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Elijah Watkins 1797–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 July 1797

Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 30 August 1882

Death Location: Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA

Father: Samuel Watkins

Mother: Mary McClure

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Elijah Watkins was born in 1797 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA, the child of Samuel Watkins And Mary Alice Mcclure. Elijah Watkins passed away in 1882 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA.

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Biography

  • Elijah Watkins was born in 1797 in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA, the child of Samuel Watkins And Mary Alice Mcclure.
  • Elijah Watkins passed away in 1882 in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA.

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Elijah Watkins's Ancestors

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Elijah Watkins
1797–1882
Birth Place: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
Parents
Samuel Watkins
1748–1830
Mary (Alice) McClure
1758–1822
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Grandparents
James Watkins
1708–1789
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Mary Jones
1712–1783
Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
John McCLURE
1717–1777
Raphoe Demesne, Raphoe, County Donegal, Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
Mary (Cunningham) Allen
1741–1803
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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Elijah Watkins's Timeline

2 Records

1797
22 July 1797
Birth of Elijah Watkins in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
1882
30 August 1882
Age 85
Death of Elijah Watkins in Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 July 1797
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 August 1882
    Event Place: Chandlerville, Cass, Illinois, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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