| 1. | Charles C. Watkins was born on 9 Jul 1878 in Larue, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census 1910: 1910, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
- Census 1920: 1920, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, USA
- Newspaper: 11 Jan 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Shooting of Wife Clara; Bluefield Daily Telegraph
- Newspaper: 14 Jan 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA; 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.
- Newspaper: 8 Nov 1921, Princeton, Mercer County, WV; Criminal Court Enters on Charles Watkins Case
- Newspaper: 10 Nov 1921, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV; Charles Watkins not guilty in shooting of wife Clara Burress Watkins
Charles married Clara Lula Burress in 1909 in Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. Clara (daughter of Benjamin Rush Burress and Emeline "Emma" Cox) was born on 22 Aug 1880 in Tazewell County, Virginia; died on 10 Jan 1921 in Mercer County, West Virginia; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Bluefield, Tazewell County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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