Calhoun County AlArchives Obituaries.....Wadkins/Watkins, George Marion  April 18, 1830
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Anniston Star
George M. Watkins, 95-year-old employee of the Anniston Foundry Company, was 
instantly killed by Southern passenger train No. 40 west of Anniston this 
morning when he was struck as he was walking down the track. Watkins was 
partially deaf, and it was believed that he did not hear the train. The tragedy 
occurred on a curve. It was said G. M. Watkins was A Confederate veteran, 
serving in the Virginia campaign and being wounded twice. After the war was 
over, he walked from Virginia to Alabama. Mr. Watkin was born on December 21, 
1834, near Roanoke in Randolph County. He came to Anniston shortly after Mobile 
brothers and Company started work on what was later named the Woodstock Furnace. 
Mr. Watkin's had been employed at the Anniston Foundry Company for the past 10 
year. He lived alone near West End and did his own cooking.  The aged 
Confederate is survived by one son who lives near Oxford.

Anniston Star May 5, 1922:
Mrs. Mary M. Watkins 85. wife of G. M. Watkins died at the family residence in 
Kirbytown early Friday, morning atter an extended illness, leaving besides. her 
husband. one son to mourn her death. Mrs. Watkins had lived for many years in 
that section of the city and her death came this morning with a peculiar sadness 
for those who had known and loved her for a long time. The funeral services will 
be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon by Rev. G. W. Henry. 
the interment be in the Pine Grove Cemetery. [Death Cert states she was the 
daughter of J.J. Kemp]

Additional Comments:
Death Cert:
Name	G. M. Watkins
Sex	Male
Age	85
Death Date	1930
Death Place	Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, United States
Birth Year (Estimated)	1845
Father's Name	Jim Watkins
Father's Sex	Male
Event Type	Death
Source Details	cn 7726

Pension Record:
Name:  Wadkins, George Marion
Date of Birth:  1840/12/20
Birth Information:  USA, Alabama, Randolph County
Enlistment Date:  1863/04/10
Enlistment Information:  Alabama, Tuskegee, Private
Discharge Information:  Surrendered with the company and discharged at 
Petersburg, Virginia.
Branch:  Infantry
Regiment:  61st Alabama
Company:  A
Comments:  Address 1907-8, Anniston, Alabama.
Source:  Census, Tax Collector, Calhoun County, Alabama, 1907-8

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