{"id":224,"date":"2015-11-06T23:28:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T23:28:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-01-11T20:03:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T20:03:48","slug":"william-watkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighamcityhistory.org\/people\/william-watkins\/","title":{"rendered":"William Watkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<caption>&#8220;Notes&#8221;<\/caption>\n<tr>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>honorific_prefix<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>name<\/th>\n<td>William L. 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