Lydia Ann Powell^{[1, 2]}

1865 - 1960  (95 years)

• Name	Lydia Ann Powell
  Born	13 Apr 1865	Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Died	2 May 1960
  Buried	New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery Caswell County, North Carolina)   [3]
  Person ID	I21564	My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Edward Powell, Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico, Descendants of William Walters
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2022

  
  

  Father	Henry Alexander Powell,   b. 16 Dec 1824, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Jun 1866  (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Martha Ann Walters,   b. 24 Sep 1825, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 26 May 1892, Sutherlin, Virginia  (Age 66 years)
  Married	29 Oct 1846	Pittsylvania County, Virginia
  	Virginia Marriages, 1740-1850 Groom Name: Henry A. Powell Bride Name: Martha Ann Walters Marriage Date: 19 Oct 1846 County: Pittsylvania State: Virginia !MARRIAGE:Details: href="http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=apdew ">Allen Powell Dew and Neva Ann Daniel Ancestors., Details: href="http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=apdew ">Allen Powell Dew and Neva Ann Daniel Ancestors.
  Family ID	F5672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel Gunn Watkins,   b. 25 Sep 1857, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Jan 1937, Caswell, North Carolina  (Age 79 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1884	Halifac County, Virginia
  Children	1. Edna Earl Watkins,   b. 27 Feb 1885, Danville, Virginia ,   d. 21 Oct 1988, Cobb County, Georgia  (Age 103 years)   2. Wilbur Lawrence Watkins,   b. 10 Apr 1886, Danville, Virginia ,   d. 2 Dec 1975, Maryland  (Age 89 years)   3. Annie Louise Watkins,   b. 23 Jun 1888, Danville, Virginia ,   d. 14 Jul 1889  (Age 1 years)   4. Lucille Ann Watkins,   b. 7 Mar 1890, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Jan 1972, Durham, North Carolina  (Age 81 years)   5. Henry Thomas Watkins,   b. 23 Dec 1891, North Carolina ,   d. Jun 1981, Caswell County, North Carolina  (Age 89 years)   6. Kate Chrystal Watkins,   b. 24 Dec 1893, North Carolina ,   d. 14 Oct 1965, Burlington, North Carolina  (Age 71 years)   7. Dee Gee Watkins,   b. 26 Apr 1895, Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 5 Nov 1969, Rocky Mount, Nash County, North Carolina  (Age 74 years)   8. Margaret Lyles Watkins,   b. 22 Feb 1897, North Carolina ,   d. 18 Mar 1993, Branford, New Haven, Conn.  (Age 96 years)   9. 'Sallie' Sarah Aileen Watkins,   b. 22 Nov 1898, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 8 Apr 2002, Greensboro, North Carolian  (Age 103 years)   10. Martha Elizabeth Watkins,   b. 12 Apr 1901, Caswell, North Carolina   11. Mabel Azile Watkins,   b. 6 Dec 1903, Blanche, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 13 Jul 1999, Raleigh, North Carolina  (Age 95 years)   12. James Burton Watkins,   b. 19 Sep 1906, Caswell County, North Carolina ,   d. 12 Dec 1988, Virginia  (Age 82 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F6215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Lydia Ann Powell p21564LydiaAnnPowell02.jpg
  		Lydia Ann Powell p21564LydiaAnnPowell.jpg

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Dee Gee Watkins-Obit The Danville Bee Nov 5, 1969
  		Lydia Powell Watkins-Obit The Danville Bee May 3, 1960
  		Lucille Ann Watkins-Obit The Danville Register Jan 9, 1972
  		Death Certificate-Kate C. Spicer (nee Watkins) dkatespicer2.jpg
  		Death Certificate-Daniel Gunn Watkins ddanielgwatkins1.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Lydia Ann Powell (1865-1960) title="Lydia Ann Powell Watkins (1865-1960) by CCHA, on Flickr"> src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5535728432_af493400 b2_m.jpg" width="177" height="240" alt="Lydia Ann Powell Watkins (1865-1960)"> (for larger image, click on photograph, then click "Actions/View all Sizes") _______________ Lydia Ann Powell Watkins holding Wilbur Lawrence Watkins. _______________ Mrs. Bettie Moore To Be Buried Today: Funeral services for Mrs. Bettie M. Moore will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of B. E. Powell in Blanch, N. C. Mrs. Moore died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. B. Moore, in Yanceyville yesterday evening at the age of 86. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. S. B. Moore. Yanceyville, N. C., and Mrs. R. N. Shearon, Bunn, N. C., one sister, Mrs. Lydia Watkins. Blanch, N. C. and one brother, A. H. Powell, Sutherlin, Va. Source: The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 21 July 1938. _______________ "I was about to give the same guess [as to the person for whom Blanch, North Carolina was named], although I didn't know that Blanche Moore's father had run the post office. Blanche Moore was a cousin of my grandmother's, Lydia Anne Watkins, and they were very close. I remember visiting "Cousin Blanche" as a child when she lived in the house the Moorefields own now. She was quite a lady, and Blanch can be proud to be named for her! My grandparents built the house in Blanch that Wayne and Linda Bray now own, and they raised a family of 11 children. After he turned his dairy farm over to a son, my grandfather also ran the post office and train station there. It was before my day, but have heard many stories of the "hobos" who road the trains during and after the depression and stopped in the area. My grandfather bought some beautiful pieces from peddlers who rode through (former shop owners who had lost all but their merchandise). Some of those things have been handed down through the family." Source: JoAnn Watkins Warn Post to CCHA Facebook Wall 30 June 2010. _______________ See also: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 560-561 (The Henry Thomas Watkins Family by Cary King Watkins); The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 380-381. Attended Roanoke Female College in Danville, Virginia (which became Averett University) [went there in the 1800s and studied, among other things "deportment']. _______________ The 1900 US Census (Dan River, Caswell County, North Carolina) shows her as: Lydia M. Name: Lydia M Watkins Home in 1900: Dan River, Caswell, North Carolina Age: 38 Estimated birth year: 1862 Birthplace: North Carolina Race: White Relationship to head-of-house: Wife !NAME:Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "L, Details: The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985) at 140-141 (Article #101 "L

  
  

• Sources

  [S37] Death Certificate, Kate C. Spicer (nee Watkins) daughter. [S37] Death Certificate, Daniel Gunn Watkins. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=54347794. Lydia Ann Powell Watkins Birth 13 Apr 1865 Death 2 May 1960 (aged 95) Burial New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery Hamer, Caswell County, North Carolina [S32] Find-A-Grave.com. Lydia Ann Powell Watkins Birth 13 Apr 1865 Death 2 May 1960 (aged 95) Burial New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery Hamer, Caswell County, North Carolina