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Last Modified: February 2013
Created: January 2003

JESSE W. PERRY
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BORN: September 18, 1873, in Georgia 2 10 11 30 31
DIED: April 17, 1910 2 30 31
BURIED: Ridgeway Cemetery, near Waverly Hall, Harris County, Georgia 2 19 30 31
PARENTS: Mary Frances Story Johnson and William Perry 2 8 19
OCCUPATION: Farmer and Carpenter 2
RELIGION: Baptist 1 2
MARRIAGE: Lula Claude Slaughter (1874-1947) in 1891. 1 2 10 11 30 Buried in Ridgeway Cemetery, Harris County, Georgia next to Jesse. 30 31

CHILDREN
NAME BORN DIED SPOUSE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NOTES
child PERRY 10 11 between 1891 and 1900 10 before 1900 10
William Wellborn PERRY Nov. 7, 1895 Sep. 1969 in Savannah, Ga. Genie D. Parmalee Wilson 2+
Henry Oliver PERRY Feb. 20, 1898 Waverly Hall, GA June 6, 1977 Griffin, Georgia Ruby Upchurch 3
Ruby PERRY June 30, 1901 November 19, 1925 W. Otis Howard 3
Horace Jefferson PERRY 1 2 11 Jan. 15, 1905 in Ellerslie, GA 2 11 Jan. 1983 in Richmond, Va. 18 1) Eva Sewell 1 2 She was ill for a long time. Since he was self employed, there was little insurance. 2
2) Jackie 1 2 26 She had a daughter, Evelyn, from a previous marriage. Evelyn died of Cancer. Joanne thought she was beautiful. 2
(no children)
Jessie Marie PERRY Jan. 10, 1910 Mar. 1971 Joe Jones 3

RESIDENCES: Ellerslie, Harris County, Georgia in 1880 and 1900
In 1880, he is ;iving with his parents and half-siblings, Mary, Charity, and Benjamin Johnson, and Jesse, age 6, living with them. 8
In 1900, he and Lula are next door to his parents, William Perry and Mary F. and Lula's sister Eula. 10 In 1910, he was living in Waverly Hall until his death. He is in the census. 11

NOTES: Jesse died April 17, 1910. The 1910 census was taken on May 5 but recorded the status as of April 15, so he is in the census. 11

SOURCES: 1 Joe Jones
2 Joanne Jones Thornton
8 1880 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Ellerslie
10 1900 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Ellerslie, p. 55A
11 1910 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Waverly Hall
17 History of Harris Co. (Georgia) p. 644
18 Social Security Death Index
19 Patti Zimmerman (pattipeach55 at ancestry.com)
26 Info from Mrs. Ruth M. Smith via Ruby Upchurch Perry from Patti Zimmerman
30 Ridgeway Cemetery visit October 2012
31 Find a Grave 88194149