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Agnes Woodson Venable Watkins

Birth: 4 Nov 1796
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Death: Apr 1868 (aged 71)
Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA
Burial: Watkins Family-Poplar Hill Plantation

Worsham, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 77070175 View Source

Agnes was born at "Springfield" P.E. Co. VA. She married her second cousin, Capt. (War of 1812) Henry Edward Watkins, in 1815. The "Venables of Virginia" study states that "She was considered a woman of great dignity and gracious manner and queenly bearing as well as of unusual intellectual attainments". In her day it is reported that the head gardner, Abram, turned the plantation's 10 acres into a paradise of lawns, boxed-bordered flower beds, and avenues of elms (all laid out by an English landscape architect). Their children were: Francis Nathaniel Watkins, Henry E. Watkins, Jr,, Elizabeth Watkins, Rev. Samuel Woodson Watkins, Mary Cabell Watkins, Mrs. Agnes W. Watkins Embry, Richard V. Watkins, Mrs. Margaret C. Watkins Martin, Henrietta Watkins, Catherine A. Watkins, Mrs. Frances Leigh Watkins Irvine.

Agnes was born at "Springfield" P.E. Co. VA. She married her second cousin, Capt. (War of 1812) Henry Edward Watkins, in 1815. The "Venables of Virginia" study states that "She was considered a woman of great dignity and gracious manner and queenly bearing as well as of unusual intellectual attainments". In her day it is reported that the head gardner, Abram, turned the plantation's 10 acres into a paradise of lawns, boxed-bordered flower beds, and avenues of elms (all laid out by an English landscape architect). Their children were: Francis Nathaniel Watkins, Henry E. Watkins, Jr,, Elizabeth Watkins, Rev. Samuel Woodson Watkins, Mary Cabell Watkins, Mrs. Agnes W. Watkins Embry, Richard V. Watkins, Mrs. Margaret C. Watkins Martin, Henrietta Watkins, Catherine A. Watkins, Mrs. Frances Leigh Watkins Irvine.

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1782–1856

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Created by: Jim Hutcheson (James Sterling H. Jr.)
Added: Sep 25, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77070175/agnes_woodson-watkins: accessed ), memorial page for Agnes Woodson Venable Watkins (4 Nov 1796–Apr 1868), Find a Grave Memorial ID 77070175, citing Watkins Family-Poplar Hill Plantation, Worsham, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Jim Hutcheson (James Sterling H. Jr.) (contributor 47005828).

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