29 Mar 1895--Born, on the 25th to Noah Parkins and wife a son. This would be William Harrison (Harry) Perkins. Descendants of William Harrison Perkins Generation No. 1 1. William Harrison3 Perkins (Noah C.2, William C.1) was born March 25, 1895 in Missouri, and died November 04, 1960. He married (1) Ruth Duncan August 29, 1915, daughter of Charles Duncan and Nancy Poe. She was born July 23, 1899, and died January 04, 1988 in Moberly, Missouri. He married (2) Gladys May Floyd Aft. 1930, daughter of David Floyd and Sabie Dennis. She was born May 29, 1907 in Randolph County, Missouri, and died February 12, 1989 in Moberly, Missouri. Notes for William Harrison Perkins: William Harrison (Harry) Perkins. Randolph County, Missouri, Higbee News, 29th March 1895: Born 25th, March 1895, a son to Noah Perkins and wife. Children of William Perkins and Ruth Duncan are: 2 i. Charles Carson4 Perkins, born June 04, 1917; died February 23, 1941 in Buried Fairview Cemetery Higbee Mo. He married Sylvia Summers 1940 in Married just eight months. 3 ii. Ellen Jane Perkins, born November 11, 1923 in Higbee Missouri. She married (1) Thomas Noah Smothers May 15, 1942 in Glasgow Missouri; born April 18, 1919 in Yazoo County Mississippi; died October 27, 1990 in Moberly,Missouri. She married (2) Francis Vivian Miller Abt. 1996 in Cairo Missouri; born November 10, 1917. 4 iii. Jimmie Lee Perkins, born July 22, 1921 in Higbee Missouri; died May 27, 1965 in Higbee City Cemetery. He married (1) Dorothy Lucille Smothers January 11, 1941 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri; born August 30, 1920 in Mississippi; died September 28, 1997 in Fayette, Howard County, Missouri. He married (2) Grace Thompson Abt. 1960. Notes for Dorothy Lucille Smothers: 09/30/1997 Columbia Tribune Online News Story, story ran on Sept. 30 1997. Dorothy Perkins Quinley, 77 of Fayette died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at her daughter's home. Mrs. Quinley was born Aug. 30, 1920 in Yazoo, Mississippi, to Elhanon and Sallie May Dodson Smothers. She owned and managed Perkins Nursing Home for 25 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Fayette and served as a volunteer for the foster grandparents program. Survivors include three daughters, Helen Lucille King, Margaret Lee Clayton, and Linda Mae Perkins, all of Fayette; a sister Margaret Lambert of Carbondale, Ks.; a brother Halen Smothers, of Macon; eight grandchildren; Lucinda Akins, Howard Eugene Akins Jr., Jimmy John Akins, Gleandell H. Clayton Jr., Stacey L. Clayton, Kimberly S. Clayton, Rebecca L. Cleek, and John L. Holtzclaw; ten great-grand-children, Gabrielle Fournier, Danielle Jones, Kevin Akins, Katrina Akins, Nathan Clayton, Kayla Clayton, Nickolas Marshall, Christina Cleek, Dakota Cleek and Jana Holtzclaw, and a number of neices and nephews. She was proceeded in death by her parnets and three brothers. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Friemonth-Freese Funeral Home in Fayette with John Savage and Clayton Stockdall officiating. Burial will be in Fayette City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 30, at the funeral home. Howard Akins Jr., Jimmy John Akins, Gleandell Clayton Jr., Stacey Clayton, John L. Holtzclaw, and Christopher Cleek serving as pallbearers. Marriage Notes for Jimmie Perkins and Dorothy Smothers: Witness, W. H. Perkins and Gladys Mae Perkins. 5 iv. William Harrison Perkins, born June 08, 1918; died August 23, 1922. Child of William Perkins and Gladys Floyd is: 6 i. Joseph Harry4 Perkins. He married Louise ? Perkins.