Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Richard WATKINS, farming, Sec. 22; P. O. New Lenox; the subject of this sketch was born 
in Herefordshire, England, Feb. 12, 1826. He married Miss Catherine RUSSELL Oct. 10, 
1854; she was born in Herefordshire, England, Oct. 3, 1830; they had eleven children, 
nine living, viz., William J., Rosa, Richard, Annie I., Frank, Lillie J., Ellen K., 
John A. and Clara M. He lived in England twenty-one years, then came to the United 
States and settled in Ontario Co., N. Y., where he remained six years; he then came 
to Illinois and settled in Will Co.; in the spring of 1874, he settled on his present 
place, and has resided here since. He owns 107 acres in this township, which he has 
earned by his own labor, having started without any capital.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.