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Last Modified: October 2012
Created: October 2012

BORN:	October 1837 in Georgia 5 6 7 8 10 11 30 31
DIED:	1917 in Harris County, Georgia 30 31
BURIED:	Ridgeway Cemetery, Waverley Hall, Harris County, Georgia 30 31 The headstone next to William J. Perry in the location that a wife would have reads: FRANCES STORY DAU OF JOSIAH & LOUISA STORY WIFE OF J. W. PERRY 1833-1917 1) Since she is buried next to W J Perry, and I cannot find a J W Perry except for Jesse W Perry who could not have been her husband, it appears that is an error. 2) If she is the wife of William Perry, other records list her as Mary F. Presumably the F is for Frances. The headstone is missing her first name, Mary. 3) All other records I have indicate she was born in 1837 or 1838, not 1833. 4) There is a Josiah Story with a daughter Frances or Mary F. but his wife is Martha, not Louisa. Josiah later married Eliza (short for Elizabeth) but still not Louisa. So this headstone either has 4 major errors or the mysterious Frances Story has not been found.
PARENTS:	Martha Carter and Josiah Story (Both from Georgia) 5 10
RELIGION:
MARRIAGE:	1) Calvin Johnson (1831 in GA-1870) on December 26, 1852 (Mary Frances was 15.) 6 21 Mary had 9 children total, 4 alive in 1900 including Jesse. 8 10 11

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Martha F. JOHNSON 6	1855 6	pre 1910 10
Emeline E. JOHNSON 6	1857 6	pre 1910 10
Mary C. JOHNSON 8 10	1862 in GA 8 10		William H. Smith 10	14+
Charity JOHNSON 8	1866 or 1868 in GA 8	pre 1910 10
Benjamin JOHNSON 8	late 1869 in GA 8	pre 1910 10
JOHNSON	pre 1900	pre 1900 10
JOHNSON	pre 1900	pre 1900 10
JOHNSON	pre 1900	pre 1900 10

MARRIAGE:

2) William Jefferson Perry (1847-1900) on February 27, 1872 in Marion County, Georgia. 10 20 30

CHILDREN

NAME	BORN	DIED	SPOUSE	NUMBER OF CHILDREN	NOTES
Jesse W. PERRY	Sep. 1873	Apr. 17, 1910	Lula Slaughter

RESIDENCES:	Ellerslie, Harris County, Georgia in 1880, 1900 8 10 In 1900 William and Mary F. Perry are next to Jesse and Lula Perry and James and Eula McGehee. (No addresses given.) 10
	District 0125, Wood County, Texas in 1910 with her daughter's family. 11
NOTES:	She had 9 children total, 4 alive in 1900 including Jesse. Most were from her first marriage to Calvin Johnson: 8 9 Martha F (1855-). Mary (1861-) Emeline (1857-) Charity (1866-) Benjamin (born in late 1869)

SOURCES:	My page on ancestry.com
	4 1840 Census Georgia, Marion County p. 34
	5 1850 Census Georgia, Marion County
	6 1860 Census Georgia, Calhoun County p. 6
	7 1870 Census, Georgia, Marion County, Redbone District p. 171
	8 1880 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Ellerslie p. 531 A
	10 1900 Census Georgia, Harris Co., Ellerslie, p. 55A (Transcribed)
	11 1910 Census Texas, Wood County, Justice Precinct 2, District 0125, p. 12B
	17 History of Harris Co. (Georgia) p. 644
	19 Patti Zimmerman (pattipeach55 at ancestry.com)
	21 1852 Marriage Record for Mary Francis Story and Calvin Johnson From Marion County Marriage Book, 1844-1866 p.163 top In Georgia's Virtual Archives.
	20 1872 Marriage Record for William Perry and Mary Frances Johnson (From "HerGrandma") Also found at the Gerogia Virtual Archives, Marion County Marriage Book 1865-1885, p.109 on the bottom.
	30 Ridgeway Cemetery visit October 2012
	31 Find-A-Grave William J. Perry's grave, Mary Frances Story Perry's grave