Charles C. Watkins

• Name	Charles C. Watkins
  Gender	Male
  Newspaper	14 Jan 1921	Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA   [1]
  Charlie WATKINS charged with shooting with intent to kill his wife, Clara WATKINS and brother in law, Connor BURRESS, was released (more...)
  Person ID	P1027	Burress Genealogy of Virginia

  
  

  Wife	Clara Lula Burress           b. 22 Aug 1880, Tazewell County, Virginia           d. 10 Jan 1921, Mercer County, West Virginia  (Age 40 years)
  Married	After 1898
  Family ID	F1264	Group Sheet

  
  

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  		Newspaper - Charlie WATKINS charged with shooting with intent to kill his wife, Clara WATKINS and brother in law, Connor BURRESS, was released (more...) - 14 Jan 1921 - Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S-1444881199] Newspaper Notice, Clinch Valley News, In the Clinch Valley Newspaper Tazewell Virginia, 14 Jan 1921. Bluefield, West Virginia, January 10 - Charlie WATKINS charged with shooting with intent to kill his wife, Clara WATKINS and brother in law, Connor BURRESS, was released today under a five thousand dollar bond pending preliminary hearing. The shooting occurred at an early hour Sunday Morning at WATKINS home in this city. The woman was shot through the body and is in a critical condition at the local hospital. BURRESS was shot through the right arm. Another shot passed through the lapel of his coat and glanced under his chin, severing the skin of his throat. BURRESS was recently tried in Tazewell County, Va. for the murder of Kelly HANCOCK, at Graham. Conflicting stories have been told by all the participants in the affair at the WATKINS house early Sunday morning.