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Matilda Watkins 1810 – 1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1810

Birth Location: Kentucky, USA

Death Date: 27 Nov 1865

Death Location: Story, Iowa, USA

Father: Jonathan Watkins

Mother: Clarissa Allen

Spouse(s): David Knight

Children(s): Benjamin Knight

According to available records, Matilda Watkins was born in 1810 in Kentucky, USA, the child of Jonathan Watkins and Clarissa Clary Allen. Following those early years, Matilda Watkins married David Richard Knight, and their family grew to include Benjamin F Knight. In the later years of life, Matilda Watkins died in 1865 in Story, Iowa, USA.

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Parents

Jonathan Watkins
1772 – 1821
Birth Location: Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
JW
Clarissa Allen
1778 – 1853
Birth Location: Culpepper, Virginia, USA
CA

Spouses(s)

David Knight
1808 – 1850
Birth Location: Kentucky, USA
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Children(s)

Benjamin Knight
1835 – 1900
Birth Location: –
BK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1810
    Event Place: Kentucky, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 Nov 1865
    Event Place: Story, Iowa, USA
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