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]