Frances , "Fannie" Watkins, was the descendant of early American settlers and American Revolutionary War soldiers, Major Levi Gaylord (1762-1846) and his father, Capt Levi Gaylord ( 1730-1795) of the Connecticut Militia as well as descendant of War of 1812 veteran, Truman Watkins of the Ohio Regulars. She married Riley Bartholomew of Ashtabula Co. Ohio, descendant of another long line of American pioneers and patriots in 1829. This couple started a family in Ohio, but soon moved West as the frontier expanded in the 19th century. They ended up in Minnesota territory at a pre-empted homestead near Fort Snelling, on Wood Lake in Hennepin County, in what became the later settlement of Richfield, Minnesota. Their homestead farm remained in the family until 1960 s when it became the site of the Richfield History Center, with their farmstead recognized as a state and nationally significant historic site.
Fannie and Riley and their four children, survived to celebrate the couple's 60th wedding anniversary at this same homestead.
Riley predeceased Fannie . After her death in 1899, she joined him in Oak Hill Cemetery, which at that time was in Richfield, Minnesota.
Frances , "Fannie" Watkins, was the descendant of early American settlers and American Revolutionary War soldiers, Major Levi Gaylord (1762-1846) and his father, Capt Levi Gaylord ( 1730-1795) of the Connecticut Militia as well as descendant of War of 1812 veteran, Truman Watkins of the Ohio Regulars. She married Riley Bartholomew of Ashtabula Co. Ohio, descendant of another long line of American pioneers and patriots in 1829. This couple started a family in Ohio, but soon moved West as the frontier expanded in the 19th century. They ended up in Minnesota territory at a pre-empted homestead near Fort Snelling, on Wood Lake in Hennepin County, in what became the later settlement of Richfield, Minnesota. Their homestead farm remained in the family until 1960 s when it became the site of the Richfield History Center, with their farmstead recognized as a state and nationally significant historic site.
Fannie and Riley and their four children, survived to celebrate the couple's 60th wedding anniversary at this same homestead.
Riley predeceased Fannie . After her death in 1899, she joined him in Oak Hill Cemetery, which at that time was in Richfield, Minnesota.
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- Hennepin County Bartholomew or Watkins
- Minnesota Bartholomew or Watkins
- USA Bartholomew or Watkins
- Find a Grave Bartholomew or Watkins
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