WATKINS, Jane Elizabeth

1825 - 1909  (84 years)

• Name	WATKINS, Jane Elizabeth  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	11 Apr 1825	Tennessee, United States   [4]
  Gender	Female
  _AMTID	210176773035:1030:119496207
  _UID	9A6E6606065A45A3BA88DDBEC9E49E5A3E59
  Buried	1909	Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States
  Died	25 Nov 1909	St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States   [4, 5]
  Person ID	I2620	Treehouse Compendium
  Last Modified	30 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	WATKINS, William E.,   b. Abt 1788, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Rebecca
  Family ID	F876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	NAPIER, William Carroll,   b. 24 Sep 1824, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Dec 1895  (Age 71 years)  [6, 7]
  Married	1844  [8]
  	"Officially" married 30 Jun 1861.
  Notes	Jane and the children moved to Ohio in 1859 & returned to Nashville in 1861. However, the family is enumerated in tact in 1860 in Nashville. [9]
  Children	1. NAPIER, Hon. James Carroll,   b. 9 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 1940, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee  (Age 94 years)   2. NAPIER, William Thomas,   b. Abt 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Dec 1851  (Age 4 years)   3. NAPIER, Elias Watkins,   b. Abt 1849, Ohio ,   d. 29 May 1898  (Age 49 years)   4. NAPIER, Henry Alonzo,   b. 17 Jun 1851, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States ,   d. 16 Dec 1882  (Age 31 years)   5. NAPIER, Ida M.,   b. 2 Jan 1859, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee ,   d. 30 Oct 1937, St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri  (Age 78 years)
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F851	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1880 census reports father born in Ireland, mother born in Maryland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S159] Death Certificate. [S273] FamilySearch Family Tree. https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LZ5J-997 [S302] GEDCOM file imported on 18 February 2018. [S346] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, 73. [S230] FindAGrave.com. "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVKM-1JST : accessed 31 December 2015), Jane Elizabeth Napier, 1909; Burial, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States of America, Greenwood Cemetery; citing record ID 27346880, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. [S334] African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1790-1930: elites and dilemmas. [S347] African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary. [S346] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, 73. they were married in a slave ceremony [S330] Black Nashville Blog.