Individual Details
Esther "Hester" Watkins
(11 Oct 1821 - 6 Apr 1851)
Events
| Birth | 11 Oct 1821 | Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States |  | ||
| Marriage | 11 Mar 1840 | Joy, Athens, Ohio, United States - Richard Austin Prouty |  | | |
| Census (family) | 1850 | maybe, Wisconsin, United States - Richard Austin Prouty | | ||
| Death | 6 Apr 1851 | Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Burial | Apr 1851 | near Black River (now Jackson Co.), Crawford, Wisconsin, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Austin Prouty (1820 - 1903) |
| Child | Mark C. Prouty (1840 - ) |
| Child | James William "Will" Prouty (1843 - 1915) |
| Child | Louisa Prouty (1845 - 1845) |
| Child | Cecilia Margaret "Cybil" Prouty (1847 - 1929) |
| Child | Martha Elizabeth Prouty (1850 - 1851) |
| Father | Matthew Watkins (1795 - 1868) |
| Mother | Lucy Alderman (1796 - 1824) |
| Sibling | William Watkins (1819 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Watkins (1823 - 1851) |
Notes
Marriage
Prouty & WatkinsI do hereby certify that on the 11th day of March AD 1840, Austin Prouty & Esther Watkins were legally united by me in the bands of wedlock given under my hand this day of April AD 1840 Sheldon Parker M.S.
1840 Mch 2nd
Census (family)
Supposedly went to Wisconsin about 1848 and was "near Black River" Wisconsin in 1851 when his wife, Esther Watkins, died.Burial
Esther is said to be buried "near Black River, Wisconsin." Jackson County was formed from Crawford County in 1853. Black River Falls became the county seatEndnotes
1. Haag, Robert., Watkins ancestry research papers. (Los Altos, CA: Robert Haag
2. "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 14 December 2013), Austin Prouty and Esther Watkins, 11 Mar 1840.
3. South, Richard Wendell., Family history and photographs of the Prouty Family as descended through Cecelia M Prouty Rush. History originally recorded by son of Charles Buchanan, grandson of Jeffrey and Rachel (Prouty) Buchanan. (West Point, Miss: Richard Wendell South, Nov. 2001.).
4. History of North Washington 'An Illustrated History of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan Counties, State of Washington' p.295 - Biography of Austin Prouty. (Western Historical Publishing Company, 1904.).