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~cT 2 1937
	EX~SLA1fl~ AUTOBIOG~IU2HY ALICE HOUSTON, pioneer nurse and ntidwife 0x1 whom. many San ~x~gelo~ ~ns have relied ±‘or years, was born Ootober 2, l&59. She was a slave of Judge ~Ttm Watkths on his small »latitation in Eaïs County, near san Maroos, Texas and served as house girl to her mistress, Mra. Lilie Watkins i~or n~any years after the C iv il war . At M~S ~ Watkins ~ death she came with her husband, Jini HouatoxL, tO San Angelo, Texas where she has continued her servioes as nu~rae ta white families to the ~rea~ ent time.

S ~lioe relatea her slave day experiences as follows:

‘t! was ~ea‘ a little chile when dat Civil ~ar broke
o~it and l‘a had de bes.‘ white folks in de world. M~ ole