James M. Perkins [P625] (1815 - ) Genealogy James M. Perkins

Born: 1815 in Virginia
Married: 1) Margaret W. Page ( - 24 Mar 1846) on 13 Jul 1843
  2) Margaret Williams Wolohan (13 Oct 1819 - 19 May 1880) on 13 Nov 1850

Died: 10 May 1878 in Potomac, Vermillion Co, Illinois
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With Margaret Williams [Wolohan]
Mary V. Perkins (1852 - ); m. William R. Achuff ( - 1883) on 9 Apr 1878 In Richmond, IN
James Madison Perkins (25 Feb 1852 - 27 Sep 1852)
Charles Franklin Perkins (1855 - 20 Sep 1888); m. Emma E. Ullman in St. Joseph, MO
Henry Perkins (1857 - )
Joseph Perkins (8 Sep 1858 - 4 Jul 1874)
Marguerita Perkins (27 Jun 1862 - 18 Mar 1950)
Margaret ?'s children from previous marriage to ? Wolohan
Sarah "Sallie" Wolohan (1840 - 26 Aug 1926); m. David Hawkins (1839 - 7 Aug 1916) on 14 Feb 1866
Zachary T. Wolohan (17 Dec 1848 - 27 Jul 1876)

Discussion

James Perkins could have come from either the present Virginia or West Virginia areas. Although there are a number of Perkins in Virginia in the early 1800s, James has not yet been attached to any of them.

Margaret Williams (maiden name from daughter Sallie's death certificate) certainly married John Wolohan in New Jersey, most likely in Gloucester Co., the only area that consistently has Wolohans. They then appear to have moved to the Pittsburgh area, arriving in time for the 1840 census. John died 7 May 1849 at age 41 in Pittsburg, PA, according to the West Jerseyman newspaper. Margaret moved to Richmond, Indiana with her two children. The family still has an 1804 sampler by Ann Williams.

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Second wife Margaret Wolohan Perkins (d. 14 May 1880, 60y-8m-1d), Joseph Perkins (d. 4 Jul 1874, 15y-9m-26d), Sarah Wolohan, and Zach Wolohan (d. 27 Jul 1876, 27y-7m-10d) buried in Earlham Cemetery, listed on Hawkins marker, Section 2 lot 143 (middle, adjacent to tree), Richmond, IN.

Margaret Wolohan Perkins initially buried Maple Grove Cemetery in east of Richmond. Cemetery was removed in late 1880s; Earlham record gives date of interment as 20 May 1891, birth place as New Jersey, death date 1880, and cause of death as consumption.

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