuy Watkins and Sarah Holman Dupuy, on 9 October 1866. Eliza was a first cousin of W. L.'s first wife Maria..
- 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.
- The following appeared on 13 December 1891 in The Richmond Dispatch: (Petersburg, Dec. 12) Mrs. W. L. Watkins has returned from a visit to her daughter in Montgomery, Ala.
- Eliza Stringfellow became a widow at the 17 March 1892 death of her husband Washington Lafayette Watkins.
- The following appeared on 9 September 1892 in The Richmond Dispatch: (Petersburg, Sept. 8) Mrs. Dr. Wood (nee Miss Sallie Watkins), of Montgomery, Ala., is visiting Mrs. W. L. Watkins.
- 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, John Dupuy Watkins. Also in the household were one female household servant.
- 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 Eliza Stringfellow, John Dupuy Watkins. Also in the household was one female house servant.
- 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.
- John Dupuy Watkins appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Petersburg, Virginia, at 12 North Adams Street and two servants.. Other members of the household included Eliza Stringfellow.
- Henry Churchill Marks and Sallie Watkins Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Montgomery County, Alabama, at Carter Hill & Pike Road. Other members of the household included Eliza Stringfellow.
- Eliza Stringfellow died on 27 February 1933 at age 87 in Sellers, Montgomery County, Alabama.
- She was interred at Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg, Virginia.
- Last Edited: 2 Apr 2015