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Source: See Full Citation Below Biography
Author: S. J. Clarke

ANDERSON WATKINS, M. D.
    Dr. Anderson Watkins, engaged in surgical practice in Little Rock, is a
representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of the city. His
grandfather in the paternal line was George C. Watkins, who came to the Arkansas
capital at the age of ten years with his father, Isaac Watkins, and both
remained residents of Little Rock to the time of their death. Both were natives
of Shelbyville, Kentucky, and came of an ancestry previously represented in
Virginia. Walton Watkins, father of the Doctor, was born in Little Rock, where
his life was passed. He wedded Susan Trezevant, who was born in Memphis,
Tennessee, in 1850, and was a descendant of one of the French Huguenots who
sought political and religious liberty in the new world. At the time of the
Civil war Walton Watkins joined the Confederate forces and was a member of
Cleburne's command. He was commissioned a captain and actively participated in
many engagements until wounded and captured in Missouri, after which he was
incarcerated on Johnsons island as a prisoner of war. He died in the year 1884,
while his widow survived until January, 1902. Their family numbered but two
sons: Dr. Watkins of this review; and Heyward Watkins, who died in 1908, at the
age of twenty-nine years.

    Dr. Watkins was born July 19. 1876, in Little Rock, Arkansas. He pursued a
public school education in Little Rock, the place of his nativity. He has always
continued a resident of this city. He was graduated from the high school with
the class of 1893 and later pursued the work of the freshman and sophomore years
in the University of Tennessee. He then entered the University of Arkansas for
the study of medicine and was graduated in 1897. He has since given his
attention largely to surgery and is a member of the surgical staff of St.
Vincent's Hospital, chief of the surgical staff of the Baptist Hospital and
chief of staff of the Little Rock City Hospital. He is likewise professor of
surgery in the medical department of Arkansas University and he is a fellow of
the American College of Surgeons. He likewise belongs to the Pulaski County
Medical Society, the Arkansas State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association.

    On the 30th of November, 1901, Dr. Watkins was married to Miss Mary Helen
Hammond, who was born at Little Rock. January 24, 1880. They attend Christ
Episcopal church and Dr. Watkins is also a member of the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks. His political views are in accord with the basic principles of
the democratic party and while he has never sought nor desired office his
loyalty to all those projects which have to do with the public welfare is a
recognized factor in his career. During the World war he served on the council
of defense of Pulaski county. His attention has naturally been given most
largely to his professional duties and his developing powers have placed him in
the front rank of the eminent surgeons of the state.


Additional Comments:
Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922



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