Perkins

1. Amy Sue Perkins: Born 29 November 1963, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Married 17 December 1988, First Presbyterian Church, Arlington Heights, Cook, Illinois; Douglas Ward Strong: Born 4 September 1964, Joliet, Will, Illinois. (See Strong) On July 3rd, 1998 they had Charles Edward Strong. Amy was Valedictorian of West Leyden High School and was granted a BA in 1985 from Cornell College, majoring in History, English, & International Relations. She was also granted an MA in 1986 from American University in Washington DC. She majored in Secondary Education. Sources: Personal knowledge and papers.

2. Morrell "Perk" Duane Perkins: Born 20 October 1927, Hallsville, Boone, Missouri; Christened 19 or 20 July, 1951; Married 21 July 1951, Austin Methodist Church, Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Shirley Jean Johnson: Born 27 June 1931, Chicago, Cook, Illinois. (See Johnson)Perk and Shirley have three children: Penny Lee Perkins who Married James Stewart and had Jeffrey Allen and Robin Lee; Amy Sue Perkins who Married Douglas Ward Strong and had Charles Edward; and Michael Duane Perkins. Perk Served on the USS Token #126 in World War II. The USS Token was an auxiliary minesweeper. This ship served in the Pacific theater of operations. In February 2000, Perk wrote down the following recollections of his childhood:

Back in the middle to late 1930s as a young lad I played guitar for an old time fiddler by the name of Hub Fountain. I never knew his first name other than Hub and didn't know where he lived. I'm relatively sure it was somewhere between Centralia and Paris, Missouri. At that time my family lived near Hallsville, Missouri on a farm. Most every week around Friday someone in our neighborhood declared they would hold a square and round dance at their home on Saturday night. This was accomplished by removing furniture from two rooms in their home including rugs and carpets so those rooms would be completely empty for dancing. As most everyone went to their perspective small towns to shop for groceries on Saturday word of the dance would spread almost as swiftly as telephone or Internet would today. They especially would want to know who the fiddler and guitar player was going to be and next the caller who was going to call the different square dances. It was imperative in those days that the fiddler and anyone accompanying him had the very best timing that was available or they would not come to the dance. The fiddler Hub Fountain would request the Perkins boy from Hallsville to be his guitar player which pleased me very much. I suppose I exhibited a fair amount of talent and the crowd enjoyed our playing. The fiddler, Mr. Fountain and myself would sit in the doorway (between the rooms) and play for both rooms of dancers. The dancers would ask for their special fiddle tunes and request waltzes not to be played too fast. Before the evening was over the crowd would take up a collection and my portion would usually range from $30.00 to $50.00 for the night. The dance lasted from 8:00 in the evening until sun-up next morning most of the time. The fiddler Mr. Fountain would show up on time mostly and with a touch of rouge on his cheeks which added to the party atmosphere. As the night wore on and numerous nips of fire water were offered and consumed by the fiddler he would eventually try using a stick of chewing gum in place of the horsehair bow. Of course this had an adverse effect on the music being expelled from the violin and the crowd began to disappear a few at a time. That's when our family knew it was time for us to go home. The money I made seemed like a fortune in those days. This lasted a few years, then a family north of our area built a chicken house. In this family were several sons. After the chicken house was constructed the father decided to initiate their new building by holding a square dance. All of his sons were very talented musicians and they furnished the music. They had such a crowd and successful dance they decided that raising chickens would never be as lucrative. The flow of dancers slowly migrated from the farmhouses to the "Chicken Coop". After that I never saw a chicken on his farm. This dance hall became rather famous and was known as The Chicken Coop far and wide. Eight different sets of square dancers would be dancing at the same time. One night while I stood by the musicians platform the drummer was called away for something and I jumped on his seat right away without an invitation and was elated when one of the brothers looked at me and smiled, giving me a thumbs up. Believe me I felt a lot better. Then came the war in 1941 and I think most of the sons entered the service and all the good times came to a sudden stop.

In 1930, when Perk was three years old, his mother wrote the following poem for him:

O, the pleasure of his presence Just to have him every day Makes my life so very pleasant Cheers me all along the way Just his nearness, and his dearness And the brightness of his smile Makes me well content and happy And my life seems so worth while. I shall ne'r forget his birthtime On that bright October morn Heaven sent her sweetest blessing On the day that he was born May God help me guard my darling Help to guide his little feet Over all life's rugged pathway Keep him pure, and wondrous sweet. I can ask no greater blessing Than my darling little boy Just to know that he is near to me Always fills my heart with Joy He is always bright & cheerful Loving and obedient too as well And I love him, oh so dearly Just how much no words can tell. Mother

3. Ira Perkins: Born (May 20?) 1882, Unionville, Iowa (I can find no Unionville in IA); Died about 1950 out East?; Married then Divorced 1938; Nellie Mae Atkinson: Born 29 June 1887; Died 10? December 1970, Colorado. Nellie later Married Duke Moynahan who was the sheriff of Boone County, Missouri. Ira was a railroad man in Iowa. He was also a bee keeper. He was a dreamer who always had a scheme up his sleeve. When that scheme failed he would move on to the next story. Perk and Carroll both remember that they had cousins who lived out east. Shirley believes that Ira was living in the east when he died. Ira and Nellie had five children: Riley Perkins Married Roberta Stevenson and had Darrel Duane and Ethel Lee; Violet Jean "Jeannie" Perkins Married Bud Van Hafton; Carroll Gordon Perkins Married Rosemarie (Perkins) and had Thomas, and they were divorced and he Married Chrystine Carmak; Iola Perkins Married Mr. D'Allesandro; and Morrell Duane Perkins Married Shirley Jean Johnson. Sources: Personal knowledge and papers; recollections of Morrell and Carroll Perkins.

Nellie's Parents, Grandparents, and Great-Grandparents--

• I. Jesse (Jessy) Atkinson: Born 28 February 1854, England; Christened 4 May 1854, Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England; Died 1 January 1937, Hallsville, Missouri; Married Anna "Annie" Johnson: Born Ireland? Buried Eddyville, Wapello Co., Iowa. Jesse came to America from England with his family. Apparently his family decided that they did not like living in America. The family returned to England but Jesse remained with his aunt and uncle. Jesse was very good with money and was able to do all right through the depression because he owned several farms--two? in Iowa and one in Missouri. Perk recalled that one year, Jesse had a huge fallen log on his farm. It was covered with limbs and was too large for him to cut up and split. A couple of days before the Fourth of July he got a bright idea about what to do with it. He drilled out a section and either filled it with black powder or dynamite. He put in a fuse and plugged the hole. On the afternoon of the fourth he lit the fuse and ran back to the house. With a thunderous explosion the tree was split in half. Not long after, Hallsville's "banjo playing village idiot", Kurt Tucker, came running up. He had been in town, heard the explosion, and ran the three miles to the Atkinson farm to see what had blown up. Jesse's explosion was the talk of the town for months afterward. Several weeks later they found the plug about three hundred yards from where the log had exploded. Jesse and Annie had only one child: Nellie Mae Atkinson: Born 29 June 1887. Sources: recollections of Carroll, Morrell and Shirley Perkins; LDS records.
  • A. Thomas Atkinson: Married 27 May 1838, Saint Bartholomew Exchange, London, England; Elizabeth "Eliza" Sarah Gallaway: Christened 4 August 1815, Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England. Thomas and Eliza had six children: William Atkinson Christened 9 March 1846, Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England; Edwin Atkinson Christened 9 March 1846; Anna Atkinson Christened 9 March 1846; Jessy Atkinson Christened 4 May 1854 who Married Anna Johnson; Jane Mary Atkinson Christened 28 November 1860, Saint Peter, Saint Pancras, London, England; and Maryanne Atkinson Christened 5 December 1860. I am not positive that Thomas is Jesse's father. Sources: LDS records.
  • Sarah's Parents--
    • a. Robert Galloway: Married 25 April, 1813, Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England; Mary Tindall: Robert and Mary had eight children: Eleanor Gallaway, Christened 20 February, 1814, Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex, England; Eliza Gallaway, Christened 4 August 1815, who Married Thomas Atkinson; Susannah Galloway, Christened 5 October 1817; Jane Galloway, Christened 1 July 1821; Robert Hezekiah Gallaway, Christened 6 April 1823; Mary Gallaway, Christened 28 June 1824; Ann Galloway, Christened 19 April 1826; and Sarah Galloway, Christened 26 October 1828. Sources: LDS records.

Ira's Parents--

4. Wesley Lee Perkins: Born about 1849 and lived in Montgomery Co, Tennessee; Married 31 December 1869, Montgomery County, Tennesee; Viranda (Verandy) Emery (Emory, Emmery): Born about 1850, Tennessee. Carroll Perkins recolected that he only met Viranda one time. He described her as a little, old, dried-up woman who smoked a corn cob pipe. She apparently Died one day after eating a large meal and smoking her pipe. She simply fell asleep and never awakened. Wesley and Viranda had five children: Jesse Lee Perkins Born 1871; Hattie Bell Perkins Born 1873; Wesley Lee Perkins Jr. Born 1876 who Married Maggie May Stanfield; Wallace Perkins Born 1878; and Ira Perkins who Married Nellie Mae Atkinson. Sources: recollections of Carroll Perkins; LDS Records; 1870 Tennessee Census; Records in Clarksville Public library.

Viranda's Parents and Grandparents--

• I. James (Emory) Emery: Born about 1827 Tennessee; Married 17 May 1847, Montgomery County, Tennesee; Mary Russell: Born about 1827 Kentucky. James and Mary had four children: Amanda (Miranda) Emery Born 1842; Viranda Emery Born 1850 who Married Wesley Lee Perkins; Benjamin Emery Born 1852; and Edward Emery Born 1856. Sources: 1870 Tennessee Census; Records in Clarksville Public library.
• Mary's Parents--
  • A. Mr. Russell: Born about 1795; Rebecca (Russell): Born about 1797 Kentucky. Rebecca and her husband had five children: Benjamine Russell Born 1827; Adeline Russell Born 1834; Ellen Russell Born 1838; Nancy Russell Born 1840; Mary Russell Born 1827 who Married James Emery. Sources: 1870 Tennessee Census; Records in Clarksville Public library.

Wesley's Parents--

5. John M. Perkins: Born about 1822, Kentucky; Died probably Montgomery Co, Tennessee; Married 26 March 1840, Bracken, Kentucky; Frances E. Watson: Born about 1827, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia. They lived in Montgomery County, Tennessee. John and Frances had three children: James W. Perkins Born 1841; George G. Perkins Born 1846; and Wesley Lee Perkins Born 1849. Sources: LDS Records; 1870 Tennessee Census; (I am not 100% positive of the line beyond this point)

Frances' Parents--

6. James Richard Watson: Born about 1799, of Albemarle County, Virginia; Married Ann Meriwether Clark: James and Ann had four children: Frances E. Watson Born about 1827, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia; James Clark Watson Born 24 November 1830; Susan Watson Born about 1831; and John Watson Born about 1837. Sources: LDS Records;

7. James Craven Clark: Born 29 December 1785, Albemarle County, Virginia; Died 29 July 1854, Lincoln County, Missouri; Married 7 June 1808, Albemarle County, Virginia; Margaret Douglas Lewis: Born 9 July 1791, Virginia; Died 30 December 1844, Lincoln County, Missouri. (See Lewis) This marriage united the closely allied lines of the famous explorer's Louis and Clark. Louis was Margaret's uncle and Clark was James' uncle. Sources: LDS Records;

8. William Clark: Born 4 September 1760, of Albermarle, Virginia; Died 27 October 1800 Albemarle County, Virginia; Married 4 January 1782 Albemarle County, Virginia; Judith Woodsen Cheadle: Born 19 February 1758, Caroline, Virginia; Died 17 May 1789 Albemarle County, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;

Judith's Fathter and Grandparents--

• I. Tarleton Cheadle: Born Middlesex, Virginia; Died, Caroline, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;
  • A. Thomas Cheadle: Born Middlesex, Virginia; Married; Judith Woodson: Born Middlesex, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;

William's Parents--

9. Micajah Clark: Born 16 September 1718, Green Springs, Louisa, Virginia; Married October 1736 Louisa or Albemarle, Virginia; Judith Lewis Adams: Born October 1716, of New Kent, Virginia; Died Albemarle County, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;

Judith's Parents, Grandparents and Great-Grandparents--

• I. Robert Adams: Born 1685/1689, probably Goochland, Virginia; Died 17 June 1740 Fredricksville, Goochland, Virginia; Married 4 February 1712, Goochland, Virginia; Mourning Lewis: Born 1694, probably Henrico, Virginia; Died 1764/1765, Goochland, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;
• Mourning's Mother--
  • A. Ann Montgomery: Born, Albermarle, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;
• Robert's Father--
  • B. William Adams: Born 1627, James City County, Virginia; Died 1680 James City, Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;
    • a. Robert Adams: Born about 1601, England; Died Martin's Hundred, James City, Virginia; Married Miss Lewis. Sources: LDS Records;
    • Miss Lewis' Father--
      • i. John Lewis: Born England. Sources: LDS Records;

Micajah's Parents--

10. Christopher Clark: Born 1681, Somerton, Nansemond, Virginia; Died 28 May 1754, Louisa, Virginia; Married 1709, New Kent, Virginia; Penelope Johnston: Born 14 August 1684, of New Kent, Virginia; Died, New Kent, Virginia. (See Johnston) Sources: LDS Records;

11. Micajah Clark: Born 1659, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died Virginia; Married England; Sally Ann Moorman: Born 1662, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died Virginia. Sources: LDS Records;

Sally's Parents and Grandparents--

• I. Zachariah Moorman: Born 1619/1620, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died 1671, Nansemond, Virginia; Married 1657 "Callan Castle", Belfast, Antrim, Ireland; Mary Candler: Born 1621 Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died before 1669, Isle of Wight, England. Sources: LDS Records;
• Mary's Parents--
  • A. Lietenant Colonel William Candler: Born 1590/1600, of Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died Ireland; Married, England; Anne, Widow of John Villiers: Born about 1598, England. William also Married Anne or Elizabeth Anthony: Born 21 November 1591, Romsey, Hampshire, England. It is unclear if these are the same woman or which is Mary's mother. Sources: LDS Records;
• Zachariah's Parents--
  • B. Thomas Moorman: Born 1593, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England; Died 1640, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Sources: LDS Records;

Micajah's Parents--

12. Michael Clark: Born 1620, possibly Hampshire, England; Died 5 October 1678, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies; Married 1642, England; Margaret (Clark): Born 1614, England; Died January, Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies. Sources: LDS Records;

13. Edward Clarke: Born 1576, England; Married; Dianna (Haywood) Hayward: Born about 1580, England. Sources: LDS Records;

14. John Clarke: Born 1572/1573, Thriploe, Cambridgeshire, England; Died about 1624. Sources: LDS Records;

15. William Clarke: Born 1553, Stevenage, Hertsfordshire, England; Married 22 January 1570 Fowlmere, Cambridge, England; Margaret Walker: Born about 1553 Fowlmire, Cambridge, England. Sources: LDS Records;

16. Sir Thomas Clarke: Born about 1527, Stevenage, Hertsfordshire, England. Sources: LDS Records;