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7-248 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESried John G. McRee in Florence, Georgia and they had no children. Susan(Waller) McRee died prior to 1884 and was buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemeteryin Stewart County, Georgia. John McRee later married Martha J. Perkins,Susan’s cousin. For more information on their children, see Martha J. Perkins(2.6.8.4). Price Waller married his cousin, Tommie (Perkins) McDaniel. Formore information on their children, see Tommie Perkins (2.6.8.5). William T.Waller married Lizzie Thorton.References: 1) 1850 Census, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) 1880 Census, Stewart County,Georgia; 3) “History of Terrell County, Georgia,” by Ella Melton and Augusta Raines,1980, Page 587; 4) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” Volume 2, Pages 398, 439and 510; 5) Family Group Sheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 11, 1981ISHAM ELDRIDGE PERKINS (2.6.5) is the son of John Wright Perkins andMartha (Brooks) Perkins. Isham was born on July 15, 1824 in Georgia. In1850, Isham Perkins was living alone in Talbot County, Georgia. On December4, 1851, Isham Perkins married Susan Waller in Talbot County, Georgia. Susanwas born on June 10, 1822 in Georgia and is the daughter of Archielas Wallerand Mary (Hammell) Waller. Isham and Susan Perkins were the parents of atleast six children:............Mary F. Perkins, b. 1853, Talbot County, Georgia............Sarah Elizabeth Perkins (2.6.5.2), b. 1856, Talbot County, Georgia............Ella Perkins (2.6.5.3), b. 1857, Talbot County, Georgia............William B. Perkins (2.6.5.4), b. December 25, 1860, Georgia............Estelle A. Perkins (2.6.5.5), b. 1862, Georgia............Eliphlet Perkins (2.6.5.6), b. March, 1866, Stewart County, GeorgiaFrom 1850 to 1860, Isham Perkins was living in Talbot County, Georgia. Susan(Waller) Perkins died on June 15, 1866 in Stewart County, Georgia and was buriedthere in the Providence Church Cemetery. Isham Perkins married a secondtime and he and his wife, Eliza Perkins (born 1845 in Georgia), had one son:............Eugene D. Perkins, b. 1874, Stewart County, GeorgiaFrom 1870 to 1880, Isham Perkins was living in Stewart County, Georgia.Isham Perkins was a farmer. Isham Perkins died on October 31, 1900 and wasburied in the Providence Church Cemetery in Stewart County, Georgia.References: 1) 1850 and 1860 Censuses, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) 1870 and 1880Censuses, Stewart County, Georgia; 3) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,” by Terrilland Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Pages 567 and 639; 4) “History of Stewart County, Georgia,”Volume 2, Pages 397, 398 and 554; 5) Family Group Sheet by Kenneth H.Thomas, Jr., August 10, 1981; 6) Internet Site, Vivian J. Worthington, May, 1998SARAH ELIZABETH PERKINS (2.6.5.2) is the daughter of Isham EldridgePerkins and Susan (Waller) Perkins. Sallie was born in 1856 in Talbot County,Georgia. In 1879, Sallie Perkins married Robert Henry Cooper and they movedto Columbus, Georgia where Robert was a merchant. Robert had one daughter,Nora Cooper, by a previous marriage. Robert and Sallie Cooper were the parentsof at least seven children: