Check the 1840 census at his place of birth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob & Jaci Hoefer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:30 PM Subject: [PERKINS] Perkins - Just Starting > Hello from Nebraska!! > > I am hoping that you can help me out with my forefathers ancestry. I am hoping > someone out there will have a missing link. > > I know I am grabbing at straws but I figure I have nothing to lose. So, here it > goes. . . > > Does any of this sound familiar? > > I am looking for information or perhaps a copy of enlistment papers for my ggg > grandfather, Ruel H. Perkins who was killed in the Battle of Cold Harbor. We > have hit the infamous brick wall and have not been successful in locating the > names of his parents or his birthplace. > > Here is the information I do have on Ruel and his wife, Frances Hough/Haugh. > > Ruel H. (which possibly stands for Henry) Perkins > Born: 12-26-1838 > Died: 6-1-1864 in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Virginia > Enlisted on 8-18-1862 and served as a Private in the Union Army in the Civil War > under E Co 2nd Heavy Artillery Reg CT > > Married: 12-26-1853 in Meriden, Connecticut to Frances Hough/Haugh > > Frances Hough/Haugh Perkins > Died 5-27-1856 (which was 7 days after she gave birth to her son Francis/Frank) > > Son: > Francis Henry Perkins > Born: 5-20-1856 in Southingham, Connecticut > Died: 3-3-1928 Cairo, Hall County, Nebraska > Married: 10-9-1883 York, York County, Nebraska to Emily Etta Dickey > > > We believe that Francis was raised by an Aunt travelling with a family the name > of "Seed" and passed through Nebraska at some point. > > Any information or new suggestions for search (possibly a website) would be most > helpful to me. > > Thank you for your time. I look forward to hearing from you. > > Jaci Perkins Hoefer > > e-mail me at: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Hit a really big rock with your PERKINS digging? > Someone here might have what you need to get around it! Tell us about it! > You never know where your next connection might come from! > Our Perkins List Web Page: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ > > > ============================== > Visit ROOTS-L, the Internet's oldest and largest genealogical > mailing list: > http://www.rootsweb.com/roots-l/ >