Thornton F. Watkins and Eliza Van Voorhis

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Husband Thornton F. Watkins ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jan 1852 2
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 12 Apr 1849 2

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Wife Eliza Van Voorhis ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1 Sep 1830 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Feb 1850 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Abraham Van Voorhis (1785-1871) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Jane Phillips (      -Aft 1892) 3 7 8

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Children

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1 M Jimmy Watkins ²

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Thornton F. Watkins

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After the death of his wife, leaving his little son Jimmy with its grandparents, he started for California, but was overtaken by disease died on ther way. Among the list of those published in the New York Tribune in 1852 whose bones lay bleaching in the sands of the "Great American Desert" appears the name of T. F. Watkins.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 697.

2 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 197.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1220.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 695.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1059.

6 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 187.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1146.

8 John S. Van Voorhis, The Old and New Monongahela (Pittsburgh, PA: Nicholson, Printer and Binder, 1893), Pg 196.