Letters from Forest Place

Thomas Alexander Watkins (1802-1884) was born in Georgia and studied medicine in Pennsylvania. He began a medical practice in Alabama where he met and married Sarah Epes Fitzgerald. They became the parents of two daughters, Letitia Ann Watkins (1835-1914) and Mary (Mollie) Early Watkins (1844-1935). In 1843 Thomas moved the family from Alabama to Carroll County, Mississippi. Lettie married William Martin Walton in 1854. Mary married Jeff McLemore in 1864. Descendants live in Texas.