-----Original Message----- From: Frank and Lois Richardson <LandFRichardson@email.msn.com> To: PERRY-L@rootsweb.com <PERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, December 25, 1998 6:22 AM Subject: [PERRY-L] Where are the descendants of Gardner Ducalion Perry, Texas, ca 1845? >>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------ - >- >>-- >>>>------------>>>> >>>> >>>>>My grandfather was Selser Howard Perry, son of Gardner Ducalion Perry b. >>ca >>>>1845. >>>>> >>>>>I need to know the births, deaths, and marriages of his siblings, most >of >>>>>whom I never met, having always lived in west Texas, and then in >Houston. >>>>Areas of Texas can be about 1,000 miles apart, and it is like living in a >>>>completely different state. Grimes County is probably >>>>65-75 miles from Houston, but I still knew little of these people. >>>>> >>>>>My father was A. P. Perry, who ran away from home as a teenager. He >>>>married >>>>>my mother, Elva Ellen Trimble (Smith) in Crane County, I think. Then, >we >>>>always lived in West Texas towns when I was young. >>>>> >>>>>Selser's wife was Ella Esther Turner, and they first farmed land that >she >>>>>inherited, in Grimes County, I think, and then later moved to another >>farm. >>>>> >>>>>I would be happy to learn any more of these families. I expect that >>there >>>>>are still some children of Gardner Ducalion's, or his great, great grandchildren, >>still >>>>>in the county. >>>>> >>>>>Gardner Ducalion Perry I married Sue Richards, who had lived in LA and >>>>>Mississippi. He was born ca1845, so they probably married about 1865. >>>>> >>>>>He had a son named G. D. II. Selser had a son who was G. D. III. >>>>> >>>>>Here are the children of Gardner D. and Sue Richards, from my memory: >>>>>1.Charles - m. "Aunt Lee," properly Lee Anna Fuqua, who had a son named >>>>>Fred. They might have had other children. >>>>> Fred had two children, William ("Bill") and Gussie Lee. Bill is >>>>>deceased, but his wife, Luine, still lives; I have met >>her >>>>>once. >>>>> >>>>>2.Hester (called "Aunt Nan") was a teacher. Millegene Biggers Davis >has >>>>>some research on her, and has entered various organizations with >her >>>>records of the Perry family. I believe that she is Hester's >>granddaughter. >>>>> >>>>> 3. Sarah Perry- m. Chambers. One of her daughters or granddaughers was >>>>>Lois Nash, who is now in a nursing home with her husband. They live in >Texas. >>>>>4. Gardner Ducalion II; I met him once, and he looked so much like my >>>>>grandfather, Selser. They always wore black pants, white starched and >>>>>ironed shirts, and had white moustaches, with a Stetson type of hat, >>except >>>>>when they were working. They still looked in the 1950's like Southern >>>>>gentlemen, and I know that my grandfather acted the part, also, with me. >>>>> >>>>>5. William - "Uncle Will," a bachelor, who seemed to be the youngest >son, >>>>>and I think that he worked in Fort Worth for a department store. He >>>>retired >>>>>to Navasota, and died there. >>>>> >>>>>6. Selser Howard Perry, my grandfather. Married Ella Esther TURNER. Children were Maudie Irene, >>>>>Howard, Olan or Olin, A. P., and Gardner D. III. Maudie's son, >Reginald, >>>>>still lives. >>>>>His brother, John S. Lands III, deceased. >.>>>>7. I am unsure of this one: Alfred Perry, who married Jo Schramm of >>>>>Brenham. >>>>>And, there may have been more children. I have to really reach to >>remember >>>>>the names of the children. I have few names of the grandchildren. >>>>> >>>>>I have a suspicion that the land farmed by the first Gardner D. was in >>>>>Montgomery County, but it could have been in Grimes County at first, and >>>>>going further back, it was in Washington County. >>County >>>>>lines were changed; new counties created from the original county. >>>>> >>>>>I don't know if you have access to historical records of Grimes County >>and >>>>>adjacent areas, but would be grateful to know of any descendants of >these >>>>>families. >>>>> >>>>>Gardner D. Perry I was the son of Dr. Ducalion Aldrich Perry and Eunice >>>>>Elizabeth Gardner (Little)(Perry), who was widowed a second time, and >>>>married William Sherman, >>>>last. She is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in Chappell Hill, as is my >>>>mother. >>>> >>>>>Ducalion A. Perry was the son of Sion Perry and Bartheny Arundell (Or, >Arendell, etc.), from >>>>Wake Co., >>>>>N.C. He was in Texas before he could claim title to land, about 1819, >>>>since his birthday was >>>>in 1799. He had also lived in Tennessee before Texas. >>>>> > > >