This PEARSON family is found in several middle TN county Census records: 1900 Bedford, 1910 Marshall, 1920 Giles, 1930 Rutherford. Most of the ch listed below lived as adults in either Marshall Co or Rutherford Co as far as is known. Need help in contacting PEARSON descendants of James PERRY and Arena / Rena Frances BUCKINGHAM who m abt 1891/2, also any BALTIMORE, HILLIARD, or JOHNS descendants. I have been told that a Grady PEARSON of Lewisburg and a Mildred HASKINS who m a PEARSON may be related to this PEARSON family. James H? PERRY b abt 1850-1855 m Arena / Renee Frances BUCKINGHAM abt 1873 - 1909. She was one of 6 daus and 1 son b 1863 - 1875 to Peter BUCKINGHAM and Emily Frances "Milly" DICKENS. The BUCKINGHAM ch grew up in the area around Law's Hill between Chapel Hill and Lewisburg in Marshall Co that is behind (to the east) and slightly south of Henry Horton Park near Daniel and Hopper Cemeteries where many family members are buried. James and Renee (spelling on tombstone in Hopper Cemetery) had 4 ch: Hel(l)en or Ellen who m Robert PEARSON Ben PERRY who m 3 times, one wife was Maud(e), poss no ch Ada Louise PERRY b abt 1906 who m David "Nathaniel" HILLIARD Infant b and d May 1909 (d 15 May, 3 days after Renee d 12 May 1909) The 1900 Census places the PERRY family in Sims Spring, Bedford Co as follows: PERRY, Jim 49 (Census has b July 1850) Farm Laborer Rena 27 (nee BUCKINGHAM, Census has b Apr 1873) Ellen 4 (Census has b Apr 1896) Remie 10/12 (mistranscription of Bennie on microfilm) (Census has b July 1899) (Census has mar 8 yrs, 2? of 3 ch living.) At the top of the same Census page, Ozro CALDWELL 6, b Jan 1894, is enumerated. He would later marry Maggie A BUCKINGHAM, only dau of Rena's older brother, Wm Joseph "Joe" BUCKINGHAM and Ada Louise BROMLEY. Ozro served in Germany during WW I, returning to TN w/ TB from which he died 16 Feb 1922. Ozro and Maggie had one son, James CALDWELL b 31 Dec 1920 who currently lives on Hwy 270, and one dau, Frances Louise CALDWELL b 22 Dec 1921, who died when she was about 2 weeks old. Maggie d 2 Aug 1923 also of TB, leaving young James CALDWELL an orphan to be raised by his maternal grandparents, "Joe" and Ada BUCKINGHAM. In the 1910 Dist 2 Marshall Co Census, the family is listed as: PERRY, James H 54 Ellen 14 m Robert PEARSON Benjamin F 10 m 3 times, one wife was Maud(e) ?? Ada L 3 m David "Nathaniel" HILLIARD NOTE: Wife Rena died May 1909. In 1920, I found the PEARSON family in Pulaski, Giles Co, TN as follows: PEARSON, Robert 36 Laborer / Phosphate Mines Mattie 21 (2nd wife ? maiden name ? correct age ?) Thomas 7 Son Christine 3 9/12 Dau Odell 7/12 Son I find this most interesting because the family members who told me about their PEARSON cousins never mentioned Robert's wife being anyone other than Hel(l)en / Ellen PERRY or references to her dying young. Mattie is obviously NOT Hel(l)en / Ellen whose age from the 1910 Census places her bd as 1895/6, thus having an age just a year or two younger than that of Robert, abt 1893/4. OR is Mattie another name for Hel(l)en / Ellen and her age in 1920 just way off (as they sometimes are - see Robert's ages in the 1920 and 1930 census records) ? When and where did Hel(l)en / Ellen PERRY PEARSON die ? The 1930 Census places The PEARSON's (for the most part) in Murfreesboro, Rutherford Co, TN as follows: PEARSON, Robert 35 Laborer / Lumber Mill (who is 1 yr younger than he was 10 years earlier in the 1920 Census when he was 36) NOTE: No wife is listed. Thomas 17 (may have lived Lewisburg area) Christine 13 (may have worked at Marshall Co Couthouse) Odell 10 (may have served in WW II, poss never mar) Mary A 6 (the only name Not given to me by cousins) Lulla 4 (Lucille ?) Eva M 3 Also in 1930, two other known ch of Robert PEARSON are enumerated in Dist 1 Marshall Co with Hel(l)en / Ellen PERRY PEARSON's younger sister's (Ada PERRY HILLIARD's) family as follows: HILLIARD, Nathaniel 28 Ada L 23 Wife (nee PERRY) Mary E 6 Dau, mar Charles JOHNS Maxie L 4 5/12 Dau, mar Jesse BALTIMORE PERRY, James 75 Father-in-law HILLIARD, Hellen P 9 Niece PEARSON, Possibly m Clarence HILLIARD, relative of Nathaniel ? Eugene 7 Nephew PEARSON, thought to have worked in AL It seems unlikely that if Hellen b abt 1920/1 and Eugene b abt 1922/3 were NOT the children of Ada's older sister, Hel(l)en / Ellen b abt 1895/6, that they would be living w/ Ada Louise PERRY HILLIARD in 1930. Most grateful for any additions, corrections, and help in contact any members of this PERRY / PEARSON, etc family. Janice