Family: William Carroll Napier/Jane Elizabeth Watkins (F37)  ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} 

• Father | Male William Carroll Napier

  
  

  Born	24 Sep 1824	Tennessee
  Died	05 Jan 1896
  Buried		Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Married	1844  [5]
  Other Spouse	Angeline Yeats | F273
  Married
  Father	Elias Wills Napier | F43 Group Sheet
  Mother	Judy | F43 Group Sheet

  
  

  Mother | Female Jane Elizabeth Watkins

  
  

  Born	11 Apr 1825	Tennessee
  Died	Sep 1909	St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  Buried
  Father	William E. Watkins | F64 Group Sheet
  Mother	Rebecca | F64 Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male > James Carroll Napier

  
  

  Born	09 Jun 1845	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Died	21 Apr 1940	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Buried	24 Apr 1940	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Nettie DeElla Langston | F38
  Married	02 Oct 1878	District of Columbia

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William Thomas Napier

  
  

  Born	abt. 1847	Tennessee
  Died	29 Dec 1851
  Buried		Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Child 3 | Male > Elias Watkins Napier

  
  

  Born	abt. 1849	Ohio
  Died	29 May 1898
  Buried		Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Molly B. | F235
  Married
  Spouse	Margaret "Maggie" E. Mitchell | F41
  Married	04 Apr 1876	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Child 4 | Male Henry Alonzo Napier

  
  

  Born	17 Jun 1851	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Died	16 Dec 1882
  Buried		Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

  
  

  Child 5 | Female > Ida M. Napier

  
  

  Born	02 Jan 1859	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Died	30 Oct 1937	St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri
  Buried		Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
  Spouse	Arthur D. Langston | F42
  Married	26 Dec 1878	Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

  
  

• Notes

  Jane and the children moved to Ohio in 1859 & returned to Nashville in 1861. However, the family is enumerated in tact in 1860 in Nashville. [6] Married: "Officially" married 30 Jun 1861. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S31] Black Nashville Blog, http://blacknashville.wordpress.com/.. http://blacknashville.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/city-items/ - mentions Jane as his mother - 18 Jan 1907. [S1] Profiles of African-Americans in Tennessee, Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History, (http://www.tnstate.edu/library/digital/digitizing.html). [S35] African-American History of Nashville, Tennessee, 1790-1930: elites and dilemmas, Lovettt, Bobby, (University of Arkansas, 1999). [S48] African-American business leaders : a biographical dictionary, John N. Ingham, (Greenwood Press, ©1994). [S47] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, Lovett, Bobby L., (The Southern Elite and Social Change, University of Arkansas Press, 2002), 73. they were married in a slave ceremony [S47] James Carroll Napier (1845 - 1940): From Plantation to the City, Lovett, Bobby L., (The Southern Elite and Social Change, University of Arkansas Press, 2002), 76.