Walter Baird Perkins (1873 - 1924)

Born 2 Aug 1873 in Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Josephine (Naylor) Perkins — married about 1895 in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 1924 at about age 50 in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Walter was born 02 Aug 1873, Tennessee.

Walter married Josephine Naylor in 1895, Mississippi. Josie was born in 1877, Indiana. To this union were born:

1. Inez P Perkins Ragland 1895 - 1984
2. Louise Mary Perkins Trevilion 1904 - 1978
3. Walter B Perkins
4. Billy M Perkins
5. Josephine N Perkins

On 12 Sept 1918, Walter registered for the WWI draft, age 45. He listed wife Josephine as next of kin and that he was employed as Manager of the Sunflower Flour Co., Clarksdale, MS. He marked himself as medium height, stout, with brown eyes and grey hair.

Walter and family are shown in the 1900 census for Beat 4, Sunflower, Mississippi:

Walter B Perkins Head Male 27 Tennessee

Josie Perkins Wife Female 24 Indiana

Inez Perkins Daughter Female 5 Mississippi

Walter and family are shown in the 1910 census for Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi:

Walter B Perkins Head Male 36 Tennessee

Josie Perkins Wife Female 32 Indiana

Walter B Perkins Son Male 3 Mississippi

Louise Perkins Daughter Female 7 Mississippi

Inez Perkins Daughter Female 14 Mississippi

Walter and family are shown in the 1920 census for Beat 4, Coahoma, Mississippi:

Walter B Perkins Head Male 46 Tennessee

Josephine Perkins Wife Female 42 Indiana

Louise Perkins Daughter Female 17 Mississippi

Walter B Perkins Son Male 12 Mississippi

Billy Perkins Son Male 3 Mississippi

Josephine Perkins Daughter Female 1 Mississippi

He passed away in 1924.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9FS-X2H : accessed 13 April 2020), Walter B Perkins, Beat 4, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 51, sheet 41A, family 937, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,828.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP8W-F8K : accessed 13 April 2020), Walter B Perkins, Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 33, sheet 5B, family 110, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 737; FHL microfilm 1,374,750.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3RQ-FMM : 6 March 2020), Walter Baird Perkins, 1917-1918.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNWP-TSX : accessed 13 April 2020), Walter B Perkins, Beat 4, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States; citing ED 37, sheet 16A, line 43, family 356, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 873; FHL microfilm 1,820,873.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71212513?search=true) : accessed 01 November 2019, memorial page for W. Baird Perkins (1873–1924), Find A Grave Memorial no. 71212513, citing Grange Cemetery, Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Wilton Golson (contributor 46944807) .

• Mississippi Death Index 1912 - 1924; certificate #4102 (https://archive.org/details/Mississippi_Death_Index_1912-1924_H-Q/page/n875/mode/1up)