Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1885,
Hardin Co.

ANDREW WATKINS was born June 18, 1841.  His grandparents, William and
Catherine (Wyatt) Watkins, came from Virginia to La Rue [sic] County, Ky.,
about 1800, and were the parents of the following named children: Samuel,
Lethia (Tinker), Lucy (Lucas), Nancy (Brazier), Cynthia (Patterson),
Catherine (Hodges), F. G. and J. Z.  The eldest, Samuel, up to the opening
of the late war, had accumulated 600 acres of land.  He enlisted in the
Confederate service under Morgan, but was at home at the time of the
capture of that command.  After the war he lost a large part of his estate
in a lawsuit, and soon afterward, in April, 1875, died at the Anchorage
Insane Asylum.  He had married, in 1835, Miss Rachel Brazier [sic], a
daughter of Edward and Nancy (Viers) Brazier, of Hardin County, and had
born to him the following children: William, Edward, Helen (McCandless),
Albert, Andrew, Granville, Cynthia (Phillips), Isabel (Boyd), Taylor, Mary
(Boyd), Flora (Mudd) and Grace (Tichenor).  His son, Andrew, remained on
the home until his marriage, in October, 1871, with Miss Sarah Meirs,
daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Brooks) Meirs, natives of Green and Hardin
Counties.  To this marriage have been born seven children: Samuel, Lucien,
Granville, Charles, Jerome, Alma and Laura, all of whom are living.  Mr.
Watkins first settled one and a half miles from Upton, but in La Rue
County, on fifty acres; he remained one year, and then bought a half
interest in the Eagle Mills, in the same county, remaining five years.  In
1879 he came to Hardin County, purchased his present farm of 290 acres near
Upton, now valued at $30 per acre, and has since been engaged in farming
and grazing.  Mr. Watkins and wife are members of the Big Spring Baptist
Church, and he is also a member of the Masonic order.  His first
presidential vote was cast for George B. MacClellan, and he has voted for
the Democratic ticket ever since.

Watkins Wyatt Tinker Lucas Brazier Brashear Patterson Hodges Brazier Viers
McCandless Phillips Boyd Mudd Tichenor Meirs Brooks
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Larue-KY VA Green-KY

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