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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-243ried to Ella’s sister, Eliphlet Perkins. For additional information on the descendantsof William and Eliphlet Worthington, see the sketch of Ella Perkins(2.6.5.6). Daisy Worthington married a Mr. Peddie. On March 1, 1907, DaisyWorthington married a second time to Frank W. Sheppard in Terrell County,Georgia. Daisy (Worthington) Sheppard died on July 20, 1972. Willie MayWorthington married Marvin Skinner. Willie (Worthington) Skinner died onOctober 3, 1961.References: 1) 1880 Census, Stewart County, Georgia; 2) “History of Stewart County,Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Pages 567 and 639; 3) “History ofStewart County, Georgia,” Volume 2, Pages 397, 398 and 554; 4) Internet Site, VivianJ. Worthington, May, 1998WILLIAM B. PERKINS (2.6.5.4) is the son of Isham Eldridge Perkins and Susan(Waller) Perkins. William was born on December 25, 1860 in Georgia. In1887, William B. Perkins married Susan Edna Sherman. Edna was born on November3, 1871 in Georgia and is the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Shermanand Martha Louisiana (Moore) Sherman. William and Edna Sherman were theparents of seven children:............Thomas Eldridge Perkins, b. February, 1895, Georgia............William Leonard Perkins, b. February, 1899, Georgia............Susan Louise Perkins, b. 1901, Stewart County, Georgia............Harvey Perkins, b. 1905, Stewart County, Georgia............Theodore Perkins, b. 1907, Stewart County, Georgia............Mary Estelle Perkins, b. 1909, Stewart County, Georgia............David Sherman PerkinsFrom 1900 to 1910, William Perkins was living in Stewart County, Georgia.William and Edna Perkins also had two sons who died in infancy. William B.Perkins died on July 7, 1942 and was buried in the Lumpkin Cemetery in StewartCounty, Georgia. Thomas Perkins married Pearl Collins of Plain Dealing,Louisiana and they had no children. Thomas Perkins married a second time toIrene Lindig of Beallsville, Maryland and they had no children. During ThomasPerkins’ short life, he attained eminence as a financier, owning a seat in the NewYork Stock Exchange. Thomas Perkins died in July of 1933. Leonard Perkinsmarried Jardine Carter (born July 31, 1900) of Lumpkin, Georgia and they hadone son: - Jardine Carter Perkins. They moved to Troy, Alabama where Leonardwas engaged in banking. Jardine (Carter) Perkins died on September 17,1941. Leonard Perkins later married Voncile Winters and they had no children.Louise Perkins married John William Faulkner (born April 17, 1893), a BaptistMinister. John and Louise Faulkner had one daughter: - Catherine Faulkner, b.September 15, 1928. Catherine Faulkner married Woodrow Goddard and theyhad one son: - John Gordon Goddard. John Faulkner died on May 15, 1952.Catherine (Faulkner) Goddard died on July 4, 1952. Harvey Perkins and hiswife, Lucile Perkins, had two sons and lived in Bristol, Virginia. Estelle Perkinsmarried Latimer Heard of Elberton, Georgia and they had two children: -Estelle Heard, - Latimer Heard, Jr. David Perkins married Royace Scott andthey had two children: - Susan Perkins, - Linda Perkins. David Perkins andhis second wife, Pauline Perkins, had one son: - David Harold Perkins.