James Madison;
b. 10 May 1842, Polk County, Mo., first child and son, James: (origin not known, possibly a great uncle or great-grandfather, more likely paternal.) Madison: the older brother of Martha and eldest child of Amos Hamby. Also James, an uncle of Archaelus, who witnessed his will, Jan. 1784.Amos H.:
b. 12 Jan. 1844, Cedar County, Mo., second child and son; Amos: definitely after his grandfather Amos Hamby. H. (Haslin?) If Haslin is correct, then after uncle Constant Haslin, the adjacent Cedar County homesteader and surely Samuel Henry's brother. Haslin could also be the maiden name of a grandmother on the Perkins side. The Hamby grandmother was Lavina Palmer, daughter of Abraham. At any rate the name comes down on the Perkins side.Mary W.
1850 census Polly, 1860 census; b. c1846, mayhap after Polly Perkins, who married Matthew Hamby in Polk County, Mo., 14 March 1841, possibly a sister of E.S., C.H. Samuel Henry, and Elizabeth Ann Perkins Ladd. The name or nickname was commonly used by the clan, perhaps from the Polly Perkins, maiden lady of wealth and Virginia aristocracy of the 1700s. Note: The grandson of Mary W. (Polly) Perkins Brasher, possibly but not necessarily Dr. Brasher, reputedly is the director of the medical clinic of Mount Vernon, Mo. (no response to an inquiry there). Mary W. had a son Drew who came to Aldrich, Mo., in 1920 to attend the funeral of James M., his uncle, who died with the flu in the epidemic. Drew nearly died himself of it while there. My mother, Mrs. Charles H. (Lou Griffin) Perkins nursed him back to health in the Aldrich Hotel.John Wilke or Wilks:
b. c1848 Cedar County, Mo. Fourth child, third son, the name John is the name of his paternal grandfather and his maternal great-grandfather. Lavina Palmer's mother could have been a Wilke or Wilks, or possibly the paternal grandmother was a Wilke or Wilks. Note: Wilke helped Samuel Henry settle John's estate then.Emily:
b. 19 May 1854, Cedar County, Mo. Fifth child, second daughter, is named after Emily Hamby, a younger sister of Martha, and it is said Emily Hamby married a Brasher, also. Emily Perkins married Richard D. Freeze of Missouri. They now spell the name Frieze.Gustavus A.,
b. c1857, Cedar County, Mo. Sixth child, fourth son, the Gustavus does not trace back to known family, but if the A is for Archaelus it may lead to the identity of the lineage Samuel Henry's father John in Virginia.Wilson Wayne:
b. c1859. Seventh child, third daughter, was named after Dr. Wilson Wayne Wooldridge, MD, husband of Martha's younger sister Jane Hamby and doubtless a revered member of the community, enough to name this child after him regardless of sex.Louisa:
Female, b. 11 Jan 1861, d. 11 Oct. 1881. Single, named after aunt Louisa (P. Nix), second wife of uncle William Hamby, settlers in Cedar County with the Perkinses and Hambys.Jose Ann:
b. 9 Nov. 1865, Cedar County, Mo. Jose source unestablished, Ann from Samuel Henry's sister Elizabeth Ann Perkins Ladd, of Carrollton, Greene County, Ill., home.NOTES: This document was written by Eugene Theodore Perkins, probably in 1972 or 1973. Grandpa Gene typed this one-page document, and I have edited it for minor grammar, spelling etc.