Joseph B. Watkins

Birth Date

1834-07-16

Death Date

1910-02-10

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of Joseph Watkins and Virginia Watkins. Married to Elizabeth York Watkins in Jefferson County on May 20, 1856. Father of Laura Watkins and John Watkins. Farmer in Bourbon County, Kentucky, in 1850. Carpenter in Louisville in 1860. Employed Peter Eickerman and Andrew Stickler as apprentice painters in Louisville, Kentucky in 1860. Served in the 34th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain and major from February 25, 1862, to June 24, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bourbon County, District 1, p. 295B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 2, p. 453.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482708, p. 126 of 471 of microfilm.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 412.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #962,013, Certificate #990,718.
Find A Grave, "Joseph B. Watkins (1834-1910)," Memorial #159765051, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159765051/joseph-b_-watkins (accessed August 25, 2020).

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