Husband: Uriah PERKINS (1)
Birthdate: 1812
Birthplace: KY
Death date: 12 Feb 1884
Place of death: Gordon-Blue Flat (Palo Pinto Co.), TX
Father: unknown
Mother: unknown

Marriage date: 1860
Marriage place: Wise County, TX

Wife: Mary Jane GILLILAND (5)
Birthdate: 24 Dec 1833
Birthplace: McMinnville, TN
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Father: unknown GILLILAND
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Preston PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1837 (2)
Birthplace: MS
Death date: Abt. 1880 (8)
Place of death: Wise County, TX (4)
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 2: Milton PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1839 (2)
Birthplace: MS
Death date: 21 June 1914
Place of death: Cottondale (Wise Co.), TX
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Mary A. ?

Child No. 3: Mary J. PERKINS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1841 (3)
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 4: Ezekiel PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1844 (3)
Birthplace: MS
Death date: Abt. 1908
Place of death: Fredick Tillman County, OK
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: Nancy Louise MILLER

Child No. 5: Minerva PERKINS
Sex:
Birthdate: Abt. 1846 (3)
Birthplace: MS
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: John CULWELL

Child No. 6: Marion PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt. 1853 (5)
Birthplace: Smith County, TX
Death date: unknown
Place of death: Cottondale (Wise Co.), TX (4)
Marriage date: 16 Mar 1872
Marriage place: Wilson County, TX
Spouse's name: Sarah Margaret MILLER

Child No. 7: Emily PERKINS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. August 1858 (5)
Birthplace: Wise County, TX
Death date: Abt. 1968
Place of death: Texas
Marriage date: Abt. 1877
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: William Thomas HALL

Child No. 8: John W. PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 25 July 1867
Birthplace: Texas (6)
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 9: Margaret E. PERKINS
Sex: F
Birthdate: Abt. 1870
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 10: Vina PERKINS
Sex: F
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 11: Electra PERKINS
Sex: F
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 12: Bill PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown

Child No. 13: Uriah W. PERKINS
Sex: M
Birthdate: unknown
Birthplace: unknown
Death date: unknown
Place of death: unknown
Marriage date: unknown
Marriage place: unknown
Spouse's name: unknown
 
 
Documentation:
(1) 1979 letter from Dr. Ralph Perkins of Abilene, Tx to Marture Greenwood, author of "The Loving Irish, The Gillilands" stating that Uriah Perkins was born in 1812 in Ky, orphaned and raised by another family with whom he worked as an apprentice cabinet maker.
(2) 1840 Census of Winston County, MS.
(3) 1850 Census of Smith County, TX.
(4) Correspondence from Jim Paschall, owner of property once owned by Uriah Perkins in Wise County, stating that Mrs. Perkins is buried in an unmarked grave along with a son, Preston Perkins, who was killed by Indians near Salt Creek in 1866 and a third unmarked grave assumed to be that of Marion Perkins who died sometime between 1872 and 1880.
(5) 1860 Census of Wise County, TX.
(6) 1870 Census of Wilson County, TX.
(7) 1880 Census of Wise County, TX.
(8) "Tale of Two Schools".