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WATKINS, James Morgan

City: Nashville

WATKINS, James Morgan, Associate General Agent of Masachusetts /sic/ Mutual Life Insurance Company; born Meridian, Miss, July 3, 1886; son Edmond and Idelette (Dial) WATWINS; Welsh-English descent; graduate Princeton University B.A. 1908; member Elm Club, Princeton, member Mountain City Club, Chattanooga, member Chattanooga Golf and Country Club, member of Hermitage Club, Nashville, member ‘Varsity Baseball squad 1906-07; 1908 entered insurance field and 1910 made Associate General Agent for Southern Mississippi and Middle Alabama; Jan. 1, 1911, moved to Nashville to become associated with the General Agency work of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. Co. in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama.

Note: Parents’ last name, although accurately transcribed, is likely an error.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.