Watkins Tombstones 

Tippecanoe Co., Indiana
Battle Ground Cemetery

Included in this list are WATKINS and related persons buried in cemeteries in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.  My own notes are in [brackets]. Adina Watkins Dyer


BATTLE GROUND CEMETERY - Battle Ground, Indiana

WATKINS-
Agnes - 13 May 1918 - s/s Lewis N. and Ethel J.
Albert L. - 14 Sept. 1845-7 June 1867
Anna - 1834-1874 s/s Mother
Betty L. [Davis] - 3 Aug. 1922-28 Mar. 1986 - s/s Joseph L.
Clarence - 28 July 1813-1 Sept.1904
Clementine Ward - 16 Sept. 1853-28 Feb. 1901 [w/o of Joseph Daniel]
Edward- 4 Apr. 1887 age 2 m., 5 d. s/o Joseph and Clemetine
Ethel J. [Downs] - 17 July 1889-3 Jan. 1962 - s/s Agnes R. and Lewis N.
Hazel - 1892-17 Dec. 1943 [d/o Joseph and Clementine]
John A. - d. 1865 age 25 y., 3 m., 12 d. - Co. K 76th Reg. Ill. Vol. GAR
John W. - born 20 Aug. 1828 [in Sussex Co. DE] s/s Rachel Watkins and Elizabeth A. Bradley
Joseph L. - 25 Aug. 1927- [s/o Lewis N. & Ethel] s/s Betty L.
Lewis N. - 29 April 1877-19 Jan. 1968 s/s Ethel J. and Agnes R. [s/o Henry and Jane]
Lulu G. - 7 Aug. 1890-26 Jan. 1895 d/o Joseph and Clemetine
Mother - 1800-1886 s/s Anna
Rachel [Sharp] - born 29 Jan. 1829 [in DE] s/s John W. and Elizabeth A. Bradley
Raymond J. - 1876-1955 s/s Sadie [s/o Joseph and Clementine]
Rosa H. - 3 Mar. 1887-19 May 1925 s/s Samuel
Sadie Amstutz - 1874-1942 s/s Raymond J.
Samuel - 22 Nov. 1872-20 Jan. 1944 [s/o Joseph and Clementine] 
Theodore - 11 Mar. 1933 - Pvt. 9 BN U.S. Guards [s/o Henry and Jane]
Thomas - died 13 Jan. 1884 age 81 y., 3 m. [b. in DE] [father of Joseph Daniel] 

[The Below were buried with no stones,  the information below is from death records and obits]

WATKINS-
Joseph Daniel - 14 May 1848-6 Mar.1926 - [Co. F Del. Calvary-Civil War]
Henry Clay - 4 June 1848-6 Jan. 1918 [b. in MD]
Jane [Gerard] - 1852-1934 [b. in Warren Co., w/o Henry Clay]
William E. - July 1883-28 July 1948 [s/o Henry and Jane]
Gertrude Webb - 16 Oct. 1874-29 Feb. 1929 [d/o Henry and Jane]
George M. [Zimmerman] - 14 Sept. 1855-22 Nov. 1909 [adopted son of John W. and Rachel]
 

BRADLEY, Elizabeth A. [Watkins] - 1830-unknown s/s John W. and Rachel Watkins, sister of John W.

DILLMAN, Mae [Watkins] - 1874-1943 [d/o Joseph and Clemetine]
                   Charles - 1872-1939 [h/o Mae]

FUNK, Thelma [Watkins] - 18 June 1909-19 Apr. 1961 [d/o Lewis and Ethel]

GIBSON, Ina B. [Watkins] - 1883-1945 [d/o Joseph and Clementine]
                George W. - 1886-1943 [h/o Ina B.]
                George - 1914-1936
                Lillia Mae - 31 Mar. 1907-28 Apr. 1907
                Raymond W. - 11 Sept. 1917-25 Feb. 1920

LAMB, Josephine [Watkins] -7 May 1857-27 Feb. 1941 [b. in MD] [sister of Henry Clay]
            George S. - 21 Nov. 1878-26 Nov. 1926

McNEELEY, Nancy E. 1933-1943
                      Robert - 9 Mar. 1942-29 Nov. 1956
[children of Thelma Watkins Funk]

STEWART, Mary E. [Watkins] - 1849-1908 [b. in DE, niece of John W. Watkins]
                    John W. - 1841-1914 [b. in DE]
 
 

WEST POINT CEMETERY - West Point, Indiana

WATKINS-
Benjamin H. [s/o Wm. H. and Mary A.]  - 1888-1942
Ben H., Jr. - 1916-1982 [s/s Geneva]
Bertha S.  - 1878-1951 [s/s Willard R.]
Clifford - 17 Dec. 1904-9 Mar. 1959
Donald Leon - 18 Aug. 1931-1 Jan. 1955  Ind. FP 3 USNR Korea
Ethel - d. 10 Mar. 1890, age 6 mos., 7 days [d/o W.R. and Bertha]
Eva. E. [Weyls] - 1896-1972  [s/s William H.]
Everette G. - 1916-1977 [s/s Helen F.]
Geneva M. [Troxel] -  1917-  [s/s Ben H., Jr.]
Harry - 1890-1961 [s/s Olive]
Helen F. [Baker] - ???? - 1919
John Wesley - 31 Oct. 1882-7 Mar. 1944 Ind. Pvt. Co. C, 29th Regt. Inf.
Joseph R. - died 8 Dec. 1990, age 55
Mae J. - 1890-1966 s/s Benjamin H.
Mary A. [nee Stewart] - 17 Oct. 1848-21 Nov. 1926 [wife of Wm. H., born in Del.]
Olive - 1893-1951 s/s Harry
Virg - 1914 [no other date]
Willard R. - 1874-1847 s/s Bertha S. [son of Wm. H. and Mary A.]
William H. - died 10 Mar. 1891 age 43, Co. A 51st Ind. Inf. [born in Del.]
 

GRANDVILLE CEMETERY - Wayne Township

Robert Watkins - d. 6 Dec. 1845 age 91 yr., 1 mo.
 

WILDCAT CEMETERY - Wea Township

Elihu H. Watkins - d. 4 June 1890 age 47 yr., 7 mo., 26 da., Co. D 72nd Regt. Ind. Vol.
Ella A. Watkins - d. 13 Aug. 1916 age 78 yr., 8 mo., 13 da., wife of E. H.
 

GREENBUSH CEMETERY - Fairfield Township

WATKINS-
Cora Eleanor - d. 26 Jan. 1926 age 78 yr.
Elizabeth - 8 May 1869 age 27 yr., 6 mo., born in New York
Jospeh - d. 21 Jan. 1896 age 55
Minnie L. - d. 24 Dec. 1912
Perry E. - 1841-13 Aug. 1901
Winifred (Miss) - d. 3 Aug. 1893 age 26 yr.
 

REST HAVEN CEMETERY -Fairfiled Township

WATKINS-
Ada - 7 July 1960, no other date
Ben - d. 25 May 1962
Effie - d. 21 Mar. 1958
Lillian - d. 24 Apr. 1954
Martha Ellen - d. 11 Mar. 1942
Ross L. - d. 3 Aug. 1943

JEWELL, Adeline Watkins -  22 May 1891-22 June 1938.  [d/o  Nelson Watkins, b. 1857 and  Laura Taylor, b. 1866;
w/o Everett Frances Jewell [m.10 Feb 1915].
 

SPRINGVALE CEMETERY - Fairfield Township

WATKINS-
Infant - d. 1927 of strangulation by mother Lillian
Edd - d. 20 Feb. 1917 age 45 yr.
Eva Jane - d. 4 Sept. 1944 age 0
George - d. 7 Dec. 1952 age 66 yr.
Helen L. - d. 4 Dec. 1931 age 12 yr.
Lotta - d. 20 May 1939 age 66 yr.
Roland A. - d. 11 Oct. 1923 age 15 da.
Wilma I. - d. 27 Mar. 1931 age 1 yr.
 

ST. MARY'S CEMETERY -  Fairfield Township

Nellie Watkins - 1884-1946
 

CONCORD CEMETERY - Lauramie Township

Hattie Watkins [nee Nicewander] - d. 8 Nov. 1973 age 81 [wife of Raymond-d. 1953]
 

GRANDVIEW CEMETERY - Wabash Township

Hannah Lida Watkins - d. 12 Aug. 1958 age 76 yr.
John S. Watkins - 1885-20 June 1939
 

SAND RIDGE CEMETERY - Wabash Township

Kathy Jo Ann Watkins - d. 1958 age 0
 

TIPPECANOE MEMORY GARDENS - Wabash Township

WATKINS-
Benjamin - d. 10 Mar. 1974 age 85
Ernest - d. 30 Aug. 1974 age 78
Jessie A. (nee Harden) d. 11 July 1974 age 81 [wife of James William Watkins, m. 1912 in Green Hill, Warren Co., IN]
Myrle L. - d. 10 Oct. 1989 age 93 [wife of Ernest]
William E. - 24 Nov. 1979 age 54


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