I'm researching my great grandparents, Noah Cushman PERKINS (1846-1900) and Georgianna BECKWITH Perkins (1850-1900) whose daughter, Mercy BRIGGS Perkins Ramsey (1885-1970) was my grandmother. I had heard that the Perkins family was prominent in Ottawa, but Perkins is not in the family surname index. I have information (names and dates) that takes the PERKINS/CUSHMAN family back to the Mayflower, but I want to learn more personal details. Because my grandmother's grandmother, aunt, father and mother all died within 6 months of each other in 1900, she being only 14 at the time, for the rest of her long life she was reluctant to talk about her family. Her tragedy didn't stop there. She came to Texas to be with her older brother, Charles who'd moved here for his health but in 1902 he died of TB. Then in 1910 her only other brother, Noah died of Typhoid Fever leaving her with only one sister, Mary Frank Perkins. And to add insult to injury, because she was from Illinois, she was considered a "damnyankee" by my grandfather's family. All in all a sad tale. But she persevered I guess because of her Yankee Pilgrim grit. Thanks for any information you have that could help me. Charlotte Carl-Mitchell Austin, Tx ccm@tic.com 512-477-3319