Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard
He was the Superintendent of Schools in Ennis, TX.
Married Bettie G. ALDERSON c.1872
BIO: Joseph C. Watkins Sr. was born in Missouri and summoned to the life eternal in August, 1894, at the comparatively young age of fifty one years. He was a lawyer by profession but the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to educational work, he having been superintendent of schools at each of the following cities,—Ashley and Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and at Ennis, Texas, his death having occurred at the latter place, where he resided from 1888 until 1894. At the outbreak of the Civil war Joseph C. Watkins, Sr., was a lad of but seventeen years of age, slender and delicate constitutionally. He became fired with enthusiasm for the Confederate cause, however, and enlisted us a soldier under Captain McIntyre, in 1861. The company of which he was a member left Fulton, Missouri, on the 17th of June, 1861, and after long, toilsome marching and many other difficulties it Overtook the Missouri troops under Governor Jackson in the southwestern part of the state. On the march many of the young soldiers broke down and were forced to return home, but young Joe never faltered, always being one of the first to reach camp. He was a gallant and faithful young soldier and participated in many of the most important battles marking the progress of the war, among them being the battle of Carthage, in Jasper county, Missouri, where General Price was victorious. He also saw active service in the conflict at Wilson Creek, in Greene county, Missouri. Captain McIntyre, he speaking of Mr. Watkins, said : "He was always at his post, full of courage, obedient to discipline and a model soldier boy." He was enrolled as a member of Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard, The company was infantry; John I. Burbridge. of Pike county. Missouri. was the colonel in command; General John B. Clark, of Howard county, Missouri, was division commander; and General Sterling Price, commander in chief of Missouri troops. Mr. Watkins served with all of valor and distinction until the close of the war and after peace had again been established he returned to Misouri, where was solemnized his marriage to Betty G. Alderson, a native of Missouri and a daughter of B. H. Alderson. She was born in St. Charles county, on the 28th of November, 1852, and died April 1, 1911, at Ennis, Texas. She was deeply beloved by all who came within the sphere of her gracious influence. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, the subject of this review was the second youngest.
Mr. Watkins' paternal ancestors were of Welsh Irish stock, while his ancestry on his mother's side was of pure Irish extraction. The original representatives of the Watkins family in America came to this country in the early colonial days, some of them having served as soldiers in the war of the Revolution. [A History of Jasper County and its people, Joel Thomas Livingston; PUBLIC DOMAIN]
19489487 Joseph C. Watkins 65060577 Bettie Gamble Alderson Watkins
He was the Superintendent of Schools in Ennis, TX.
Married Bettie G. ALDERSON c.1872
BIO: Joseph C. Watkins Sr. was born in Missouri and summoned to the life eternal in August, 1894, at the comparatively young age of fifty one years. He was a lawyer by profession but the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to educational work, he having been superintendent of schools at each of the following cities,—Ashley and Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and at Ennis, Texas, his death having occurred at the latter place, where he resided from 1888 until 1894. At the outbreak of the Civil war Joseph C. Watkins, Sr., was a lad of but seventeen years of age, slender and delicate constitutionally. He became fired with enthusiasm for the Confederate cause, however, and enlisted us a soldier under Captain McIntyre, in 1861. The company of which he was a member left Fulton, Missouri, on the 17th of June, 1861, and after long, toilsome marching and many other difficulties it Overtook the Missouri troops under Governor Jackson in the southwestern part of the state. On the march many of the young soldiers broke down and were forced to return home, but young Joe never faltered, always being one of the first to reach camp. He was a gallant and faithful young soldier and participated in many of the most important battles marking the progress of the war, among them being the battle of Carthage, in Jasper county, Missouri, where General Price was victorious. He also saw active service in the conflict at Wilson Creek, in Greene county, Missouri. Captain McIntyre, he speaking of Mr. Watkins, said : "He was always at his post, full of courage, obedient to discipline and a model soldier boy." He was enrolled as a member of Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard, The company was infantry; John I. Burbridge. of Pike county. Missouri. was the colonel in command; General John B. Clark, of Howard county, Missouri, was division commander; and General Sterling Price, commander in chief of Missouri troops. Mr. Watkins served with all of valor and distinction until the close of the war and after peace had again been established he returned to Misouri, where was solemnized his marriage to Betty G. Alderson, a native of Missouri and a daughter of B. H. Alderson. She was born in St. Charles county, on the 28th of November, 1852, and died April 1, 1911, at Ennis, Texas. She was deeply beloved by all who came within the sphere of her gracious influence. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, the subject of this review was the second youngest.
Mr. Watkins' paternal ancestors were of Welsh Irish stock, while his ancestry on his mother's side was of pure Irish extraction. The original representatives of the Watkins family in America came to this country in the early colonial days, some of them having served as soldiers in the war of the Revolution. [A History of Jasper County and its people, Joel Thomas Livingston; PUBLIC DOMAIN]
19489487 Joseph C. Watkins 65060577 Bettie Gamble Alderson Watkins
Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard
He was the Superintendent of Schools in Ennis, TX.
Married Bettie G. ALDERSON c.1872
BIO: Joseph C. Watkins Sr. was born in Missouri and summoned to the life eternal in August, 1894, at the comparatively young age of fifty one years. He was a lawyer by profession but the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to educational work, he having been superintendent of schools at each of the following cities,—Ashley and Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and at Ennis, Texas, his death having occurred at the latter place, where he resided from 1888 until 1894. At the outbreak of the Civil war Joseph C. Watkins, Sr., was a lad of but seventeen years of age, slender and delicate constitutionally. He became fired with enthusiasm for the Confederate cause, however, and enlisted us a soldier under Captain McIntyre, in 1861. The company of which he was a member left Fulton, Missouri, on the 17th of June, 1861, and after long, toilsome marching and many other difficulties it Overtook the Missouri troops under Governor Jackson in the southwestern part of the state. On the march many of the young soldiers broke down and were forced to return home, but young Joe never faltered, always being one of the first to reach camp. He was a gallant and faithful young soldier and participated in many of the most important battles marking the progress of the war, among them being the battle of Carthage, in Jasper county, Missouri, where General Price was victorious. He also saw active service in the conflict at Wilson Creek, in Greene county, Missouri. Captain McIntyre, he speaking of Mr. Watkins, said : "He was always at his post, full of courage, obedient to discipline and a model soldier boy." He was enrolled as a member of Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard, The company was infantry; John I. Burbridge. of Pike county. Missouri. was the colonel in command; General John B. Clark, of Howard county, Missouri, was division commander; and General Sterling Price, commander in chief of Missouri troops. Mr. Watkins served with all of valor and distinction until the close of the war and after peace had again been established he returned to Misouri, where was solemnized his marriage to Betty G. Alderson, a native of Missouri and a daughter of B. H. Alderson. She was born in St. Charles county, on the 28th of November, 1852, and died April 1, 1911, at Ennis, Texas. She was deeply beloved by all who came within the sphere of her gracious influence. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, the subject of this review was the second youngest.
Mr. Watkins' paternal ancestors were of Welsh Irish stock, while his ancestry on his mother's side was of pure Irish extraction. The original representatives of the Watkins family in America came to this country in the early colonial days, some of them having served as soldiers in the war of the Revolution. [A History of Jasper County and its people, Joel Thomas Livingston; PUBLIC DOMAIN]
19489487 Joseph C. Watkins 65060577 Bettie Gamble Alderson Watkins
He was the Superintendent of Schools in Ennis, TX.
Married Bettie G. ALDERSON c.1872
BIO: Joseph C. Watkins Sr. was born in Missouri and summoned to the life eternal in August, 1894, at the comparatively young age of fifty one years. He was a lawyer by profession but the greater portion of his active business career was devoted to educational work, he having been superintendent of schools at each of the following cities,—Ashley and Pleasant Hill, Missouri, and at Ennis, Texas, his death having occurred at the latter place, where he resided from 1888 until 1894. At the outbreak of the Civil war Joseph C. Watkins, Sr., was a lad of but seventeen years of age, slender and delicate constitutionally. He became fired with enthusiasm for the Confederate cause, however, and enlisted us a soldier under Captain McIntyre, in 1861. The company of which he was a member left Fulton, Missouri, on the 17th of June, 1861, and after long, toilsome marching and many other difficulties it Overtook the Missouri troops under Governor Jackson in the southwestern part of the state. On the march many of the young soldiers broke down and were forced to return home, but young Joe never faltered, always being one of the first to reach camp. He was a gallant and faithful young soldier and participated in many of the most important battles marking the progress of the war, among them being the battle of Carthage, in Jasper county, Missouri, where General Price was victorious. He also saw active service in the conflict at Wilson Creek, in Greene county, Missouri. Captain McIntyre, he speaking of Mr. Watkins, said : "He was always at his post, full of courage, obedient to discipline and a model soldier boy." He was enrolled as a member of Company A, First regiment, Third Division, Missouri State Guard, The company was infantry; John I. Burbridge. of Pike county. Missouri. was the colonel in command; General John B. Clark, of Howard county, Missouri, was division commander; and General Sterling Price, commander in chief of Missouri troops. Mr. Watkins served with all of valor and distinction until the close of the war and after peace had again been established he returned to Misouri, where was solemnized his marriage to Betty G. Alderson, a native of Missouri and a daughter of B. H. Alderson. She was born in St. Charles county, on the 28th of November, 1852, and died April 1, 1911, at Ennis, Texas. She was deeply beloved by all who came within the sphere of her gracious influence. Of the four children born to Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, the subject of this review was the second youngest.
Mr. Watkins' paternal ancestors were of Welsh Irish stock, while his ancestry on his mother's side was of pure Irish extraction. The original representatives of the Watkins family in America came to this country in the early colonial days, some of them having served as soldiers in the war of the Revolution. [A History of Jasper County and its people, Joel Thomas Livingston; PUBLIC DOMAIN]
19489487 Joseph C. Watkins 65060577 Bettie Gamble Alderson Watkins
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