AR Family Group Sheet for George W. (Rabun) PERRY Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted By: Margarette Ponds e-mail and/or snail mail: mponds@uswest.net FATHER: George W. (Rabun) PERRY birth: August 31, 1835 Fulton County, Georgia marriage: November 17, 1860, Panola County, MS1 other marriages: None known military service: November 23, 1863 to September 25, 1865, 2 U.S. Colored Light. Artillery2 death: January 7, 1894, Oppelo, Perry County, AR. Buried: Perry County, AR. Grave washed away in flood. father: Unknown RABUN, Georgia mother: Emmaline RABUN MOTHER: Martha Ann FERGUSON/WHITE/DYSON/GATES PERRY3 birth: , July 24, 1840, Richmond, VA marriage : November 17, 1860, Peach Creek, Panola County, MS other marriages: None death: May 18, 1926, Morrilton, Conway County, AR. Buried Oddfellows Cemetery under tombstone of George W. Perry. father: Thomas FERGUSON, Unknown mother: Hannah FERGUSON, Unknown, Richmond, VA. CHILD 1: William Wesley PERRY4 birth: September 15, 1861, Sardis, MS married: Georgia Ann WARD marriage: Unknown date, Arkansas other marriages: None death: 1943, St. Louis, Missouri CHILD 2: Hannah PERRY birth: 1863, Peach Creek, Panola County, MS married: N/A marriage: N/A other marriages: N/A death: 1863, Peach Creek, Panola County, MS CHILD 3: Ellen PERRY birth: 1867, Shelby County, TN married: Thomas ANDERSON marriage: other marriages: None death: February 14, 1913, Morrilton, Conway County, AR CHILD 4: Sarah Elizabeth PERRY5 birth: October 1, 1869, Shelby County, TN married: John H. CLARK marriage: other marriages: None death: October 30, 1958, Little Rock, AR. Buried: Morrilton, Conway County, AR, Oddfellows Cemetery CHILD 5: George PERRY birth: 1871, Shelby County, TN married: N/A marriage: N/A other marriages: N/A death: 1874, shelby County, TN CHILD 6: Emmaline PERRY6 birth: January 20, 1873, Shelby County, TN married: Edward LITTLE marriage: other marriages: Walter BENNETT (1896) death: March 7, 1960, Morrilton, Conway County, AR CHILD 7: Charles Baker PERRY7 birth: March 26, 1875, Shelby County, TN married: Vera BROWN marriage: March 4, 1896, Conway County, AR other marriages: Ada FRAZIER death: September 3, 1952, Seattle, WA, Buried in Conway Co., AR, Oddfellows Cemetery CHILD 8: Mattie A. PERRY8 birth: August 9, 1877, Shelby County, TN married: Logan CYRUS marriage: December 25, 1894 other marriages: William Henry BROWN June 1, 1901, Conway County, AR death: February 4, 1971, Morrilton, Conway County, AR CHILD 9: John Henry PERRY9 birth: December 31, 1881, Redemption, Perry County, AR married: Modean MCDANIEl marriage: other marriages: None death: November 17, 1919, Morrilton, AR NOTES: 1 Marriage noted in "Declaration for Widow's Pension" affidavit of May 4, 1908 dated by Pension Office on May 7, 1908. Richard Fitzgerrell performed ceremony at Peach Creek, Panola County, MS. 2 Discharge at Helena, Arkansas September 25, 1865, #21516. Payroll records of March 1864 through June 1865 for George Perry, USCT 2 L. Artillery, signed by A.D. Pratt. 3 Same as #1. 4 Information from his sister, Mattie Brown, noted in her diary and his grandchildren, Ruth and Georgia Powell. 5 Personal Acquaintance, Obituary, Newspaper articles, Mattie Brown's diary. 6 Personal acquaintance, obituary, Mattie Brown's diary. 7 Personal experience, obituary, and Mattie Brown's diary 8 Personal experience (lived with her), her diary, obituary 9 Proof of birth in Pension applications and Pension records for George W Perry and for Martha A. Perry.