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Watkins had first met A. B. George, a native of Wilcox County in southern [[Alabama]], as a fellow student at Cumberland College, from which George graduated in 1850. He then came to Minden to work with his friend Watkins. George had also read law at night and was admitted to the bar in 1855 and joined Watkins in the formation of a law partnership. George was also a town alderman and from 1856 to 1858 the mayor of Minden, having succeeded W. Jasper Blackburn, a former newspaper editor who held Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat from 1868 to 1869. Like Blackburn, George was also an editor of a newspaper, ''The Minden Democrat,'' and like Watkins a district attorney, state senator, district judge, and delegate to the 1879 constitutional convention. George left Minden after his election to the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]].<ref name=mindenmem/>

Watkins had first met A. B. George, a native of Wilcox County in southern [[Alabama]], as a fellow student at Cumberland College, from which George graduated in 1850. He then came to Minden to work with his friend Watkins. George had also read law at night and was admitted to the bar in 1855 and joined Watkins in the formation of a law partnership. George was also a town alderman and from 1856 to 1858 the mayor of Minden, having succeeded W. Jasper Blackburn, a former newspaper editor who held Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat from 1868 to 1869. Like Blackburn, George was also an editor of a newspaper, ''The Minden Democrat,'' and like Watkins a district attorney, state senator, district judge, and delegate to the 1879 constitutional convention. George left Minden after his election to the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, based in [[Shreveport]].<ref name=mindenmem/>

Watkins was married to the former Mahala Flora Morrow (1834-1899), a native of Walton County in north central [[Georgia]]. In addition to John T. Watkins, the couple had a second son, L. K. Watkins, also a lawyer and member of the Minden City Council, who was in practice with his father near the end of the latter's career.<ref name=mrswatkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57058216|title=Mahala Flora Morrow Watkins|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

Watkins was married to the former Mahala Flora Morrow (1834-1899), a native of Walton County in north central [[Georgia]]. In addition to John T. Watkins, the couple had a second son, [[Lynn Kyle Watkins]], also a lawyer and member of the Minden City Council, who was in practice with his father near the end of the latter's career.<ref name=mrswatkins>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=57058216|title=Mahala Flora Morrow Watkins|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

Watkins was a [[Methodist]]; Mrs. Watkins, [[Southern Baptist]].<ref name=bio/> The couple is interred at the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=mrswatkins/>

Watkins was a [[Methodist]]; Mrs. Watkins, [[Southern Baptist]].<ref name=bio/> The couple is interred at the historic Minden Cemetery.<ref name=mrswatkins/>