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Several Children of George W. and Catherine

The following information on several children of George W. and Catherine Watlington--Sterling M. Watlington, Susan Watlington, and Frank Wallace Watlington--is used as found in Mary Watlington Wolford's booklet: Watlingtons of Dinwiddie Co., Va., and Madison Co., Tenn. [2]. These were families she and our cousin Hildred Watlington Walker had researched carefully. Hildred was a granddaughter of Sterling M., and Mary is a granddaughter of Frank Wallace Watlington. Other valuable information on the Watlingtons is also included in her booklet. Mary Wolford and her sister, Margaret Watlington both live in Oklahoma City, Okla. This material is used with her permission.

Sterling Malachi Watlington, b. Dec. 25, 1832, d. Aug. 27, 1921,
m. May 24, 1866, Catherine Croom
1. Susan Catherine Watlington, b. April 6, 1867, d. May 30, 1954
  m. June 1, 1890, Thomas C. Stewart
  (b. June 19, 1862, d. Jan. 7, 1951)
  1. Willie Carl Stewart, b. Aug. 31, 1891, d. Sept. 3, 1891
  2. Nell Ione Stewart, b. Aug. 6, 1893, d. April 8, 1974,
    m. Dec. 26, 1921, John W. Hasson (d. Oct. 11, 1972)
    1. Anna Kathryn Hasson, b. Dec. 7, 1923,
      m. Oct. 3, 1942, Paul Davidson Mayo, in Minton, Ala.
      - Kathryn Mayo, b. Jan. 24, 1946,
        m. Sept. 30, 1967, Ralph Hardy Jr.
        David Hardy, b. April, 1971
        Stewart Hardy, b. Mar. 18, 1973
      - Mary Nell Mayo, b. May 24, 1949
  3. Minnie Grace Stewart, b. Dec. 21, 1895, d. Feb. 24, 1989,
    m. Dec. 23, 1914, Ernest Moore, (d. July 13, 1962)
    Living 1988, Selma, Alabama
  4. Thomas C. Stewart, b. Jan. 5, 1903,
    m. June 14, 1930, Gladys Lucile McKennie
    (b. June 14, 1907, d. Oct. 30, 1981)
    1. Mary Llanette Stewart, b. Feb. 1, 1943,
      m. Apr. 18, 1964, Stephen Paul Minhinnette
      - Stephen Paul, b. May 19, 1967
      - Julia Llanette, b. April 23, 1969
      - James Stewart, b. Nov. 3, 1971
2. Minnie V. Watlington, b. March 7, 1869, d. Jan. 26, 1903,
  m. Oct. 8, 1899, George Norwood
  1. Minnie Norine Norwood, b. Jan. 13, 1903
3. Boneparte Frank Watlington, b. Sept. 28, 1871, d. 1946
  m. July 26, 1903, Lessie Pearl Haynes
  (b. Sept. 21, 1888, d. Dec. 24, 1974)
  pd. Pinson, Tenn., pb. Big Springs Cemetery
  1. Gladys Lucile Watlington, b. Oct. 27, 1904, d. Oct. 24, 1974,
    m. (1) Mar. 4, 1926, William Frederick Cravens
    m. (2) Aug. 4, 1928, George Edward McCaskill
  2. Ruby Catherine Watlington, b. July 4, 1907,
    m. (1) Mar. 8, 1925, James McCoy Reid
    1. Al Reid
      m. dau. of Annie Lee Collie
    2. James Reid
      m. dau. of May Robbins & Caleb Collie
    m. (2) Sept. 21, 1946, Morris Hugh Parish
    1. Ann Parish
      m. (1) Hansel Peddy
      - Diane Peddy, b. Dec. 23, 1968
      - Mark Peddy, b. Aug. 10, 1971
      - Brant Peddy, b. Jan. 11, 1975
      m. (2) June 12, 1988, Harold Maness
  3. Lucy Hildred Watlington, b. July 31, 1910,
    m. October 1929, James Carroll Walker
    (pd. Selmer, Tenn.)
    Hildred Watlington Walker established the first DAR membership on William Watlington of Dinwiddie County, Va. He is her great-great-grandfather who served as a Deputy Commissary of Provisions in March, 1781, in Brunswick County, Virginia.
4. Mary Emma Watlington, b. Dec. 13, 1874, d. Dec. 10, 1887
5. Halbert Ditzler Watlington, b. Nov. 30, 1878, d. ca. 1977
  m. Aug. 10, 1900, Iva S. Diamond
  1. Diamond Watlington
6. Nettie Flowers Watlington, b. Dec. 6, 1881
  m. Sept. 26, 1899, Leon Allen McGill
  (b. Dec. 1885, d. July 1948)
  1. Sterling Raymond McGill, b. July 8, 1900,
    m. Ann
    d. 1965 (Raymond and Ann killed in a car wreck.)
  2. Nettie Floy McGill, b. Sept. 19, 1904, d. May 6, 1986
    m. ca. 1920, Samuel Fenner Sewell
    (b. July 18, 1900, d. Jan. 13, 1936)
    1. Peggy Jean Sewell, b. May 29, 1930,
      m. Frederick Wigel
      (b. Dec. 10, 1915, d. Aug. 31, 1977)
      - Floy Elizabeth Wigel (Adopted), b. May 2, 1957
  3. Lowell Manley McGill, b. March 3, 1910, d. ca. 1987-88
    m. Rena Davis
    1. Charles McGill
    2. Bobbie McGill
Sarah Ann (Susan) Watlington,
b. March 8, 1818, Knox County, Tenn., d. Dec. 7, 1891,
pb. Big Springs Cemetery on the lot of Frank W. Watlington Susan did not marry and remained at home with her brothers, Sterling and Frank. After her father died and her brothers married, she lived with them.
Francis (Frank, Franklin) Wallace Watlington, b. Nov. 9, 1835 Madison Co., Tenn., d. July 30, 1910, Madison Co., pb. Big Springs Cemetery,
m. May 1, 1867, Mary Jane Anderson
(b. Nov. 12, 1844, Tenn., d. Jan. 4, 1929)
Frank Wallace Watlington, merchant, farmer and postmaster of Pinson, Tenn., was born November 9, 1835 in Madison County. His parents, George Washington Watlington and Catherine Tabler, were natives of Dinwiddie County Virginia, where they were married. They came to Tennessee and located first near Knoxville, Tenn. About 1828 they came to West Tennessee, locating in 1830 near Pinson where they engaged in the agricultural pursuits til their deaths in 1866 and 1865, respectfully. He remained at home until the death of his parents, and in 1867, he married Mary Jane Anderson, a native of Madison Co. He then followed the carpenter trade a few years, after which he followed farming til 1873--when he moved to Pinson and embarked in the mercantile trade. To Frank W. and Mary Jane one child, a son William Franklin, was born, one of Pinsons most promising young men.
Frank W. has a tract of 300 Acres of land near Pinson and a residence in the village, also half interest in the large brick store. He was a Justice of the Peace and a Notary Public for several years, and a member of the Masons. He and his family are members of the Methodist Church.

-- From Goodspeed's History of Tennessee[14, p. 911,]
1. William Frank Watlington b. May 7, 1868, Big Springs, d. April 20. 1938, Jackson, Tenn., pb. Big Springs Cemetery
  m. Feb. 25, 1900, Jackson, Tenn., Martha Ruby VanTreese
  (b. June 25, 1880, d. Feb. 1, 1963, Memphis, Tenn.)
  1. Mary Watlington, b. Mar. 5, 1902, Pinson, Tenn.
    m. Feb. 15, 1923, Russell Smith Wolford
    (b. July 3, 1897, Chapin, Ill., d. Sept. 20, 1980, Oklahoma City, pb. Memorial Park Cemetery) Mary Watlington Wolford attended school at Pinson, Memphis Conference Female Institute (precursor of Lambuth University) in Jackson, and later Middle Tennessee State Normal at Murfreesboro, Tenn.
    1. Thomas Macon Wolford, b. Nov. 11, 1928, Okla. City, d. Aug. 12, 1936, Okla. City
    2. Lynnda Lee Wolford, b. April 16, 1938, Okla. City, d. Jan. 31, 1994,
      m. Feb. 20, 1960, Stanley Edward Porch
      (b. Sept. 23, 1935, Okla. City, d. Nov. 8, 1993)
      Lynnda graduated from Okla. City Classen High School and Oklahoma University with FBI in Painting. After receiving a Teachers Certificate she taught in Westminister Private School.
      - Lynn Chappell Porch b. Nov, 22, 1960, Okla. City
        m. Oct. 25, 1986, James David Hardaway
        (b. May 30, 1957, Dallas Texas)
      - Edward Theodore Porch, b. June 29, 1968, Okla. City
  2. Frank Hays Watlington, b. Dec. 21, 1908, Pinson, Tenn., d. Nov. 7, 1975, Venice, Fla.
    m. Oct. 26, 1946, Leila Hyde, in Memphis, Tenn.
    (b. April 2, 1908, West Bend, Ind., d. Mar. 28, 1988, Venice, Fla.)
    Hays and Leila are buried on the family lot at Big Springs. After High School, Hays attended Lambuth College at Jackson, Tenn. About 1955, Hays and Leila moved to Venice, Fla., where he established a real estate business. She was an artist and accomplished pianist.
  3. Margaret Macon Watlington,
    b. Jan. 26, 1912, Pinson, Tenn.
    Soon after graduating from Jackson High School, Margaret entered St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing in Memphis, Tenn. She graduated with an R.N. degree and later from Vanderbilt University in Nashville with a B.S. degree in Public Health. Starting as a Red Cross nurse, Margaret was later inducted into the U.S. Army. She served at Fort Blanding, Hawaii and Guam for the duration of the war. After the war she entered Virginia Medical College School of Physical Therapy, with special training at Mass. General Hospital and Warm Springs, Georgia. Margaret received a degree from Virginia Medical College. In 1966, Margaret moved to Oklahoma City, Okla. and was appointed to the staff of the Physical Therapy Department of the Vererans Adm. Hospital.
  4. William Francis Watlington,
    b. June 21, 1916, in Pinson, Tenn.
    m. April 26, 1958, Mildred Southward, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
    (b. Aug. 2, 1926, Brooklyn, N.Y., d. Feb. 25, 1989, Atlanta, Ga.)
    1. Jody Ann Watlington (Adopted),
      b. Jan. 30, 1963, Miami, Fla.,
      m. Feb. 7, 1987, Phillip Preston Wood
      (b. Oct. 18, 1962, Marrietta, Ga.)

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