Mary Eleanor (Burgess) Perkins (1822-1906)

Mary Eleanor Perkins formerly Burgess

Born 26 Jan 1822 in White, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of Thomas William Burgess Sr. and Mary (Hunter) Burgess

Sister of William Beach [half], Joseph Beach [half], Elizabeth Betsy Burgess, George Washington Burgess, Charles Hunter Burgess, Jemima Anne (Burgess) Wilson, Anderson Burgess, Margaret (Burgess) Bradford, Joel Kent Burgess, Esther Toshimah Burgess, Mary Mackie Burgess, Thomas Henry Burgess, William W Burgess, John Hiram Burgess and Nelly Burgess

Wife of Vance Bethal Bowman — married 6 Apr 1840 in White, Tennessee, United States

Wife of Levi Perkins — married 24 Aug 1854 in Putnam, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Mother of Lucinda (Bowman) Duncan, Hiram Bowman, Cantrell N Bowman, John (Bowman) Boman, Henry Charles Bowman and Elizabeth Jane (Perkins) Spears

Died 27 Oct 1906 at age 84 in Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Mary was born on 22 Jan 1822 in White County, Tennessee. She was Nelly's twin sister. She was the daughter of Thomas Burgess and Mary Hunter. On 6 Apr 1840 she married Vance Bethel Bowman. They had five children, 1 daughter and 4 sons. They moved to Iowa in 1850, where his family had earlier moved. In 1853 they were coming back to TN in a wagon train when he was in an accident and killed near the Missouri border in 1853. She returned to White, TN where on 24 Aug 1854 she married Levi Perkins. They one child, a daughter. Mary and Levi lived in White, Tennessee throughout their lives. He passed away in 1876, she in 1906. She is buried at the Perkins Cemetery in Putnam County, TN.

Children:

Lucinda b. 1841 - d. 1911

Hiram b. 1843 - d. 1909

Cantrel b. 1845 - d. 1906

John b. 1848 - d. 1932

Henry Charles b. 1850 - d. 1924

Elizabeth Jane Perkins b. 1855 - d. 1932

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185076043/mary-eleanor-bowman
1860 United States Federal Census: Year: 1860; Census Place: District 16, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1269; Page: 99; Family History Library Film: 805269
1870 United States Federal Census: Year: 1870; Census Place: Sulphur Fork, Lafayette, Arkansas; Roll: M593_57; Page: 227B; Family History Library Film: 545556
1880 United States Federal Census: Year: 1880; Census Place: District 16, Putnam, Tennessee; Roll: 1275; Page: 107D; Enumeration District: 101
1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 7, White, Tennessee; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0154; FHL microfilm: 1241604
Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 12
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Source number: 748.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: TLP

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: