The children of George W. and Catherine Tabler Watlington, who lived to adulthood are:
Several children indicated by the census records evidently died in childhood. We attempt in this and following chapters to consider the descendants of these representatives of the Second Generation of Watlingtons in West Tennessee.
William Tabler Watlington was the oldest living son who took over the cultivation of the George W. Watlington home farm, and the care of his parents in their later years. The home place became known as the ``Billie Watlington Place'' and William T. became a permanent fixture in the community. He was known as ``Uncle Billie'' to many and as ``Cousin Billie'' by even more among Oziers and Watlingtons. A portion of the home place was left by him to his daughter Sally who lived on it well into the 20th Century.
The ten children of William T. and Elizabeth Ozier made the presence of the family in the Third generation felt as the community recovered from the Civil War years. It is therefore very fitting that an article concerning his family lead this chapter. Mack Rob, our oral historian, who lived until Nov. 1937 knew well this family and had lived with them and his grandparents for part of his school years. They were cousins that were close kin through proximity as well as blood lines.