Ancestry of
DuBose Heyward

Author of Porgy (Porgy & Bess)

Edwin F. Watkins

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• • Great-grandfather of DuBose Heyward — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 10 
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  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Sep 1809 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
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  • Death Date:
  • 1 Feb 1858 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mildred B. Johnson
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  • Child:

  Louisa Watkins (Ahnentafel No:5 )

• Sources for Edwin F. Watkins

  • ¹ Federal Census, TN, Shelby County, 1850, Memphis Ward 4, Image 13 of 18.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 12/07/2020).
  • ³ South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1971, Death certificate for daughter Louisa Watkins Heyward.