Father: Timothy Perkins
Mother: Mary Ann Sturgeon/Sturgell/Sturgill?
Spouse: Serilda J. Phillips? - b: ~1831 - KY
Child-1: Jacob Monroe (Jake) - b: 17/Feb/1855 - Gentry
Co., MO
d: 8/Mar/1932 - Grady Co., OK
m: Mary C. Miller - 1877/1878 - MO
2: Martin
L. - b: Mar/1858 - MO
d: 1922 - bur: Bean Cem., Rice Co., KS
m: Lourana or Lorena Sloan - 1879/1880 - MO
3: Emily
J. - b: 1859 - Kans. Terr. - d: ~1879
4: Mary
C. - b: Aug/1861 - MO
d: 1936 - bur: Scott County Cem., Scott Co., KS
m: David C. Sager - 17/Oct/1885 - Gentry Co., MO
5: Martha?
- b: 1864/1865 - MO
Biographical Details:
John H. Perkins was born on February 20, 1825, probably in Whitley County, Kentucky, however, he evidently moved to Illinois as a small child with his parents, Timothy and Mary Ann Perkins, and then later to Missouri, perhaps, about 1844 or 1845. The exact identity of his wife remains uncertain, but in civil and census records she is identified as Serilda J. Perkins. (Circumstantial evidence derived from corresponding population schedules suggests that her maiden name may have been "Phillips", but this is entirely speculative.) It would seem clear that they must have been married in the late 1840's, very likely in Missouri, but this is not known with any certainty. In any case, in September and October of 1856, two land patents were granted in the name of Serilda J. Perkins for a total of eighty acres in Gentry County.1 Subsequently, a patent for an additional forty acres was granted to John H. Perkins on October 1, 1859.2 These three patents defined a continuous tract of one hundred and twenty acres located about three and one half miles south southwest of the present town of Stanberry. Presumably, John and Serilda lived at this location during the 1850's; however, they evidently sold this property since a plat map of Gentry County published in 1877 indicates that this parcel was then owned by J. Hurd.3 Indeed, as indicated by the population schedule of the 1859 Kansas Territorial Census, in 1857 John and Serilda Perkins settled in Bourbon County, Kansas Territory, near close relatives. Concomitantly, the household of John H. Perkins appeared in the population schedule of the 1860 US Census for Bourbon County and included in addition to John and Serilda themselves, three children, viz., Jacob, Martin, and Emily J. Furthermore, it is clear that they were living in close proximity to the families of John's brother, Solomon, and two sisters, Rebecca and Mary Ann. Even so, as noted elsewhere, it is generally believed that these four families all left Bourbon County in the early 1860's and, although Solomon Perkins and his family evidently moved to southeastern Nebraska and Rebecca Perkins Harmon and most of her family moved to California, it is almost certain that John and Serilda Perkins and their children returned to Gentry County with the family of Lewis and Mary Ann Perkins Russell. Indeed, it is known that John H. Perkins served in the Civil War as a private in a Missouri Infantry Regiment loyal to the Union. This is supported by archived Missouri military records, which indicate that he first enlisted in Company E of the Thirty-first Regiment of Enrolled Missouri Militia at Albany on August 1, 1862. This unit was commanded by Captain George Kenyon, another early settler, and ordered into active service the following August 10th. Apparently, John was relieved from duty January 20, 1863, and presumably returned home. Subsequently, he enlisted in the Thirty-ninth Missouri Volunteer Infantry in Gentry County on November 22, 1864, and was mustered in the same day at St. Joseph.4 Although records are not clear, it is believed that, as before, he served in Company E. This Union regiment was organized in Hannibal, Missouri, in August and September of 1864 and consisted of volunteers from various northern Missouri counties.5 Three companies (A, G, and H) were present at the infamous Centralia Massacre, however, Company E was posted to Ralls County and, consequently, was not a victim of the atrocity at Centralia.6 Apparently, John H. Perkins remained in the regiment even after Company E was disbanded on March 20, 1865, and was officially mustered out two months later on May 17th at Benton Barracks (near St. Louis). After the close of the Civil War, he evidently again returned to his family in Gentry County. According to an original manuscript family register, John Perkins died in 1867, but the exact date was not recorded. He was buried in the Cooper Cemetery and his tombstone attests to his military service, viz., "Co. E., 39 Mo. Inf", but, again, no dates were included in the inscription.Source Notes and Citations:The household of John's widow, Serilda Perkins, appeared in the population schedule of the 1870 US Census for Gentry County and included two children, Martin and Mary, ages thirteen and nine, respectively. Two remaining children, Jacob and Emma, i.e., Emily, seem to have been living close by with neighbors, John and Mary A. Cogdill Phillips, who were also almost certainly their relatives. (Jacob's age was indicated incorrectly in the census as twenty-five, but Emma's age was indicated as ten and, more importantly, her birthplace was indicated as Kansas, which are both undoubtedly correct.) In addition, a small female child, Martha Perkins, aged five years, was living in the household of Miles and Eliza Perkins Cogdill. Although not definitively proven, considering the relationship existing between these families, it seems probable that she was also a daughter of John H. and Serilda Perkins. Nothing further is known of Serilda; however, Jacob Perkins, son of John H. and Serilda, married Mary C. Miller and remained in Gentry County until at least 1900, but by 1910 the family was living in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Within this context, the names of Jacob and Mary Perkins appear on the roll of charter members of the Island City Christian Church, which was organized in 1878. In addition, the name of Emily Perkins, who can probably be identified as Jacob's younger sister also appears. Moreover, in 1880 Martin Perkins, twenty-three years of age, was living with his wife, Lourana, and no children in Marion Township in Harrison County, Missouri, near the villages of Eagleville and Ridgeway. Accordingly, it seems plausible that he was the second son of John H. and Serilda Perkins; however, this remains to be conclusively proven. Even so, subsequent census and military records support this identification and futher indicate that Martin and Lourana Perkins moved with their two oldest children to Kansas about 1886.7
1a. The United States of America; Certificate No. 18,308; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Serilda J. Perkins of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Serilda J. Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for The South east quarter of the North east quarter of section twenty four in Township sixty two north of range thirty three west in the district of lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Serilda J. Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Serilda J. Perkins and to her heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Serilda J. Perkins and to her heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the First day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By H. E Baldwin asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 18308; MO, Vol. 469, pg. 192, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Sep 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))b. The United States of America; Certificate No. 17,460; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Serilda J. Perkins of Gentry County Missouri has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Serilda J. Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North East Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section Twenty four in Township Sixty Two, of Range Thirty Three, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Plattsburg Missouri containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tract has been purchased by the said Serilda J. Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said Serilda J. Perkins and to her heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said Serilda J. Perkins and to her heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, Franklin Pierce, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty first. By The President: Franklin Pierce; By A. S. H. White asst Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 17460; MO, Vol. 470, pg. 311, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1856. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.2. The United States of America; Certificate No. 22,921; To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas John H. Perkins of Gentry County, Missouri, has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Plattsburg whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said John H. Perkins according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled "An act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands," for the North East Quarter of the South East Quarter of Section Twenty Four in Township Sixty Two of Range Thirty Three in the District of Lands formerly subject to sale at Plattsburg now Boonville Missouri containing Forty acres according to the official plat of the Survey of the said Lands returned to the General Land Office by the Surveyor General, which said tracts have been purchased by the said John H. Perkins; Now know ye, that the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, and in conformity with the several acts of Congress in such case made and provided, Have Given and Granted, and by these presents Do Give and Grant, unto the said John H. Perkins and to his heirs, the said tracts above described: To have and to hold the same, together with all the rights, privileges, immunities, and appurtenances, of whatsoever nature, thereunto belonging, to the said John H. Perkins and to his heirs and assigns forever. In Testimony Whereof, I, James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, have caused these Letters to be made Patent, and the Seal of the General Land Office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand, at the City of Washington, the First day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Fifty Nine and of the Independence of the United States the Eighty Fourth. By The President: James Buchanan; By J. A. B. Leonard Secretary; J. N. Granger Recorder of the General Land Office (US Land Patent Certificate No. 22921; MO, Vol. 483, pg. 358, Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC, issued 1 Oct 1859. (BLM GLO Records, http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/default.aspx, 2016.))
back to bio.3. Edwards Brothers of Missouri, Historical Atlas of Gentry County, Missouri, Philadelphia, PA, 1877.
J. Hurd: 1) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; E½ of NE¼ - 80 acres. 2) Twp. 62 N; Rng. 33 W; Sec. 24; NE¼ of SE¼ - 40 acres.
back to bio.4. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll M390_37). (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)
John H. Perkins, Private, Thirty-ninth Regiment, Missouri Infantry
back to bio.5. 39th Regiment, Missouri Infantry - Organized at Hannibal, Mo., August 18 to September 30, 1864. Attached to District of St. Louis, Dept. of Missouri, to November, 1864. Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, to December, 1864. District of Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to January, 1865. District of Nashville, Tenn., Dept. of the Cumberland, January, 1865. District of St. Louis, Mo., to July, 1865.
SERVICE. - Scout duty and operating against guerrillas in Macon, Ralls, Pike, Monroe, Audrain, Callaway, Boone, Howard and Chariton Counties, Mo., September. Actions about Sidney, Ralls County, September 11-16 (Co. "D"). Companies "A" and "G" ordered to Paris September 14. Company "E" to Ralls County September 20. Companies "C" and "H" to Paris September 22. Company "D" to Macon September 23. Companies "B" and "I" to Macon September 24, and Company "F" to Macon September 25, 1864. Action with Anderson's guerrillas and massacre on North Missouri Railroad near Centralia September 27 (Cos. "A", "G" and "H"). March from Macon to Jefferson City, Mo., October 1-7. Defence of Jefferson City October 7-8. Moved to LaMine Bridge October 19-20, thence to Glasgow November 1-3, and duty there till December 13. Ordered to Nashville, Tenn., December 13, arriving there January 1, 1865. Return to St. Louis, Mo., January 4-9, 1865. Duty at Benton Barracks and in District of St. Louis, Mo., till July. Companies "A", "G" and "K" provost duty at Cape Girardeau, Mo., April 24 to July 6. Companies "D" and "E" at Glasgow and Company "B" at St. Genevieve. Scout from Glasgow to Perche Hills March 7-15, 1865 (Co. "D"). Company "H" provost duty at Benton Barracks. Companies "C", "E", "F" and "I" mustered out March 20, 1865. Regiment mustered out July 19, 1865
Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 64 Enlisted men by disease. Total 196. (Ronald A. Mosocco, "James River Publications Civil War Homepage", www.mosocco.com/missouri.html, 2004.)
back to bio.6. Shelby Foote, The Civil War, a Narrative - Vols. 1-3, Random House, New York, NY, 1974: pgs. 578-9.
"...ruthless attack on Centralia, fifty miles north of the capital, by a force of about 200 butternut guerillas under William Anderson, who bore and lived up to his nickname 'Bloody Bill.' A former lieutenant in William C. Quantrill's gang, of Lawrence and Fort Baxter fame, he had quarreled with his chief in Texas and returned to his old stomping ground, near the Missouri-Kansas border, along with other disaffected members of the band, including George Todd and David Pool, as well as Frank James and his seventeen-year-old brother Jesse. Clattering into Centralia at midday, September 27 ... they held up a stagecoach and an arriving train, killed two dozen unarmed soldiers aboard on furlough, along with two civilians who tried to hide valuables in their boots, and left hurriedly, with $3000 in greenbacks from the express car, when three troops of Union cavalry unexpectedly appeared and gave chase. Three miles out of town, the guerillas turned on their pursuers, who numbered 147, and shot dead or cut the throats of all but 23 who managed to escape on fast horses. "From this time forward I ask no quarter and give none," Anderson had announced on the square in Centralia, and then proceeded to prove he meant it, first in town and then out on the prairie." Actually, the Thirty-ninth Missouri Regiment was not a cavalry unit, but was instead "mounted infantry", the difference being that the infantrymen dismounted to fight, while cavalrymen remained mounted. Company G, recruited primarily from Shelby County, Missouri, was one of the three companies that were victimized in "The Centralia Massacre". (Lea Ann Oliver-Robertson (tr), Shelby County MOGenWeb Archives, www.rootsweb.com/~moshelby/cog39.htm, 2004.)
back to bio.7. Descendants of John H. and Serilda Perkins are attested by various census records and other independent sources:
First Generation
John H. Perkins, born 25 Feb 1826 in KY, died 1867 in Gentry County, MO, buried Cooper Cem. He married Serilda J. *****, born ~1831 in KY.
1. Jacob Monroe (Jake) Perkins*, born 17 Feb 1855 in Gentry Co., MO, died 8 Mar 1932 in Grady Co., OK; married ~1878, Mary Katherine Miller, born Oct 1858 in IL.*In the population schedule of the 1900 census Jan 1856 was indicated as the month and year that Jacob Perkins was born; however, information compiled by the Gentry County Historical Society and archived in the Carnegie Public Library at Albany, Missouri, asserts that his birth occurred on February 17, 1855. Moreover, the earlier date is more consistent with contemporaneous census records and, as such, will be accepted as correct.
2. Martin L. Perkins, born Mar 1858 in MO died 1922, buried Bean Cem., Rice Co., KS, married 1879/1880, Lourana or Lorena J. Sloan, born Jun 1860 in MO, died 1948, buried Bean Cem., Rice Co., KS.
3. Emily J. Perkins**, born 1859 in Kans. Terr., died ~1879.
4. Mary C. Perkins, born Aug 1861 in MO, died 1936 in KS, buried Scott County Cem., Scott Co., KS; married on 17 Oct 1885 in Gentry Co., MO, David C. Sager, born Apr 1863, died 1943, buried Scott County Cem., Scott Co., KS. They had Andrew, Nellie M., Retta M., Jessie D., Rosa B., Viola, Bertha L., John H., and Elsie L. Sager.
5. Martha Perkins**, born 1864/1865 in MO
**Emily Perkins was evidently living in 1878 when the Island City Christian Church was organized, but did not appear in the 1880 census, therefore, it is likely that she died about 1879. Concomitantly, it is not certain that Martha Perkins was the daughter of John and Serilda Perkins, but it seems very likely. In any case, it appears that they died as a young adult and small child, respectively, and it is further likely that they are buried in unmarked graves in the Cooper Cemetery.Second Generation
1. Jacob Monroe (Jake) Perkins and Mary Katherine Miller were the parents of seven surviving children all almost certainly born in Cooper Township in Gentry County, Missouri. Even so, it is apparent from census records that Jacob and Mary Perkins left Missouri after 1900 and, accordingly, in 1910 they were living with their children in McMaster Township, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Moreover, by 1920 the family had moved to Caddo County, Oklahoma. Apparently, Mary Miller Perkins died between 1920 and 1930 because census records of the latter year indicate that Jacob Perkins was a widower living in Grady County, Oklahoma, along with his in-laws, John P. and Bessie Cramer. (They had been married in Daviess County, Missouri, in September of 1897 and Bessie can be identified as the sister of Mary Miller Perkins.) Jacob Perkins died 1932 almost certainly in Grady County.
1-1. Mary J. or C. (Mollie) Perkins, born 25 Mar 1878 in Gentry Co., MO, died 22 Jan 1884 in Gentry Co., MO, buried Cooper Cemetery.#Frank Perkins was unmarried and living with his brother and sister-in-law, John William and Ida Bell Perkins, in Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1910. It seems evident that the third brother, Clarence, must have either been living in Oklahoma at this same time or settled in the state a few years later. Civil records indicate that the three brothers and their families left Oklahoma separately or together sometime in the 1930's and 1940's and migrated to California where they apparently remained for the rest of their lives. The wife of Frank Perkins was Bertrice Anderson, born October 28, 1903, according to social security records or October 21, 1902, according to archived California vital records, which further indicate her birthplace as Texas.
1-2. Ira Belle Perkins, born 20 Jul 1880 in Gentry Co., MO, died 18 Oct 1950 in Gentry Co., MO, buried High Ridge Cem., Stanberry, MO; married 23 Apr 1905 in Gentry Co., MO, John Wesley Kenyon, born 16 Aug 1869 in Gentry Co., MO, died 4 Feb 1954 in Cooper Twp., Gentry Co., MO, buried High Ridge Cem., Stanberry, MO.
1-3. John William Perkins, born 17 Mar 1883 in Gentry Co., MO, died 2 Jan 1960 at Armona, Kings Co., CA; married 3 Nov 1907 in Caddo Co., Okla. Terr., Ida Bell Lewis, born 29 Jan 1885 in Henry Co., MO, died 3 Jun 1974 at Hanford, Kings Co., CA. They had Mamie L, unnamed infant, and Minnie Ella Perkins.
1-4. Jesse Perkins, born 11 May 1886 in Gentry Co., MO, died 6 Aug 1886 in Gentry Co., MO, buried Cooper Cemetery.
1-5. Frank Perkins#, born 20 Jan 1890 in Gentry Co., MO, died 5 Dec 1979 at Rio Vista, Solano Co., CA; married on 21 Jun 1922 in Grady Co., OK, Beatrice (Bert) Anderson, born 28 Oct 1903 in OK or 21 Oct 1902 in TX, died 6 Aug 1965 at Lemoore, Kings Co., CA. They had Vernon F. and James Howard Perkins.
1-6. Clarence Perkins#*, born 24 May 1892 in Gentry Co., MO, died 27 Apr 1971 in Fresno Co., CA; married ~1914, May *****, but they evidently divorced about 1925. They had William T. (Bill) and George W. Perkins.
1-7. Della M. Perkins##, born 22 Jun 1896 in Gentry Co., MO, died 30 Oct 1957 in Grady Co., OK, buried in Fairview Cem.; married (1) on 17 Oct 1912 in Caddo Co., OK, William J. Webb, born ~1900. They had no children and evidently divorced; married (2) in 1917 at Wapanucka, Johnston Co., OK, Arris Jefferson Thompson, born 20 Jul 1882 in TX, died 21 Jan 1962 in Grady Co., OK, buried in Fairview Cem. They had Ira M., Thurman E., Harlus James, and Evelyn Pearl Thompson.
#*According to social security records, Clarence Perkins was born May 24, 1892, and died in April of 1971. His last residence was indicated as Pixley, Tulare Coounty, California. Archived California vital records indicate that he was born in 1893 and died in Fresno April 27, 1971. The earlier date is consistent with the population schedule of the 1900 US Census for Gentry County, Missouri, and, thus, is more likely correct. Concomitantly, census records of 1920 indicate that Clarence Perkins, his wife, May, and son, William, were living in West McKinley Township, Caddo County, Oklahoma, in close proximity to his parents, Jake (Jacob) and Mary Miller Perkins, who were then still living.##"Final rites were held Sunday afternoon for Mrs A. J. Thompson, 61, at the First Christian church in Tuttle, with Jerry Balke officiating. Mrs Thompson had been in failing health for quite some time. She died Thursday, Oct 31, at the family home in Park Addition, Tuttle. She was born 6/22/1896, in Missouri, as Della Mae Perkins. She married A.J. Thompson at Wapanucka, OK in 1917. They came to Grady county 39 years ago and had lived near and in Tuttle for 29 years. At an early age, she became a child of God and affiliated with the Christian church. A choir sang, "Abide With Me", "Does Jesus Care", & "God Will Take Care of You". Pallbearers were Clyde Jansen, Clyde Jones, Russell Hambleton, Joe Hartin, M.G. Singletary, & Lee Rex. Survivors are her husband of the home, a daughter, Miss Evelyn of the home, 3 sons, Ira & Hartus of Oklahoma City, & Thurman of the home, a step-son, Milas Thompson of Malaga, New Mexico, 3 brothers, John Perkins of Armona, Calif, and Frank & Clarence Perkins of Stratford, Calif, and 9 grandchildren. Interment was in Fairlawn cemetery, Tuttle, under direction of the Sowers funeral home." (obituary: Tuttle Times, Tuttle, OK, Thur., Nov. 7, 1957.)
a. The family of Jacob and Mary Miller Perkins are affirmed by census records. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 459A, (microfilm: roll T9_687; img. 249); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 270A, (microfilm roll - T623_855; img. 547); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Comanche County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 24B, (microfilm roll - T624_1248; img. 673); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Caddo County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 264B, (microfilm roll - T625_1453; img. 1038); & 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Grady County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 76A, (microfilm roll - T626_1904; img. 658).)
b. Register of Deaths, Gentry County, Albany, MO: pg. 7; No. 85, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 8988; img. 75)) & Permanent Record of Deaths, Gentry County, Albany, MO: pg. unk., (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 8988; img. 47)).
c. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll OK-1851609; imgs. 3194, 3196, & 3197).
d. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO: Bk. 6, pg. 163, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37664; img. 470)).
e. Marriage Records, Caddo County, Anadarko, OK: Bk. 3, pg. 194. (Caddo County OKGenWeb Archives, 2005.)
f. Marriage Records, Grady County, Chickasha, OK: Bk. 9, pg. 579.
g. Marriage Records, Caddo County, Anadarko, OK: Bk. 6, pg. 79.
h. Death Certificates, 1910-1956, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (Death Certificate No. 33181 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO & Death Certificate No. 4496 - Bureau of Vital Statistics, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, MO).
i. California Death Index, 1940-1997, Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, P. O. B. 942732, Sacramento, CA, 94234-7320. (Available online at www.ancestry.com).
j. K. Bovaird, N. Newman, E. Miller, B. Phillips, N. Summa, and R. Pierce, Once Upon a Railroad, Stanberry, Missouri 1879-1979, Inter-Collegiate Press, Shawnee Mission, KS, 1979: pg. 302.
k. List of Charter Members - Island City Christian Church, Centennial Homecoming Booklet - June 11, 1978, Stanberry, MO, unpublished.
l. Don Raymond,"High Ridge Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, 2005.)
m. Fairview Cemetery Cemetery, Grady County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=300002&CScn=Fairview&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2153&, continuously updated).
2. Martin L. Perkins and Lourana or Lorena J. Sloan were likely married either in Gentry or Harrison County, Missouri, about 1880. After leaving Missouri evidently in 1885 or 1886, it seems that Martin and Lorena Perkins first may have settled with their children in Scott County in far western Kansas. Subsequently, the Perkins family had by 1900 moved some distance eastward to Rice County, Kansas, and apparently remained at this location or in neighboring Stafford County throughout the first three decades of the twentieth century. Accordingly, Martin Perkins died in 1922, probably in Stafford County. According to subsequent census records, in 1930, Lorena Perkins was then living on Clinton Street in the village of Little River, Kansas, and in 1940 she was living with the family of her daughter and son-in-law, L. Arlo and Mabel Zent, in Medora Township in Reno County, Kansas.
2-1. George Leonard Perkins, born 19 Mar 1881 in Harrison Co., MO, died 5 Dec 1946 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE, buried Twin Falls Co., ID; married on 27 Aug 1902 in Rice Co., KS, Marion Shiells, born 15 May 1881, Whittonstall, Co. Northumberland, Eng., UK, died 1940, buried Sterling Cem., Rice Co., KS. They had Emma, Alice H., Francis V., Dorothy, Fay L., Ruth J., and Doris J. Perkins§"LYONS - Mrs Zola L Major, 88, died Sunday at the District Hospital, Lyons, after a long illness.
2-2. Izola Laurel Perkins§, born 19 Jun 1883 in Harrison Co., MO, died 29 Aug 1971 in Lyons, Rice Co., KS, buried Lyons Municipal Cem.; married 23 Jul 1902 in Galt Twp., Rice Co., KS, Jay Walter Major, born 19 Apr 1878 in TX, died 21 Apr 1967 in Rice Co., KS, buried Lyons Municipal Cem. They had Lucille and Fern Major.
2-3. Charlie Perkins, born 26 Mar 1885 in Clay Twp., Harrison Co., MO., apparently died prior to 1900.
2-4. Dorph Ruben Perkins§*, born 30 Jul 1887 in Scott Co., KS, died Jun 1967 in Twin Falls Co., ID, buried Sunset Memorial Park; married (1), Bertha *****, born 1895/1896 in KS. They had Gertrude and Junior Perkins; married (2) on 30 Apr 1927 in Oregon, Holt Co., MO, Mrs. Beatrice J. Erickson McCarty, born 1904 in MO, died 1988, buried Sunset Memorial Park, Twin Falls Co., ID. They had Beatrice M., Forest V., Dorothy, Dwight S., and LeRoy Perkins.
2-5. Jessie L. Perkins, born Jun 1891 in KS, died May 1972, buried Memorial Park Cem., Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS; married John Albert Wernet, born 1890/1891 in KS, died May 1946, buried Memorial Park Cem., Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS. They had Alberta M. Wernet and evidently divorced about 1933.
2-6. Alonzo (Lonnie) Martin Perkins, born 11 Oct 1893 in KS, died Sep 1968 in Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS, buried Bean Cem., Rice Co., KS; married Ora L. Smith, born 10 Sep 1896 in KS, died 9 Oct 1973, buried Bean Cem., Rice Co., KS. They had Ava J., Lois D., Floy F., and Dwayne O. Perkins.
2-7. Alfred Lloyd Perkins, born 18 Aug 1896 in KS, died 27 Aug 1976 in Logan Co., OK, buried Crescent Cem.; married 7 Apr 1921 in KS, Mabel L. Brayton, born Jul 1897 in NY. They had Keith, Kathleen, and Bette Jo Perkins.
2-8. Josie Perkins, born 1900/1901 in KS.
2-9. Mabel F. Perkins, born 1902/1903 in KS, died Jun 1992, buried Memorial Park Cem., Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS; married ~1928, Arlo L. Zent, born 1905/1906 in KS, died 5 Feb 2004 in Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS.buried Memorial Park Cem. They had Arlo L., Jr. and E. Max Zent.
2-10. Nellie LaVell Perkins, born 26 Nov 1906 in KS, died 20 Jul 1993, Multnomah Co., OR, buried Belcrest Memorial Park, Marion Co., OR; married ~1925, Ernest Guy Smyres, born 1904 in KS, died 1976, buried Belcrest Memorial Park, Marion Co., OR. They had Ernest Von and Delores Smyres.
She was born June 19, 1883 in Harrison County, Missouri and was married to J W Major July 23, 1902, at Galt. He died April 21, 1967. She was a lifelong resident of Lyons. She was a member of the Galt United Methodist Church.
Survivors include daughters, Mrs Lucille Peverly, Geneseo; Mrs Vern Wilkens, Lyons; brother, Alfred Perkins, Crescent, Okla.; sisters, Mrs Arlo Zent and Mrs Jessie Wernet, Hutchinson, Mrs Guy Smyer, Salem, Ore.; four grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren.
Funeral will be 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Crawford-Miller Mortuary, at Lyons; Rev. Don Moor. Burial will be in the Lyons Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the mortuary." (obituary: The Hutchinson News; Hutchinson, KS, Mon., Aug. 30, 1971.)§*The birth date of Dorph Ruben Perkins was erroneously recorded as 30 Jul 1896 when he registered for the draft in 1917; however, his age was indicated correctly as thirty, which is consistent with census and civil records. Moreover, he further stated that he had been born in Scott County, Kansas, which would imply that his parents moved from Missouri in 1885 or 1886. Within this context, it is known that David C. and Mary Perkins Sager (she was Martin Perkins' younger sister) settled in Scott County, some years later, viz., about 1903. Concomitantly, it appears that he used the name "Dorph" during childhood and adolescence, but went by "Ruben" in later life. Furthermore, it appears that his first marriage may have failed (or he abandoned the family) since in 1930, his two children, Gertrude and Junior, were living with relatives in Kansas, but he was living with his second wife, their children, and step-children in Holt County, Missouri. Subsequently, between 1935 and 1940 Ruben and Beatrice Perkins moved to Idaho with their children. They apparently moved contemporaneously (or nearly so) with his older brother and his wife, George L. and Marion Perkins.
n. Children of Martin and Lourana Sloan Perkins are affirmed by census records. (1880 US Census Population Schedule for Harrison County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 66A, (microfilm: roll T9_689; img. 7); 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Rice County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 232B, (microfilm roll - T623_497; img. 466); 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Rice County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 8B, (microfilm roll - T624_454; img. 466); & 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Stafford County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 77B, (microfilm roll - T625_552; img. 704).)
o. Permanent Record of Births, Harrison County, Bethany, MO: pg. unk., (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 2603; img. 138)).
p. World War I Draft Registration Cards, National Personnel Records Center, National Archives-Southeast Region, Morrow, GA, (microfilm: roll KS-1643823; img. 1049 & roll KS-1643854; imgs. 2100 & 2101).
q. Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Rice County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=424263&CScn=Lyons&CScntry=4&CSst=18&, continuously updated).
r. Sunset Memorial Park, Twin Falls County, Idaho (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=80651&CScn=Sunset+Memorial+Park&CScntry=4&CSst=15&CScnty=687&, continuously updated).
s. Crescent Cemetery, Logan County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=98239&CScn=Crescent&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2169&, continuously updated).
t. Belcrest Memorial Park, Marion County, Oregon (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=38570&CScn=Belcrest&CScntry=4&CSst=39&CScnty=2228&, continuously updated).
Third Generation
1-2. Ira Belle Perkins did not accompany her parents and siblings when they resettled in the Oklahoma Territory, but instead married John Wesley Kenyon in Gentry County in 1905. This suggests that the family of Jacob Perkins moved after this year, but before 1907 when the oldest son, John William, married in Caddo County. In any case, Ira Belle and John Kenyon remained in Gentry County and were the parents of six children.
1-2-1. Mary Inez Kenyon; married Raymond Leland Johnson.(1910 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 263B, (microfilm: roll T624_781; img. 526); 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 131B, (microfilm: roll T625_919; img. 833); 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 119A, (microfilm: roll T626_1188; img. 239); & 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 141B, (microfilm: roll T627_2106; img. 649).)
1-2-2. Jacob Wesley Kenyon; married Dorothy Luella Johnson.
1-2-3. Bessie Lorene Kenyon, born ~May 1909 in MO; married on 2 Jan 1934 in King City, Gentry Co., MO, George Russell Shinault, born 25 Jun 1904, died May 1983 in King City, Gentry Co., MO.
1-2-4. Ann Lucretia Kenyon, born 1911/1912 in MO; married (1) on 2 Mar 1932 in St. Joseph, Buchanan Co., MO, Glenn H. Trimmer, born 1901, died 1985, buried Cowan Cem., Holt Co., MO. They had Anita Belle, Thelma, and Sue Trimmer; married (2), Walter Snider.
1-2-5. Mollie Irene Kenyon§#, born 21 Apr 1913, died 1 Sep 1921, buried Cooper Cem., Gentry Co., MO.
1-2-6. Charlotte Kenyon§#, born ~Dec 1915 in MO. Evidently died as a young child.u. Marriage Records, Buchanan County, St. Joseph, MO: Bk. 50, pg. 487 (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 46220; img. 494)).
v. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO: Bk. 10, pg. 452, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37665; img. 463)).
w. Cowan Cemetery, Holt County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=28226&CScn=Cowan&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1440&, continuously updated).
x. Death Master File, Social Security Administration, Washington, DC, continuously updated.
§#The two youngest daughters, Mollie and Charlotte evidently did not survive to adulthood. Accordingly, both appear in the population schedule of 1920 as six years and four years and one month of age, respectively. Indeed, a stone set in Cooper Cemetery affirms that Mollie died at seven years of age as is also affirmed by family tradition. In contrast, it is not known when Charlotte died, although it is a reasonable presumption that she is also buried in Cooper Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
(unpublished notes )
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Additional Citations:
8. 1850 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 197B, (microfilm roll - M432_399; img. 383).9. 1860 US Census Population Schedule for Bourbon County, Kansas Territory, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 461, (microfilm: roll M653_346; img. 462).
10. 1870 US Census Population Schedule for Gentry County, Missouri, National Archives, Washington DC: pg. 577B, (microfilm: roll M593_776; img. 374).
11. Missouri Military Records Database, Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO, (record group: Off. of Adj. Gen., Rec. of serv. card, Civil War; box 65; reels s781 and s863).
12. Civil War Military Service Records, National Archives, Washington DC, (microfilm: roll roll M390_37). (Database searchable online at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service, www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm, 2004.)
13. Ben Glick,"Cooper Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, www.dropbox.com/sh/slhfvw5i4zjmxft/AACfXYga0yjMKuy-XKE2bcqLa/Cooper.pdf?dl=0, 2014.)
14. Don Raymond, "Cooper Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, 2002.); Terris C. Howard, "Cooper Cemetery", unpublished. (Gentry County MOGenWeb Archives, 2002.)
15. Cooper Cemetery, Gentry County, Missouri (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=28190&CScn=Cooper&CScntry=4&CSst=26&CScnty=1434&, continuously updated).
16. Russell-Perkins Family Record, unpublished MSS.
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17. Marriage Records, Gentry County, Albany, MO: Bk. 2, pg. 54, (Missouri State Archives, Office of the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, MO (microfilm: roll 37663; img. 53)).
18. Bean Cemetery Cemetery, Rice County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=91995&CScn=Bean&CScntry=4&CSst=18&&, continuously updated).
19. Scott County Cemetery Cemetery, Scott County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=93752&CScn=Scott+County&CScntry=4&CSst=18&, continuously updated).