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_FRANCES AVANT ________|__
| (1670 - 1724) m 1689
_CALEB AVANT ________|
| (1700 - 1743) m 1726|
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| |_MARY LUJUAN WILLIAMS _|__
| (1670 - ....) m 1689
_JOSHUA AVANT SR.____|
| (1726 - 1789) m 1750|
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| |_MARY LEWIS _________|
| (1710 - 1755) m 1726|
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|--JESSE AVANT
| (1758 - ....)
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|_MRS. ANN AVANT _____|
(1730 - ....) m 1750|
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_JEREMIAH "JERRY" BLACKWELDER _+
| (1797 - 1850) m 1822
_MOSES BLACKWELDER __|_SARAH NEISENHEIMER LIPE ______
| (1831 - 1881) m 1850 (1800 - ....)
_MARTIN VAN BUREN BLACKWELDER _|
| (1852 - 1913) |
| | _SEABORN LASTINGER ____________+
| | | (1805 - 1864)
| |_MARY ANN LASTINGER _|_ELEANDER "ELLEN" DRIGGERS ____
| (1832 - 1879) m 1850 (1813 - ....)
_MOSES ALONZO BLACKWELDER _|
| (1874 - 1946) |
| | _______________________________
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| | _JOHN J. NETTLES ____|_______________________________
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| |_NANCY NETTLES ________________|
| (1859 - 1940) |
| | _______________________________
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| |_NANCY MILLER _______|_______________________________
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|--JAMES BLACKWELDER
| (1899 - ....)
| _______________________________
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|_FRANKIE DOUGLAS __________|
(1875 - 1905) |
| _______________________________
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|_______________________________|
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|_____________________|_______________________________
_JOHN BRANCH SR._____+
| (1736 - 1808)
_WILLIAM BRANCH _____|_ANN BRITTON ________
| (1760 - 1825) m 1782
_ELIAS BRANCH _______|
| (1788 - 1853) m 1810|
| | _____________________
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| |_HESTER SUMNER ______|_____________________
| (1762 - 1832) m 1782
_DAVID BRANCH ___________|
| (1811 - 1857) m 1832 |
| | _____________________
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| | _____________________|_____________________
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| |_LUCY DEVAUGHN ______|
| (1793 - 1843) m 1810|
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|_____________________
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|
|--SGT WILLIAM "BIG BILL" BRANCH SR.
| (1837 - 1908)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|_____________________
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| _____________________|
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|_MILLIE AMELIA FLETCHER _|
(1816 - 1887) m 1832 |
| _____________________
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William "Big Bill" Branch
1837-1909
William "Big Bill" Branch was born March 21, 1837 in Irwin County, GA. He was the second of ten children born to David and Amelia "Millie" Fletcher Branch. On December 22, 1859, "Big Bill" married Louisa Jane Whiddon, daughter of Lott and Judith Dorminy Whiddon. Bill and Louisa Jane raised nine children, Eli, William W. Dykes, Juda, David John, Rachel Elizabeth, Leacy, John Jehu, Elias Debust, and Millie Ann. They lost an infant in 1879.
William "Big Bill" enlisted in Co F, 49th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment "The Irwin Volunteers"in 1862. He was 3rd Corporal, March 4, 1862 and wounded at Fredericksburg, VA in battle December 13, 1862. He was promoted to 1st Corporal January 1863 and to 1st Sergeant in August 1863, but reduced to 4th Sergeant September 1, 1863. Wounded again at Wilderness, VA on May 6, 1864, he was promoted to 3rd Sergeant in February 1865. On May 22, 1865, he was listed as a prisoner paroled at Albany, GA. William was honorably discharged and came home to his plantation near the present town of Chula, GA.He was wounded in the right arm and permanently disabled on May 6, 1864 at Wilderness, VA. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough at the close of war.
William served Irwin County in the Georgia Legislature 1880-1881. He was one of Tifton's first merchants and owned the first mule-powered cotton gins in Tifton. William "Big Bill" Branch died November 31, 1909 and is buried at Hickory Springs Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Tift County. His wife Louisa Jane died Nov 9, 1937.~
His wife was Louisa Jane (Whiddon) Branch. Parents:David & Millie Amelia (Fletcher) Branch
NOTE: William Branch is listed twice. (Duplicated entry). I have him listed as a parent to show that both entries are correct. Both entries are the same person and not a parent. The entry entered on 29 Dec 2005 was entered first, but after trying to get it updated, I failed. So I made another entry on the 19 Aug 2009. Which contains additional information.
Extra Bio by Connie Bozeman - 10 Sep 2016 - Thanks Connie
From Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865 Volume II, by Lillian Henerson c. 1959 Hapeville, GA. Longna and Porter Co., page 245:
William Branch is listed on the Muster Roll of Company F, 49th Regiment of Georgia Volunteer Infantry, CSA, Irwin Co, GA Volunteers. "He was 4th Corporal March 4, 1862, Wounded through hips at Fredericksburg, VA Dec. 13, 1862, Appointed 1st Corporal in Jan 1863. Wounded, right arm permanently disabled at Wilderness, Va., May 6, 1864. Appointed 3rd Sergeant Feb, 1865. Pension records show he was at home on wounded furlough at close of war. (Born Mar. 21, 1837, died in Tift County, GA. Nov 21, 1908 or 1909)"
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1880 IRWIN CO., GA. CENSUS
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_HILLERY CASON ___________________|
| (1737 - 1810) m 1763 |
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_FREDERICK CASON ____|
| (1777 - 1840) m 1806|
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| |_SARAH BARROW ORMOND _____________|
| (1741 - 1825) m 1763 |
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|--HILLERY WILLIAM CASON
| (1823 - 1906)
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| _WILLIAM "CHOCTAW BILL" WILLIAMS _|
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|_ELIZABETH WILLIAMS _|
(1785 - 1860) m 1806|
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|_PENELOPE RICHARDSON _____________|
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1870 WARE CO., GA. CENSUS
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_FRANCIS CHAUDOIN SR._|__
| (1720 - 1799) m 1750
_ANDREW M. CHAUDOIN __________|
| (1759 - 1845) m 1786 |
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| |_SARAH WEAVER ________|__
| (1730 - ....) m 1750
_THOMAS GUTHRIE CHAUDOIN _|
| (1794 - ....) m 1815 |
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| |_SARAH MOORE WHEELER\MATHEWS _|
| (1765 - 1860) m 1786 |
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|--ANDREW JACKSON CHAUDOIN
| (1822 - ....)
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|_MARTHA ANNA PENICK ______|
(.... - 1844) m 1815 |
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_JONAS DRIGGERS SR._____________+
| (1755 - 1821) m 1774
_WILLIAM H. DRIGGERS SR.__|_MRS. ELEANOR "ELLEN" DRIGGERS _
| (1776 - 1879) m 1806 (1754 - ....)
_WILLIAM H. DRIGGERS JR._|
| (1817 - ....) m 1862 |
| | _JOHN LASTINGER ________________
| | |
| |_MILLY "EMILY" LASTINGER _|_ANNA BARBER ___________________
| (1778 - ....) m 1806 (1744 - ....)
_JONAS THOMAS DRIGGERS _|
| (1854 - 1927) m 1874 |
| | ________________________________
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| | __________________________|________________________________
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| |_SARAH FUTCH ____________|
| m 1862 |
| | ________________________________
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| |__________________________|________________________________
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|--CINDA DRIGGERS
| (1896 - ....)
| ________________________________
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| __________________________|________________________________
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| _STEPHEN BARCO SR._______|
| | (1822 - ....) |
| | | ________________________________
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| | |__________________________|________________________________
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|_CAROLINE BARCO ________|
(1858 - ....) m 1874 |
| ________________________________
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| __________________________|________________________________
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|_ARCADIA RAULERSON ______|
(1824 - ....) |
| ________________________________
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|__________________________|________________________________
_JONAS DRIGGERS SR._____________+
| (1755 - 1821) m 1774
_JOHN DRIGGERS ______|_MRS. ELEANOR "ELLEN" DRIGGERS _
| (1774 - 1834) (1754 - ....)
_JONAS DRIGGERS _____|
| (1808 - 1860) m 1827|
| | ________________________________
| | |
| |_NANCY JERNIGAN _____|________________________________
| (1770 - ....)
_EDWARD T. DRIGGERS _|
| (1836 - 1918) m 1886|
| | _JOHN MIDDLETON ________________
| | | (1678 - 1769) m 1746
| | _JAMES MIDDLETON ____|_SARAH GOODBY __________________
| | | (1740 - 1810) (1680 - 1776)
| |_SARAH MIDDLETON ____|
| (1806 - 1885) m 1827|
| | ________________________________
| | |
| |_MARY OWENS _________|________________________________
| (1770 - ....)
|
|--JOHN M. DRIGGERS
| (1891 - ....)
| ________________________________
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| _____________________|________________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | |_____________________|________________________________
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|_ALICE ARNETT _______|
(1855 - ....) m 1886|
| ________________________________
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| _____________________|________________________________
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_HENRY GARRETT ______________|
| (1816 - ....) |
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|_____________________
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_CHARNEY HARDEMAN GARRETT _______|
| (1853 - 1924) m 1876 |
| | _____________________
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| | _____________________|_____________________
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| |_MRS. ARITHA GARRETT ________|
| (1820 - ....) |
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|_____________________
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|
|--GEORGIA ELANOR GARRETT
| (1890 - ....)
| _JOHN DRIGGERS ______+
| | (1774 - 1834)
| _JOHN DRIGGERS ______|_NANCY JERNIGAN _____
| | (1798 - ....) (1770 - ....)
| _WILLIAM W. DREGGORS ________|
| | (1823 - 1887) m 1847 |
| | | _____________________
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| | |_SUSAN GORDON _______|_____________________
| | (1796 - 1860)
|_GEORGIANNE CLEMENTINE DREGGORS _|
(1853 - 1910) m 1876 |
| _____________________
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|_TOBITHA ELIZABETH W. HIGGS _|
(1825 - 1902) m 1847 |
| _____________________
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|_____________________|_____________________
_SAMUEL LANE JR._____+
| (1702 - 1750) m 1726
_REUBEN LANE ________|_MARY DUSENBURY _____
| (1742 - 1795) (1703 - ....)
_JOHN LANE ___________|
| (1795 - 1871) |
| | _____________________
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| |_MRS MARY LANE ______|_____________________
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_JAMES J. LANE __________|
| (1849 - 1876) m 1865 |
| | _____________________
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| | _____________________|_____________________
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| |_CLARISSA HARRINGTON _|
| (1815 - 1870) |
| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|_____________________
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|--CORINNE CHESTER LANE
| (1866 - 1941)
| _____________________
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| _____________________|_____________________
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| ______________________|
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| | |_____________________|_____________________
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|_SARAH ELIZABETH HESTER _|
(1849 - ....) m 1865 |
| _____________________
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VOLUSIA COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS
_WILLIAM ABNER STRICKLAND JR._+
| (1706 - 1781)
_JOHN CAMPBELL STRICKLAND SR._|_MARTHA BROWN ________________
| (1728 - 1788) m 1747 (1709 - ....)
_JOEL"JOSEPH" STRICKLAND _|
| (1758 - 1835) m 1788 |
| | ______________________________
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| |_ELIZABETH CAMPBELL __________|______________________________
| (1729 - ....) m 1747
_JAMES "BLACK JACK" STRICKLAND _|
| (1789 - 1849) m 1817 |
| | ______________________________
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| | ______________________________|______________________________
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| |_ELIZABETH STRICKLAND ____|
| (1758 - 1840) m 1788 |
| | ______________________________
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| |______________________________|______________________________
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|--MARTHA STRICKLAND
| (1837 - 1887)
| ______________________________
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| ______________________________|______________________________
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| _CHARLES SMITH ___________|
| | (1763 - 1833) m 1783 |
| | | ______________________________
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| | |______________________________|______________________________
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|_ELINOR NELLIE SMITH ___________|
(1795 - 1873) m 1817 |
| ______________________________
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| ______________________________|______________________________
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|_VICEY ELLIS _____________|
(1765 - 1824) m 1783 |
| ______________________________
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|______________________________|______________________________
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_DR. GEORGE W. THORNHILL _|
| (1828 - ....) m 1854 |
| | ______________________
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| |_____________________|______________________
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|--JUDITH CORNELIA THORNHILL
| (1859 - ....)
| _ROBERT FLEMING BIBB _+
| | (1719 - 1811)
| _HENRY BIBB _________|_MRS. JUSTINA BIBB ___
| | (1756 - ....)
| _WILLIAM ASBURY BIBB _|
| | (1790 - 1864) m 1820 |
| | | ______________________
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| | |_MISS PEARCE ________|______________________
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|_CORNELIA L. BIBB ________|
(1827 - 1893) m 1854 |
| ______________________
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| _NIMROD BRANHAM _____|______________________
| | (1769 - 1845)
|_SARAH BRANHAM _______|
(1800 - 1869) m 1820 |
| ______________________
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|_MARGARET MARSHALL __|______________________
(1776 - 1845)
_LITTLEBERRY WALKER SR._+
| (1767 - 1853) m 1808
_ANDREW JACKSON WALKER SR.__|_ELIZABETH JOHNS _______
| (1813 - 1893) m 1833 (.... - 1835)
_EZEKIEL WALKER _____|
| (1837 - 1903) m 1860|
| | _ABRAHAM MINCHEW _______+
| | | (1773 - 1854) m 1794
| |_ELIZABETH MINCHEW _________|_FANNIE SHACKELFORD ____
| (1816 - 1899) m 1833 (1777 - 1837)
_ASBURY A. B. WALKER __|
| (1868 - ....) m 1889 |
| | ________________________
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| | _REV. JOSEPH TUTEN _________|________________________
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| |_ELIZA ANN TUTEN ____|
| (.... - 1914) m 1860|
| | ________________________
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| |_KEZIAH BETH (TUTEN) TUTEN _|________________________
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|--ESTELLA WALKER
| (1890 - 1956)
| ________________________
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| ____________________________|________________________
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| _____________________|
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| | | ________________________
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| | |____________________________|________________________
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|_MARY ISABELLE ALTMAN _|
(1869 - 1943) m 1889 |
| ________________________
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| ____________________________|________________________
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|_____________________|
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|____________________________|________________________
_JAMES B. WOODALL SR._+
| (1739 - 1800)
_JOHN WOODALL _______|_CYNTHIA HOLMES ______
| (1779 - ....)
_JOSEPH TAYLOR WOODALL _|
| (1817 - 1887) m 1839 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_JUDITH PRUITT ______|______________________
|
_WILLIAM C. WOODALL ______|
| (1851 - 1928) |
| | ______________________
| | |
| | _MR. WATKINS ________|______________________
| | |
| |_ELIZABETH WATKINS _____|
| (1820 - 1886) m 1839 |
| | ______________________
| | |
| |_MRS. MARY WATKINS __|______________________
| (1800 - ....)
|
|--CHARLEY WOODALL
| (1881 - ....)
| ______________________
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| _____________________|______________________
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| ________________________|
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| | | ______________________
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| | |_____________________|______________________
| |
|_HARRIETT MATILDA MARTIN _|
(1852 - 1933) |
| ______________________
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| _____________________|______________________
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|________________________|
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|_____________________|______________________