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Julian Edgar Watkins

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Julian Edgar Watkins

Birth
Linden, Marengo County, Alabama, USA
Death
3 May 1936 (aged 78)
Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, USA
Burial
Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.3897028, Longitude: -96.1005222
Plot
A-018-12A-03A
Memorial ID
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Historical Marker 9408

Navasota, Texas

Erected 1974

At the NE corner of Holland St. and Brewer St.


In the late 1800s, two brothers named Steele had large cotton operations near Navasota, at Allen Farm, and residences diagonally across this corner from each other. A. G. Steele (1853-1900) and wife Etta had this late Victorian home built in 1896 by contractor J. E. Watkins. Eastlake architectural features embellish the porches and entrances. Descendants lived here until 1970. The house now (1974) is owned and preserved by Syd and Margaret Van Wagner. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1974


Listed in the National Register


Gravesite according to Navasota City records:

Buried: 5/3/1936

Plot Owner: Mrs. Emett Alley

Historical Marker 9408

Navasota, Texas

Erected 1974

At the NE corner of Holland St. and Brewer St.


In the late 1800s, two brothers named Steele had large cotton operations near Navasota, at Allen Farm, and residences diagonally across this corner from each other. A. G. Steele (1853-1900) and wife Etta had this late Victorian home built in 1896 by contractor J. E. Watkins. Eastlake architectural features embellish the porches and entrances. Descendants lived here until 1970. The house now (1974) is owned and preserved by Syd and Margaret Van Wagner. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1974


Listed in the National Register


Gravesite according to Navasota City records:

Buried: 5/3/1936

Plot Owner: Mrs. Emett Alley



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