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HENRY C. WATKINS
DEATH AT BATTLE GROUND HENRY C. WATKINS, in his
younger days a farmer, died Sunday night at 9:30 o'clock
at his home in Battle Ground. Death was caused by leakage
of the heart. He had been ill for six months. Mr. WATKINS
was 69 years old and was born in Maryland, coming to
Indiana when he was 17 years of age. For a number of years
he was engaged in farming near Green Hill. He was a member
of the U.B. church at Battle Ground. A widow, ten
children, and one sister, Mrs. GEORGE LAMB, of Battle
Ground, survive
Source: Lafayette Daily Courier, January 8, 1918, Lafayette, Indiana (another that is pretty much the same, just a bit different information) HENRY C. WATKINS After an illness of six
months Henry C. Watkins, a retired farmer, died at his
home at Battle Ground, of leakage of the heart. Mr.
Watkins was 69 years of ages: was born in Maryland, and
came to Indiana when he was seventeen years of age.
For a number of years he was engaged in farming near Green
Hill but moved from that place to Battle Ground several
years ago. He had been a member of the U.B. church
for a number of years.
He is survived by his widow, ten children, and a sister, Mrs. George Lamb [Josephine], of Battle Ground. Submitted by Adina Watkins Dyer, great-granddaughter.
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