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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-251TILLMAN PARCHET PERKINS (2.6.6.6.2) is the son of Aaron ThomasPerkins and Mary Garner (Burton) Perkins. Tillman was born in 1887 in Texas.Tillman Perkins and his first wife, Bessie Perkins, were the parents of three children:............Aaron Thomas Perkins, b. 1912............Enid Mignon Perkins, b. 1913............Tillman Parchet Perkins, Jr., b. 1921Tillman Perkins and his second wife, Betty Perkins, were the parents of one son:............Richard PerkinsTillman Perkins, Sr. lived in Longview, Texas and Plant City and Tampa,Florida. Tillman Perkins died in 1943 in Florida. Aaron Perkins and his wife,Celeste Perkins, had two children: - Beverly Perkins, - Michael D. Perkins.Beverly Perkins married Bob Matzig, lives in Del Rio, Texas and has one son: -Lee Matzig. Michael Perkins lives in Houston, Texas and has three sons: - MichaelD. Perkins, Jr., - Keith Thomas Perkins, - Aaron Todd Perkins. AaronPerkins died in 1962. Enid Perkins married a Mr. Harper and they had two children:- Mignon Harper, - Marsha Harper. Mignon Harper married JamesBond in Baytown, Texas and they have two children: - James Bond, Jr., -Molly Bond. Marsha Harper lives in Baytown, Texas. Enid (Perkins) Harperdied in 1972. Tillman Perkins, Jr. has two children: - Marc Perkins, - PamelaPerkins. Marc Perkins and his wife, Laura Perkins, live in Midland, Texas.Pamela Perkins married a Mr. Graves and has one child: - Kiley Graves.Reference: 1) Family Group Sheet by Travis Mills, July 22, 1982BENJAMIN G. PERKINS (2.6.7) is the son of John Wright Perkins and Martha(Brooks) Perkins. Ben was born in 1828 in Georgia. On December 21, 1854,Ben Perkins married Elmira Cassandra Sherman in Stewart County, Georgia.Cassandra was born in 1840 in Georgia and is the daughter of Robert HarrisonSherman and Martha Cannon (Lancaster) Sherman. Ben and Cassandra Perkinswere the parents of six children:............Robert Perkins, b. 1857, Georgia............Frances Perkins, b. 1859, Georgia............Susan Perkins, b. 1862, Georgia............John Perkins, b. 1867, Georgia............James Perkins, b. 1871, Georgia............Benjamin Perkins, b. 1874, GeorgiaBen Perkins was a farmer. From 1860 to 1880, Ben and Cassandra Perkins livedin Stewart County, Georgia. Ben and Cassandra Perkins later moved to Texasand many of their descendants live in Van Zandt County, Texas.References: 1) 1880 Census, Stewart County, Georgia; 2) “History of Stewart County,Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Page 567; 3) “History of StewartCounty, Georgia,” Volume 2, Pages 42, 78, 538, 1033, 1034 and 1035; 4) FamilyGroup Sheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 10, 1981