Studio portrait of the family of Alice Watkins Garrott: parents Sara N. Watkins and John W. Watkins; brothers Philip, John and Delbert; Alice and three of her four sisters: Elizabeth, Gertrude, Edith and Eva. Dr. Garrott earned degrees in Pharmacy and Dentistry at Howard University in Washington, D. C. before bringing his family to Los Angeles in 1901, becoming this city's first Negro dentist. After his first wife, Lillie Garrott, died in 1916, Dr. Garrott married Alice Watkins, who became a dentist.
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African American families Watkins, Elizabeth, b. 1884 Watkins, Sara N., b. 1860 Watkins, Delbert, 1899-1954 Watkins, Edith, b. 1985 Watkins, John W., 1858-1926 Watkins, Eva, b. 1897 Garrott, Alice Watkins, 1889-1985 Langman, Gertrude Watkins, b. 1892 Watkins, Philip, B. 1880 Watkins, John, b. 1882
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