Descendents of Alexander Perry
First Generation 1. Alexander Perry. Alexander married Elizabeth Woodlee. They had the following children: + 2 M i. John P. Perry was born about 1816. 3 F ii. Lyda Perry. 4 F iii. Peggy Perry. Second Generation 2. John P. Perry (Alexander) was born about 1816. John married Malinda (Linnie) Dykes. Malinda was born on Jan 4 1819. In the 1900 census of Warren Co, Tn page 117, Malinda is shown as age 81 and widowed. Living in her household is son Isiah age 40 and unmarried. They are living next door to James McConnell and family. Malinda's father Isom came to Warren county (Collins River Valley),TN in 1801 from North Carolina with Henry J. A. Hill. In a will dated May 4, 1866, Isom gave all his land to his son Isham, and he was also to serve as executor. His personal property was to be divided equally among all his other heirs. Isom and and his wife Prudence are buried at the Phildelphia Cemetery in Grundy Co., TN. John and Malinda were living in Grundy County, Tennessee in 1850, in Grundy Co. in 1860, in Sequatchie Co. in 1870 and in Warren County in 1880. Malinda is buried at the Philadelphia Cemetery in Grundy Co, TN. Census records: 1850, Grundy Co., Dist 4, page 344 1860, Grundy Co 1870, Sequatchie Co, Dist 8, page 327B 1880, Warren Co., Dist 6, page 356A 1900, Warren Co., Dist 6, page 117 John and Malinda had the following children: + 5 M i. William Taylor Perry was born about 1850. 6 M ii. Henry Stokes Perry. 7 F iii. Euphemia Perry was born in Jun 1838. Euphenia was unmarried. She was living with her brother, Isham in Warren Co, Tn in 1880 (Dist 6, page 355B) and with a neice Sarah C. Perry in Grundy Co in 1900. 8 F iv. Mary Perry was born about 1839. Mary Perry was unmarried. + 9 M v. Isham Perry was born about 1841. 10 M vi. John Houston Perry was born about 1844. He married Mary Elizabeth King. Mary was born about 1842. John Houston and Mary were living in Warren Co, Tn in 1880 (6th Dist) 11 M vii. James Perry was born about 1845. James married Julia Christian. Julia was born about 1843. 12 F viii. Sarah C. Perry was born about 1854. Sarah married Stephen N. King. Stephen was born about 1852. 13 M ix. Isiah Perry was born about 1860. Isiah was unmarried. He was living with his mother in 1900 in Warren Co and he remained there in 1910 in Warren Co. Dist 6. 14 M x. Isaac Floyd Perry was born on Feb 22 1862. He died on Feb 27 1935. Isaac married Martha Ann Hambrick in 1888. Martha was born on Oct 11 1867. She died on Nov 11 1925. Isaac and Martha were living in Grundy Co in 1900 (10th dist) and in 1910 (2nd Dist). Issac and Martha were both buried in the Phildelphia Cemetery in Grundy Co, TN. Third Generation 5. William Taylor Perry (John P., Alexander) was born about 1850. William Taylor Perry was a farmer and a miller. William married Rebecca C. Smith on Jan 22 1873 in Warren Co, TN. Rebecca was born about 1850. They had the following children: + 15 M i. William Henry Perry was born on Apr 1 1879 and died on Oct 10 1970. 16 M ii. Horace F. Perry was born about 1874. 17 F iii. Lila W. Perry was born about 1882. 18 F iv. Prudence Perry was born about 1885. 19 M v. Robert L. Perry was born about 1891. 20 F vi. Lillie Perry was born about 1893. 21 M vii. Homer Perry was born about 1896. Census records: 1880 census Dist 6, Warren Co, TN page 355B 1900 census Dist 2, Sequatchie C., TN page 126 1910 census Dist 6, Warren Co 9. Isham Perry (John P., Alexander) was born about 1841. Isham married (1) Marinda J. Unknown. Marinda was born about 1845. Isham and Marilda were living in Warren Co in 1870 and 1880 (6th Dist) They had the following children: 22 M i. Henry M. Perry was born about 1869. 23 F ii. Mary A. Perry was born about 1872. 24 F iii. Euphemia Perry was born about 1875. Euphemia married Robert Moon in Jackson or Madison Co, AL. Robert was born on Dec 21 1876. Isham also married (2) Beulah King. Fourth Generation 15. William Henry Perry (William Taylor, John P., Alexander) was born on Apr 1 1879 in Prob Warren Co, TN. He died on Oct 10 1970 in Sparta, TN. Henry married Blanche McConnell, daughter of James McConnell and Lois Marana Towne, on Nov 18 1900 in Warren Co., TN. Blanche was born in 1883 in Pierson, Michigan. She died in Spencer, TN. In 1922, Blanche was living in Altamont, TN per James McConnell obit. In 1924, Blanche was living in Cherokee, Alabama per Edison McConnell obit. In 1945, Blanche was living in Spencer, Tn per William J. McConnell obit. 1910 census, Dist 1, Marion Co, TN-Henry is a laborer cutting timber. 1920 census, Dist 5, Warren Co., TN - Henry is shown as a timber company foreman. 1930 census, Franklin Co, Alabama, Halltown Twp - Henry is shown as a sawmill foreman. In the 1930 census, Henry's wife is shown as Annie ??? but she has the same birthdate as Blanch. Blanch was still alive in 1946 and living in Spencer Tennessee. She is listed in William J. McConnell's obituary as Mrs. W. H. Perry. Henry and Blanche had the following children: 25 F i. Gertrude Perry was born about 1904 in Marion or Warren Co, TN. Ref: 1910 Marion Co, TN District 1, page 2 + 26 F ii. Lois Perry was born in 1917. + 27 M iii. Floyd Perry was born about 1922. Fifth Generation 26. Lois Perry (William Henry, William Taylor, John P., Alexander) was born in 1917 in Warren Co., TN. Ref: 1920 Warren Co, District 5, ED 128, sht 12B Lois married Willie Eldridge Hitchcock. Eldridge was born on May 4 1909 in Van Buren Co, TN. He died in Feb 1976 in McMinnville, TN. Refs.: Van Buren Co, TN, District 1 1910 page 3A 1920 ED 120, sht 19B 1930 ED 1,sht 1A Southern Standard Obituaries for Murphy C. and Minnie Isabell Grissom Hitchcock SSDI Eldridge Hitchcock was the son of Murphy C. Hitchcock and Minnie Isabell Grissom Hitchcock. Murphy C. Hitchcock was born about 1881 in Van Buren County, Tennessee to John and Margaret York Hitchcock. Minnie Isabell Grissom was born October 17, 1882. Her parents were Sam and Harriet Bouldin Grissom. She died in May 1952. Murphy and Minnie were married in 1904. In 1958, Murphy married Lillie Phifer Barlow. Murphy died in December 1970 and was buried in the Long Cemetery. Lillie died in July 1977. Eldridge's siblings were: Lawrence b. abt 1906 Leonard H. b. abt 1907 N. Elwood b. abt 1916 Bessie Maye B. abt 1920 married Dillon Eldridge and Lois had the following children: 28 F i. Carolyn Hitchcock. 29 M ii. R. M. "Roy" Hitchcock. 30 F iii. Pamela Hitchcock. 27. Floyd Perry (William Henry, William Taylor, John P., Alexander) was born about 1922. He had the following children: 31 M i. Dale Perry. 32 M ii. Douglas Perry.