The Family of Henry C. and Jane Garrard Watkins   Standing: Lewis Napoleon Watkins (1877-1968) with his   cousin Ira Garrard and Ira's dau. Bessie Garrard Franklin.   Lewis was the son of Henry C. Watkins and Jane Garrard.    He was married in 1906 in Battle Ground, IN, to   Ethel John Downs. Note on back of photo: "Uncle Bill Watkins on the left."   Was this the same William Watkins that was the son of  Henry and Jane Garrard Watkins?  Others are unknown. Submitted by: Adina Watkins Dyer Back to Index    |  Tippecanoe County INGenWeb Project ©2000-2014 Adina Watkins Dyer

Harley Oliver Watkins with his second wife Pauline.  Harley, born 1888 in Warren Co., IN, was the son of Henry and Jane Watkins.  He lived in Tippecanoe Co. for awhile and was first married to Carrie Hamilton in Carroll Co.  He remarried to Pauline and they lived in Kokomo, Howard Co., IN.  Harley died 1962 in Kokomo.	Pearl Watkins Irwin Reynolds (1892-1967) on left and Clara Watkins McNeely Poore (1888-1962) on right.  Daughters of Henry C. and Jane Garrard Watkins.

Note on photo indicated that the woman third from the right is Alice Watkins.  Her husband Carl Riley is on her left.

Thanks to Michele Norine, I now know who some of the other folks are in the photo above!  Here is here note to me:
Just to give you a short ralationship, Grace Maude Riley Gonce is the lady in the darker dress, fourth from the left.  She married George Alvin Gonce, my great-grandfather.   Two of the other ladies, second and fifth from left are Ada and Ida Gonce, their daughters.  The last man on the far right, John William Riley, Jr., brother to Grace Maude Riley and Oakley Carl Riley.   My grandfather, Willis Eugene Gonce is the son of Grace Maude Riley and George Alvin Gonce.