Charles Nephi Watkins (1855–1896) was the second principal of Bannock Academy, the institution that is today

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. Watkins was born in England. As a child, his family moved to

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. His father died in St. Louis; after his mother remarried, the family moved to

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in the early 1870s. In 1884, Watkins married Emily Horsley in the

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. He served as principal of Bannock Academy from 1891 to 1894 and remained a teacher there until his death.

Sources

BYU-Idaho bio of Watkins
1855 births English Latter Day Saints English emigrants to the United States Presidents of Brigham Young University–Idaho 1896 deaths {{US-academic-administrator-1850s-stub