1850 US Census in Elmore, Daviess, Indiana, United States. Household: William Perkins 42 (b.GA), Margaret Perkins 39 (b.VA), James W 20 (b.GA), Jacob F 15, Frances Ann 12 (b.[IA] IN), Nancy C 10, William 9, Alexander H 6, Henrietta 5, Eliza A 2 (all b.[IA] IN)[1]
He married 1st to Mary A. Chapman (d.1897) on 26 Apr 1853 in Indiana.[2]
He married 2nd to Eliza Brown Remensnyder on 21 Feb 1899 in Mazella, KS[3] although they were not enumerated together on the 1900 US Census (he res. w/daughter and she lived with her 2 children)
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↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVK-42F : 12 April 2016), Alexander H Perkins in household of William Perkins, Elmore, Daviess, Indiana, United States; citing family 809, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.): indexed as born in "IA", likely means Indiana and not Iowa.
↑ Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriage Index, 1800-1941 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Greene Co Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1821 - 1920 [Lacking 1828, W. P. A.; Book: E; Page: 395.
↑ Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWLQ-62N : 3 November 2017), James W. Perkins and Eliza Reminsnyder, 21 Feb 1899; citing Marriage, , Mazella, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,434,892.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPV-N14 : 7 September 2017), James W Perkins, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 27, sheet 227B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0373; FHL microfilm 1,254,373.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMT3-SMC : accessed 25 June 2019), James Perkins in household of Charles E Finley, Franklin Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 11B, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,471.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HG-7JS : accessed 25 June 2019), James W Perkins, Franklin, Bourbon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 47, sheet 11B, family 225, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 432; FHL microfilm 1,374,445.
Find A Grave, database and images: accessed 25 Jun 2019, memorial page for James W. Perkins (Jun 1830–1912), Find A Grave: Memorial #30092321, citing Walnut Hill Cemetery, Uniontown, Bourbon County, Kansas, USA: headstone photo.
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