PERKINS family HARLAN PERRY Co. KY, LEE Co. VA

Searching for information about my PERKINS family from Harlan and Perry county KY and Lee Co. VA

my web page is  http://wmdangilbert.web.officelive.com/perkins.aspx

1.       Amos J. Perkins b. ca 1815-23 [[1870 census shows b 1815-16; 1850 census puts birth at 1823], m Elizabeth (Pierce ?, Eckler?), B. 1829-33 in Virginia [1850 census birth 1829-30;  1870 census would put b. ca 1832-33] Amos was a tailor in the 1860 US Census

2.i.    Nancy, 13 b. ca. 1829-1837; [also does not appear in 1860 this household, probably married, as she would be 23 in 1860

Interestingly, if Amos was born ca. 1815 this Nancy would be born when Amos was about 22 yr old, however if it is correct that Elizabeth earliest birth was 1829, then Elizabeth would be only 8 yr old at Nancy’s birth.  [Dan Gilbert assumes this Nancy is Amos’ daughter from a previous marriage.]

2.1   Margaret E. Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca.  1852-57

2.ii.   Irena [Arena] E. Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca.  1850-52

2.iii   Willis [Willie] Frank Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca.  1854-59,

2.iv.  Lorenzo [Loranda/ Loranza/ Lorenzy]   D.  [Dow ?, Dowell ?] Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca. 1858-61

2.v    William D. Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca.. 1863

2.vi.  Cynthia A. Perkins (Amos J. ) b. ca. 1864-66

2.vii. Ambrose (Ambers) S. Perkins (Amos J. ) b. VA, Jan. 1869 m. 1889, Martha Pendergrass [penegraph] b. VA, ca. 1869-70 or [b. ca. 1876 ]– d 1945

[Martha daughter of Ara Pendergrass and Sara Rutherford (Relaford) Pendergrass, Martha’s brothers and sisters were Vesta Pendergrass who m. Whitten McConnel; Lisa Pendergrass m. Bob Rogers; Andy Pendergrass, Octavia Pendergrass, Hattie Pendergrass.]

2.vii Ambrose children are:

       3.i. James ‘Jim’ E. Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) JUN. 11, 1890 - AUG. 30, 1968 m ALICE PERKINS, OCT. 9, 1907 - NOV. 15, 1968 lived around Evarts in Harlan co KY

       3.ii. Joseph Ira Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) DATE OF BIRTH: 09/24/1892 DATE OF DEATH: 09/22/1962 , lived Hazard, Perry Co., PVT US ARMY BURIED AT: SECTION 43  SITE 2607 at ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ARLINGTON, VA, married in Wise Co., VA 7/7/1920 America Ellen Shepherd b. 1906 KY, dau of Will Shepherd and Ina Shepherd; occupation Laborer coal mine [?possibility?  An America E. Perkins died 5 April 1988 in Monroe Co. KY]

    3.iii. George Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b. 1895 lived in Baltimore, MD m. Martha, m. Bertha Tyree [Bertha had a brother named Willis Tyree who lived in Letcher Co. KY in 1980s, Dan Gilbert knew him] George frequently came to KY on vacation. He would stop first in Harlan Co to Visit Hollie and family, then take them in his BIG car to visit Burlin ‘Bird’ and Eurada, and then to Perry Co to visit Joe where they would stay about a week. Lived in a ‘fine big house’ in MD, wore  ‘Banker Suits’. Wife rarely if ever came in, brought his daughter once.

.......4.i. Haskell Perkins
.......4.ii. Margaret Perkins

    3.iv. Tanh (Temp, Tempy) Ethel Perkins Griffith, (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b. 1899 [or 1892-see 1900 census], m. Hardin [Griffie] Griffith, lived Hazard, Perry Co., KY. Had tuberculosis, may have been hospitalized, martina says thought she died young.

   3.v. Dewey Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b 1898 d. 7 July 1972 age 74, perry Co., KY m. Linnie? Lothair, Ky. [? in 1918 a Dewey Perkins Married Lena Maggard in Letcher County, KY]

        4.i.    Agnes, 12-03-1922  to  01-30-1923

        4.ii.  Aaron, 06-21-1923  to  12-29-1923

        4.iii Charles Perkins m. Doshia Sizemore

        4.iv  Arnold Perkins 

   3.vi.   Richard Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ). B. 1904 d. 23 Jan 1925, Blackey, Letcher Co, KY

   3.vii.  Burlin “Byrd” Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b. c. 1910 [1903-21] [? D. 20 April  1989 Harlan Co., KY at age 78?], wife Eurada McMillan, lived around Verda, Harlan County

   3. viii  Curtis Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b 1908 d.ca 1925 killed in a coal mine accident at age 16

   3.x. Hollie [Hollis] Mae Perkins (Ambrose S., Amos J. ) b April 15, 1905 or [ 16 Jul 1906 according to SS records], died 7 Mar 1994 Buried Evarts Memorial Gardens, Evarts, KY

 Hollie m.  Myrtle Hightower b.  September 15, 1906/09 - died Aug. 16, 2004 Harlan Co., KY, buried Evarts Memorial Gardens, Evarts, KY. lived at LeJunior when she m in Harlan County September 1924, Pleas Brim, b.  Mar. 21, 1882 d. Apr. 24, 1944 at ‘Florida Addition,' Evarts, Harlan Co, KY. Pleas is Buried Powers Cemetery  Nevisdale Whitley County Kentucky. Both lived at Kenvir when marr. License obtained.