Morgan County AlArchives Biographies.....Watkins, L. R. 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 January 8, 2012, 3:05 pm Source: See below Author: Smith & De Land, publishers HARRIS & WATKINS HARDWARE COMPANY. L. R. Watkins, son of Thomas B and Mary A. Watkins, was born in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio, September 7, 1862. His father was a native of Virginia, and mother of Ireland. He was educated in the public schools of Portsmouth, Ohio. At the age of sixteen he was engaged in the shoe business, after which he went to stove moulding, which he followed for six years. He was in 1885 married to Miss Eliza Williams, of Portsmouth, Ohio. They have one child, Elsie. They are members of Presbyterian Church of Decatur, Ala. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land 1888 PART IV. MONOGRAPHS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA, TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/morgan/bios/watkins1024gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb